
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 |