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)
Confidentially Connie
as Dean Edward E. Magruder
(1953)
The Lady Wants Mink
as Mr. Heggie
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rev. Paul Edgett
(1953)
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Tom Henderson
(1953)
The Backbone of America
as Uncle Cedric
(1953)
The Bells of Cockaigne
as Pat
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Menagerie Keeper
(1952)
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Tower
(1952)
Apache War Smoke
as Cyril R. Snowden
(1952)
Bonzo Goes to College
as Clarence B. Gateson
(1952)
Face to Face
as Archbold
(1952)
A Girl in Every Port
as Garvey
(1951)
Rhubarb
as Thaddeus J. Banner
(1951)
(1951)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Jeff Brock
(1951)
The Lady from Texas
as Judge George Jeffers
(1950)
Riding High
as J.P. Chase
(1950)
The Big Hangover
as Charles Parkford
(1949)
The Inspector General
as The Mayor
(1949)
Madame Bovary
as J. Homais
(1949)
Red Light
as Warni Hazard
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Andrew L. Bush
(1949)
The Sickle or the Cross
as James John
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(1948)
Joan of Arc
as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
(1948)
I, Jane Doe
as Arnold Matson
(1948)
That Wonderful Urge
as Judge Parker
(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)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Saxon
(1947)
Her Husband's Affairs
as Peter Winterbottom
(1947)
Honeymoon
as Consul Prescott
(1947)
The Foxes of Harrow
as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
(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)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Emil Czaka
(1943)
Northern Pursuit
as Ernst Willis
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(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)
The Gay Sisters
as Mr. Herschell Gibbon
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
Juke Girl
as Henry Madden
(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)
All That Money Can Buy
as Squire Slossum
(1941)
The Sea Wolf
as Dr. Prescott
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Dan Hickey
(1941)
Steel Against the Sky
as John Powers
(1941)
International Lady
as Sidney Grenner
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Preston Thurston
(1940)
His Girl Friday
as Sheriff Hartwell
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Mr. Taggart
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as George Winslow
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Stephen Douglas
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Otto Bauer
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as C.B. Beamis
(1940)
South of Pago Pago
as Lindsay
(1940)
Keeping Company
as Mr. Hellman
(1939)
Geronimo
as Gillespie
(1939)
Blackmail
as William 'Bill' Ramey
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Elias
(1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Thomas Sanders
(1939)
Bridal Suite
as Cornelius McGill
(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)
Listen, Darling
as Arthur Drubbs
(1938)
Sweethearts
as Augustus
(1938)
Meet the Girls
as Homer Watson
(1938)
Men Are Such Fools
as Bill Dalton
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Quid
(1938)
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Mr. Schofield
(1938)
Sinners in Paradise
as Senator John P. Corey
(1937)
Something to Sing About
as Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
(1937)
Mama Steps Out
as Mr. Sims
(1937)
The Sheik Steps Out
as Samuel P. Murdock
(1937)
Too Many Wives
as Winfield Jackson
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maj. William O'Neal
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as George Healey
(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)
Come Closer, Folks
as Elmer Woods
(1936)
Career Woman
as Uncle Billy Burly
(1936)
Mind Your Own Business
as Bottles
(1936)
Times Square Playboy
as P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as John Robinson
(1936)
The First Baby
as Mr. Ellis
(1935)
Crime and Punishment
as Lushin
(1935)
Star of Midnight
as Horatio Swayne
(1935)
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Gabor
(1935)
Storm Over the Andes
as Cracker
(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