Edmund Gwenn

Later years Gwenn remained a British subject all his life. When he first moved to Hollywood, he lived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. His home in London had been reduced to rubble during the bombings by the German Luftwaffe in the Second World War. Only the fireplace survived. What Gwenn regretted most was the loss of the memorabilia he had collected of the actor Henry Irving. Eventually, Gwenn bought a house at 617 North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, which he later shared with the former Olympic athlete Rodney Soher. At the age of 78 he travelled from his home in California for a reunion with his ex-wife in London. He told a reporter, "I never married again because I was very happy with my wife. I simply stayed faithful to the memory of that happiness."

Acting credits Film

The Real Thing at Last (1916) as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth Unmarried (1920) as Simm Vandeleur The Skin Game (1921) as Hornblower How He Lied to Her Husband (1931) as Teddy Bompas The Skin Game (1931) as Mr. Hornblower Hindle Wakes (1931) as Chris Hawthorne Frail Women (1932) as The Bookmaker - Jim Willis Money for Nothing (1932) as Sir Henry Blossom Condemned to Death (1932) as Banting Love on Wheels (1932) as Philpotts Tell Me Tonight (1932) as Mayor Pategg The Good Companions (1933) as Jess Oakroyd Cash (1933) as Edmund Gilbert I Was a Spy (1933) as Burgomaster Smithy (1933) as John Smith Channel Crossing (1933) as Trotter Marooned (1933) as Tom Roberts Friday the Thirteenth (1933) as Mr. Wakefield Early to Bed (1933) as Kruger Waltzes from Vienna (1934) as Johann Strauss, the Elder Warn London (1934) as Dr. Herman Krauss Passing Shadows (1934) as David Lawrence Java Head (1934) as Jeremy Ammidon The Admiral's Secret (1934) as Admiral Fitzporter Father and Son (1934) as John Bolton Spring in the Air (1934) as Franz The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) as Bishop Sylvia Scarlett (1935) as Henry Scarlett The Walking Dead (1936) as Dr. Beaumont Laburnum Grove (1936) as Mr. Radfern Anthony Adverse (1936) as John Bonnyfeather All American Chump (1936) as Jeffrey Crane Mad Holiday (1936) as Williams Parnell (1937) as Campbell South Riding (1938) as Alfred Huggins A Yank at Oxford (1938) as Dean of Cardinal Penny Paradise (1938) as Joe Higgins Cheer Boys Cheer (1939) as Edward Ironside The Earl of Chicago (1940) as Munsey, the Butler An Englishman's Home (1940) as Tom Brown The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) as Dr. Lionel Sterling Pride and Prejudice (1940) as Mr. Bennet Foreign Correspondent (1940) as Rowley Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) as President Corcoran Scotland Yard (1941) as Inspector Cork The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) as Hooper One Night in Lisbon (1941) as Lord Fitzleigh Charley's Aunt (1941) as Stephen Spettigue A Yank at Eton (1942) as Headmaster Justin Forever and a Day (1943) as Stubbs The Meanest Man in the World (1943) as Frederick P. Leggitt Lassie Come Home (1943) as Rowlie Between Two Worlds (1944) as Scrubby The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) as Father Hamish MacNabb Dangerous Partners (1945) as Albert Richard Kingby Bewitched (1945) as Dr. Bergson She Went to the Races (1945) as Dr. Homer Pecke Of Human Bondage (1946) as Athelny Undercurrent (1946) as Professor 'Dink' Hamilton Miracle on 34th Street (1947) as Kris Kringle Life with Father (1947) as Reverend Dr. Lloyd Thunder in the Valley (1947) as Adam MacAdam Green Dolphin Street (1947) as Octavius Patourel Apartment for Peggy (1948) as Professor Henry Barnes Hills of Home (1948) as Dr. William MacLure Challenge to Lassie (1949) as John Traill A Woman of Distinction (1950) as Mark 'J.M.' Middlecott Louisa (1950) as Henry Hammond Pretty Baby (1950) as Cyrus Baxter Mister 880 (1950) as William 'Skipper' Miller For Heaven's Sake (1950) as Arthur Peking Express (1951) as Father Joseph Murray Sally and Saint Anne (1952) as Grandpa Pat Ryan Les Misérables (1952) as Bishop Courbet Bonzo Goes to College (1952) as Ted 'Pop' Drew Something for the Birds (1952) as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams Mister Scoutmaster (1953) as Dr. Stone The Bigamist (1953) as Mr. Jordan The Student Prince (1954) as Professor Juttner Them! (1954) as Dr. Harold Medford The Trouble with Harry (1955) as Captain Albert Wiles It's a Dog's Life (1955) as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan Calabuch (1956, U.S. title The Rocket from Calabuch) as Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 2 Episode 36: "Father and Son") as Joe Saunders

Radio appearances Year Program Episode/source 1940 Forecast* The Lodger 1943 Suspense The Fountain Plays 1944 Creeps by Night The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan 1949 Suspense Murder in Black and White 1951 Stars of Hollywood A Christmas Carol 1953 Stars over Hollywood A Christmas Carol Audition program for the Suspense radio program.