Edmund Gwenn
Popularity:0.319
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1877-09-26
Place of Birth:Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Also Known As:Edmund John Kellaway, Эдмунд Гвенн

Lassie Come Home (1943)
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling...

Them! (1954)
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists...

The Trouble with Harry (1955)
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if...

Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with...

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the...

Between Two Worlds (1944)
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in...

The Walking Dead (1936)
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his...

Life with Father (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

Bewitched (1945)
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.

Challenge to Lassie (1949)
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.

Forever and a Day (1943)
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...

Charley's Aunt (1941)
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department...

Anthony Adverse (1936)
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent...

Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make...

Undercurrent (1946)
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an...

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a...

The Student Prince (1954)
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

Early to Bed (1933)
'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate each other, even though they have never met. Their...

The Skin Game (1931)
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl...

The Bigamist (1953)
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr....

Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.

Mister 880 (1950)
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has...

For Heaven's Sake (1950)
An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.

The Good Companions (1933)
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

South Riding (1938)
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity...

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy...

The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
Professor Hamilton, a naive Nuclear scientist who once thought bombs were good for humanity, realizes his mistake and runs away from his inventions....

Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William....

Dangerous Partners (1945)
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only...

Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.

Hills of Home (1948)
William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to...

The Earl of Chicago (1940)
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy,...

Les Miserables (1952)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

Mad Holiday (1936)
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

Of Human Bondage (1946)
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for...

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Peking Express (1951)
A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.

It's a Dog's Life (1955)
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.

Pretty Baby (1950)
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.

I Was a Spy (1933)
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating...

Cash (1933)
A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed...

The Skin Game (1921)
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later...

Penny Paradise (1938)
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a...

Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be...

Java Head (1934)
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer,...

Laburnum Grove (1936)
To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he...

The Real Thing at Last (1916)
Shakespeare parody

Parnell (1937)
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to...

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an...

She Went to the Races (1945)
A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.

Thunder in the Valley (1947)
The popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep dogs in the Scottish highlands, filmed in mountains...

Something for the Birds (1952)
A conservationist fights to save the habitat of the California condor and to do it she works her way into the affections of a representative of the...

Happy Family (1939)
Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.

A Yank at Eton (1942)
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.

The Greer Case (1957)
When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

Condemned to Death (1932)
A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.

The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and...

Hindle Wakes (1931)
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

Frail Women (1932)
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.

A Yank at Oxford (1938)
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Scotland Yard (1941)
Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president...

How He Lied to Her Husband (1931)
'Rich man suspects wife loves poet.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Admiral's Secret (1934)
A retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.

All American Chump (1936)
A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.

Channel Crossing (1933)
Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value...

One Night In Lisbon (1941)
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.

The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester...

Louisa (1950)
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically...

Father and Son (1935)
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.

Love on Wheels (1932)
A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

An Englishman's Home (1940)
A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.

Money for Nothing (1932)
As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker...

Tell Me Tonight (1932)
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.

Passing Shadows (1934)
The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.

The Greatest Gift (1942)
Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous...

Hollywood’s Children (1982)
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).

Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen...

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

The Millionaire (1955)
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

Matinee Theater (1955)
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