Gene Lockhart
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-07-17
Day of Death
1957-03-31 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
London, Ontario, Canada
Gene Lockhart
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
(1996)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
as Equity Board President
(1956)
Carousel
as Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
(1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Bill Hawthorne
(1955)
The Vanishing American
as Blucher
(1954)
World for Ransom
as Alexis Pederas
(1953)
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Tom Henderson
(1953)
The Lady Wants Mink
as Mr. Heggie
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rev. Paul Edgett
(1953)
Confidentially Connie
as Dean Edward E. Magruder
(1953)
The Backbone of America
as Uncle Cedric
(1953)
The Bells of Cockaigne
as Pat
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Menagerie Keeper
(1952)
Apache War Smoke
as Cyril R. Snowden
(1952)
Bonzo Goes to College
as Clarence B. Gateson
(1952)
A Girl in Every Port
as Garvey
(1952)
Face to Face
as Archbold
(1952)
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Tower
(1951)
Rhubarb
as Thaddeus J. Banner
(1951)
The Lady from Texas
as Judge George Jeffers
(1951)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Jeff Brock
(1951)
(1950)
Riding High
as J.P. Chase
(1950)
The Big Hangover
as Charles Parkford
(1949)
Madame Bovary
as J. Homais
(1949)
The Inspector General
as The Mayor
(1949)
Red Light
as Warni Hazard
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Andrew L. Bush
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(1949)
The Sickle or the Cross
as James John
(1948)
Joan of Arc
as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
(1948)
That Wonderful Urge
as Judge Parker
(1948)
I, Jane Doe
as Arnold Matson
(1948)
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Edward Bell
(1948)
The Inside Story
as Horace Taylor
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Henry X. Harper
(1947)
Cynthia
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
(1947)
Honeymoon
as Consul Prescott
(1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Saxon
(1947)
The Foxes of Harrow
as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
(1947)
Her Husband's Affairs
as Peter Winterbottom
(1946)
The Strange Woman
as Isaiah Poster
(1946)
A Scandal in Paris
as Prefect of Police Richet
(1946)
Meet Me on Broadway
as John Whittaker
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Dr. Saunders
(1945)
The House on 92nd Street
as Charles Ogden Roper
(1945)
That's the Spirit
as Jasper Cawthorne
(1944)
Going My Way
as Ted Haines Snr.
(1944)
Action in Arabia
as Josef Danesco
(1944)
Man from Frisco
as Joel Kennedy
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Emil Czaka
(1943)
Northern Pursuit
as Ernst Willis
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Viatcheslav Molotov
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Cobblewick
(1943)
The Desert Song
as Pere FanFan
(1943)
Find the Blackmailer
as John Michael Rhodes
(1942)
Juke Girl
as Henry Madden
(1942)
The Gay Sisters
as Mr. Herschell Gibbon
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Carl Robelink
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Mayor Lovett
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Preston Thurston
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Squire Slossum
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Dan Hickey
(1941)
International Lady
as Sidney Grenner
(1941)
The Sea Wolf
as Dr. Prescott
(1941)
Steel Against the Sky
as John Powers
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940)
His Girl Friday
as Sheriff Hartwell
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Mr. Taggart
(1940)
Keeping Company
as Mr. Hellman
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Stephen Douglas
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as George Winslow
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Otto Bauer
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as C.B. Beamis
(1940)
South of Pago Pago
as Lindsay
(1939)
Blackmail
as William 'Bill' Ramey
(1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Thomas Sanders
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Elias
(1939)
Bridal Suite
as Cornelius McGill
(1939)
Geronimo
as Gillespie
(1939)
Our Leading Citizen
as J.T. Tapley
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Arno
(1939)
I'm from Missouri
as Porgie Rowe
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit
(1938)
Algiers
as Regis
(1938)
Blondie
as C.P. Hazlip
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Quid
(1938)
Listen, Darling
as Arthur Drubbs
(1938)
Sinners in Paradise
as Senator John P. Corey
(1938)
Sweethearts
as Augustus
(1938)
Men Are Such Fools
as Bill Dalton
(1938)
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Mr. Schofield
(1938)
Meet the Girls
as Homer Watson
(1937)
Something to Sing About
as Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
(1937)
Mama Steps Out
as Mr. Sims
(1937)
Too Many Wives
as Winfield Jackson
(1937)
The Sheik Steps Out
as Samuel P. Murdock
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maj. William O'Neal
(1936)
Wedding Present
as Archduke Gustav Ernest
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Mr. Jim Murphy
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
as Edgar Lowe Hammle
(1936)
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as George Healey
(1936)
Come Closer, Folks
as Elmer Woods
(1936)
Career Woman
as Uncle Billy Burly
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as John Robinson
(1936)
Mind Your Own Business
as Bottles
(1936)
The First Baby
as Mr. Ellis
(1936)
Times Square Playboy
as P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
(1935)
Crime and Punishment
as Lushin
(1935)
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
(1935)
Star of Midnight
as Horatio Swayne
(1935)
Storm Over the Andes
as Cracker
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Gabor
(1935)
I've Been Around
as Sammy Ames
(1934)
The Gay Bride
as Jim Smiley (uncredited)
(1934)
By Your Leave
as Skeets
(1934)
(1933)
Paul Revere, Jr.
as Miles Standish
(1922)
Smilin' Through
as Village Rector
Crew
(1943)
Forever and a Day
Writer
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
Songs