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).
Known for
Climax!
Henry Anderson
Robert Montgomery Presents
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lights Out
Joan of Arc
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
Telephone Time
Going My Way
Ted Haines Snr.
A Scandal in Paris
Prefect of Police Richet
Lux Video Theatre
Innkeeper
Lux Video Theatre
John Hewitt
Lux Video Theatre
Samuel Fulton
Lux Video Theatre
O'Connor
Lux Video Theatre
Leslie Hobbs
Lux Video Theatre
Sir George
Lux Video Theatre
David Keeney
Lux Video Theatre
Evander Cobb
Mission to Moscow
Viatcheslav Molotov
Armstrong Circle Theatre
We Who Are Young
C.B. Beamis
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Saxon
Tales of Tomorrow
Apache War Smoke
Cyril R. Snowden
Bridal Suite
Cornelius McGill
His Girl Friday
Sheriff Hartwell
The Strange Woman
Isaiah Poster
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
George Winslow
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Jeff Brock
Madame Bovary
J. Homais
The Garden Murder Case
Edgar Lowe Hammle
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Stephen Douglas
Billy the Kid
Dan Hickey
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Bill Hawthorne
The Big Hangover
Charles Parkford
That Wonderful Urge
Judge Parker
Bonzo Goes to College
Clarence B. Gateson
One Foot in Heaven
Preston Thurston
Madame Curie
Bit Part (uncredited)
Star of Midnight
Horatio Swayne
Hoodlum Empire
Sen. Tower
Cynthia
Dr. Fred I. Jannings
The Inside Story
Horace Taylor
Mind Your Own Business
Bottles
Meet John Doe
Mayor Lovett
Keeping Company
Mr. Hellman
Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Henry X. Harper
Blackmail
William 'Bill' Ramey
Crime and Punishment
Lushin
The Sheik Steps Out
Samuel P. Murdock
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit
Sinners in Paradise
Senator John P. Corey
A Dispatch from Reuters
Otto Bauer
Northern Pursuit
Ernst Willis
Edison, the Man
Mr. Taggart
Of Human Hearts
Quid
The Desert Song
Pere FanFan
They Died with Their Boots On
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
Down to the Sea in Ships
Andrew L. Bush
Riding High
J.P. Chase
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
The Inspector General
The Mayor
Career Woman
Uncle Billy Burly
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Sanders
I'm from Missouri
Porgie Rowe
Meet Me on Broadway
John Whittaker
Sweethearts
Augustus
Man from Frisco
Joel Kennedy
Forever and a Day
Cobblewick
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Milton Hershey
Red Light
Warni Hazard
Wedding Present
Archduke Gustav Ernest
The First Baby
Mr. Ellis
Hangmen Also Die!
Emil Czaka
Smilin' Through
Village Rector
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
Our Leading Citizen
J.T. Tapley
Storm Over the Andes
Cracker
Rhubarb
Thaddeus J. Banner
World for Ransom
Alexis Pederas
Listen, Darling
Arthur Drubbs
Action in Arabia
Josef Danesco
Androcles and the Lion
Menagerie Keeper
Leave Her to Heaven
Dr. Saunders
Tell No Tales
Arno
Come Closer, Folks
Elmer Woods
The Foxes of Harrow
Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
I've Been Around
Sammy Ames
Honeymoon
Consul Prescott
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Rev. Paul Edgett
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
A Girl in Every Port
Garvey
Carousel
Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Confidentially Connie
Dean Edward E. Magruder
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Algiers
Regis
Hotel Imperial
Elias
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Alfred Renell
Mama Steps Out
Mr. Sims
I, Jane Doe
Arnold Matson
The House on 92nd Street
Charles Ogden Roper
Paul Revere, Jr.
Miles Standish
The Lady Wants Mink
Mr. Heggie
Face to Face
Archbold
Thunder in the Night
Gabor
Francis Covers the Big Town
Tom Henderson
The Lady from Texas
Judge George Jeffers
That's the Spirit
Jasper Cawthorne
Find the Blackmailer
John Michael Rhodes
Earthworm Tractors
George Healey
Geronimo
Gillespie
His Honor, Homer Bell
Homer Bell
The Vanishing American
Blucher
All That Money Can Buy
Squire Slossum
The Backbone of America
Uncle Cedric
Meet the Girls
Homer Watson
Times Square Playboy
P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
Penrod's Double Trouble
Mr. Schofield
Blondie
C.P. Hazlip
South of Pago Pago
Lindsay
The Gorgeous Hussy
Maj. William O'Neal
The Sickle or the Cross
James John
The Gay Bride
Jim Smiley (uncredited)
International Lady
Sidney Grenner
You Can't Escape Forever
Carl Robelink
Brides Are Like That
John Robinson
The Sea Wolf
Dr. Prescott
The Devil Is a Sissy
Mr. Jim Murphy
Her Husband's Affairs
Peter Winterbottom
Jeanne Eagels
Equity Board President
Apartment for Peggy
Prof. Edward Bell
Captain Hurricane
Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
Juke Girl
Henry Madden
Men Are Such Fools
Bill Dalton
Steel Against the Sky
John Powers
Something to Sing About
Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Matthew
The Gay Sisters
Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Too Many Wives
Winfield Jackson
By Your Leave
Skeets
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
The Bells of Cockaigne
Pat