Gene Lockhart
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Edwin Eugene Lockhart (July 18, 1891 – March 31, 1957) was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright. He also wrote the lyrics to a number of popular songs. He became a United States citizen in 1939.
Born in London, Ontario, the son of John Coats Lockhart and Ellen Mary (née Delaney) Lockhart, he made his professional debut at the age of six when he appeared with the Kilties Band of Canada. He later appeared in sketches with Beatrice Lillie.
Lockhart is mostly remembered for his film work. He made his film debut in the 1922 version of Smilin' Through, as the Rector, but did not make his sound debut until 1934 in the film By Your Leave, where he played the playboy Skeets. Lockhart subsequently appeared in more than 300 motion pictures. He often played villains, including a role as the treacherous informant Regis in Algiers, the American remake of Pepe le Moko, which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also played the suspicious Georges de la Trémouille, the Dauphin's chief counselor, in the famous 1948 film Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman. He had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (1938) and the judge in Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
Acted in
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Equity Board President
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Bill Hawthorne
Telephone Time
1956
Carousel
1956
as Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
The Vanishing American
1955
as Blucher
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
His Honor, Homer Bell
1955
as Homer Bell
Climax!
1954
as Henry Anderson
World for Ransom
1954
as Alexis Pederas
The Backbone of America
1953
as Uncle Cedric
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953
as Pat
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
as Tom Henderson
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Mr. Heggie
Confidentially Connie
1953
as Dean Edward E. Magruder
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Rev. Paul Edgett
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Menagerie Keeper
Face to Face
1952
as Archbold
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Cyril R. Snowden
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
as Clarence B. Gateson
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Sen. Tower
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Garvey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Milton Hershey
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alfred Renell
The Lady from Texas
1951
as Judge George Jeffers
Rhubarb
1951
as Thaddeus J. Banner
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
as Jeff Brock
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Innkeeper
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as John Hewitt
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Samuel Fulton
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as O'Connor
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Leslie Hobbs
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as David Keeney
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sir George
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Evander Cobb
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Big Hangover
1950
as Charles Parkford
Riding High
1950
as J.P. Chase
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Inspector General
1949
as The Mayor
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
Red Light
1949
as Warni Hazard
Madame Bovary
1949
as J. Homais
Lights Out
1949
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
as James John
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Andrew L. Bush
Joan of Arc
1948
as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
That Wonderful Urge
1948
as Judge Parker
Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Prof. Edward Bell
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Arnold Matson
The Inside Story
1948
as Horace Taylor
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Peter Winterbottom
The Foxes of Harrow
1947
as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
Cynthia
1947
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Judge Henry X. Harper
Honeymoon
1947
as Consul Prescott
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Saxon
The Strange Woman
1946
as Isaiah Poster
A Scandal in Paris
1946
as Prefect of Police Richet
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
as John Whittaker
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Dr. Saunders
The House on 92nd Street
1945
as Charles Ogden Roper
That's the Spirit
1945
as Jasper Cawthorne
Man from Frisco
1944
as Joel Kennedy
Action in Arabia
1944
as Josef Danesco
Going My Way
1944
as Ted Haines Snr.
The Desert Song
1943
as Pere FanFan
Madame Curie
1943
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Ernst Willis
Find the Blackmailer
1943
as John Michael Rhodes
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Viatcheslav Molotov
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Emil Czaka
Forever and a Day
1943
as Cobblewick
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Carl Robelink
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Juke Girl
1942
as Henry Madden
Steel Against the Sky
1941
as John Powers
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Preston Thurston
All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Squire Slossum
International Lady
1941
as Sidney Grenner
Billy the Kid
1941
as Dan Hickey
The Sea Wolf
1941
as Dr. Prescott
Meet John Doe
1941
as Mayor Lovett
Keeping Company
1940
as Mr. Hellman
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Otto Bauer
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as George Winslow
South of Pago Pago
1940
as Lindsay
We Who Are Young
1940
as C.B. Beamis
Edison, the Man
1940
as Mr. Taggart
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Stephen Douglas
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sheriff Hartwell
Geronimo
1939
as Gillespie
Blackmail
1939
as William 'Bill' Ramey
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as J.T. Tapley
Tell No Tales
1939
as Arno
Bridal Suite
1939
as Cornelius McGill
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Elias
I'm from Missouri
1939
as Porgie Rowe
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Thomas Sanders
Sweethearts
1938
as Augustus
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Bob Cratchit
Blondie
1938
as C.P. Hazlip
Listen, Darling
1938
as Arthur Drubbs
Meet the Girls
1938
as Homer Watson
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
as Mr. Schofield
Men Are Such Fools
1938
as Bill Dalton
Sinners in Paradise
1938
as Senator John P. Corey
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Quid
Algiers
1938
as Regis
Something to Sing About
1937
as Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Samuel P. Murdock
Too Many Wives
1937
as Winfield Jackson
Mama Steps Out
1937
as Mr. Sims
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
Career Woman
1936
as Uncle Billy Burly
Mind Your Own Business
1936
as Bottles
Come Closer, Folks
1936
as Elmer Woods
Wedding Present
1936
as Archduke Gustav Ernest
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Mr. Jim Murphy
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Maj. William O'Neal
Earthworm Tractors
1936
as George Healey
Times Square Playboy
1936
as P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
Brides Are Like That
1936
as John Robinson
The First Baby
1936
as Mr. Ellis
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Edgar Lowe Hammle
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Lushin
Thunder in the Night
1935
as Gabor
Star of Midnight
1935
as Horatio Swayne
Storm Over the Andes
1935
as Cracker
I've Been Around
1935
as Sammy Ames
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
The Gay Bride
1934
as Jim Smiley (uncredited)
By Your Leave
1934
as Skeets
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
1934
Paul Revere, Jr.
1933
as Miles Standish
Smilin' Through
1922
as Village Rector