Hitchcock Chronology: Edmund Gwenn

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Edmund Gwenn...

1930

November

• Principal photography begins on The Skin Game, starring Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, C V France and Jill Esmond.

1940

July

• 22nd - An adaptation of The Lodger is broadcast on US radio, apparently featuring Hitchcock (his voice was actually provided by actor Joseph Kearns), with actors Herbert Marshall and Edmund Gwenn starring as the lodger and landlord respectively. Although well received, David O. Selznick rules out Hitchcock having any further involvement with a proposed radio series. Revived in 1942, Suspense ran for 20 years and included a radio adaptation of The 39 Steps in 1952.

1959

September

• 6th - Actor Edmund Gwenn, who appeared in The Skin Game, Waltzes from Vienna, Foreign Correspondent and The Trouble with Harry, dies aged 81.