Gene Lockhart
Biography
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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).
Acting (122 movies)
His Girl Friday
1940
Blondie
1938
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Algiers
1938
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Hoodlum Empire
1952
I've Been Around
1935
Meet John Doe
1941
Red Light
1949
A Christmas Carol
1938
The Strange Woman
1946
The Sea Wolf
1941
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
Carousel
1956
The Inspector General
1949
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
World for Ransom
1954
Rhubarb
1951
The House on 92nd Street
1945
All That Money Can Buy
1941
Joan of Arc
1948
Forever and a Day
1943
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Edison, the Man
1940
Crime and Punishment
1935
Earthworm Tractors
1936
Madame Bovary
1949
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
I, Jane Doe
1948
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
Going My Way
1944
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
That's the Spirit
1945
Star of Midnight
1935
Listen, Darling
1938
Northern Pursuit
1943
Times Square Playboy
1936
Find the Blackmailer
1943
One Foot in Heaven
1941
A Girl in Every Port
1952
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
The Gay Sisters
1942
Action in Arabia
1944
Juke Girl
1942
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
Tell No Tales
1939
Men Are Such Fools
1938
Blackmail
1939
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Of Human Hearts
1938
Jeanne Eagels
1957
Riding High
1950
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Billy the Kid
1941
Apache War Smoke
1952
The Garden Murder Case
1936
Career Woman
1936
The Lady from Texas
1951
A Scandal in Paris
1946
Mission to Moscow
1943
Sinners in Paradise
1938
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
The Inside Story
1948
Mama Steps Out
1937
Cynthia
1947
Brides Are Like That
1936
The Desert Song
1943
Man from Frisco
1944
The Vanishing American
1955
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
Apartment for Peggy
1948
The Big Hangover
1950
By Your Leave
1934
Mind Your Own Business
1936
Too Many Wives
1937
South of Pago Pago
1940
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
Face to Face
1952
Hotel Imperial
1939
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
Honeymoon
1947
Bridal Suite
1939
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Wedding Present
1936
Confidentially Connie
1953
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
Smilin' Through
1922
The Foxes of Harrow
1947
That Wonderful Urge
1948
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
Keeping Company
1940
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Steel Against the Sky
1941
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
The Sheik Steps Out
1937
Our Leading Citizen
1939
Thunder in the Night
1935
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Forever and a Day | 1943 | Writer |