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