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
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Climax!
1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Telephone Time
1956
Lights Out
1949
MGM Parade
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Filmography
Robert Montgomery Presents
· 1950
Climax!
as Henry Anderson · 1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
· 1955
Armstrong Circle Theatre
· 1950
Telephone Time
· 1956
Lights Out
· 1949
MGM Parade
as Self · 1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Innkeeper · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Samuel Fulton · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as John Hewitt · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as O'Connor · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Leslie Hobbs · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as David Keeney · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Sir George · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Evander Cobb · 1950
Tales of Tomorrow
· 1951
Crossroads
as Reverend Allan E. Claxton · 1955
Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Harper · 1947
The Sea Wolf
as Dr. Prescott · 1941
His Girl Friday
as Sheriff Hartwell · 1940
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Milton Hershey · 1951
Madame Bovary
as J. Homais · 1949
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Alfred Renell · 1951
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit · 1938
Jesse James
as Wiseacre Sitting Outside Marshal's Office (uncredited) · 1939
Leave Her to Heaven
as Dr. Saunders · 1945
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Bill Hawthorne · 1956
They Died with Their Boots On
as Samuel Bacon, Esq. · 1941
Carousel
as Starkeeper / Dr. Selden · 1956
Joan of Arc
as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor · 1948
Going My Way
as Ted Haines Snr. · 1944
Our Leading Citizen
as J.T. Tapley · 1939
All That Money Can Buy
as Squire Slossum · 1941
Meet John Doe
as Mayor Lovett · 1941
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Thomas Sanders · 1939
Edison, the Man
as Mr. Taggart · 1940
The Strange Woman
as Isaiah Poster · 1946
Jeanne Eagels
as Equity Board President · 1957
Forever and a Day
as Cobblewick · 1943
A Scandal in Paris
as Prefect of Police Richet · 1946
Hangmen Also Die!
as Emil Czaka · 1943
The Inspector General
as The Mayor · 1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Andrew L. Bush · 1949
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Stephen Douglas · 1940
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Madame Curie
as Bit Part (uncredited) · 1943
Of Human Hearts
as Quid · 1938
His Honor, Homer Bell
as Homer Bell · 1955
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self · 1942
Androcles and the Lion
as Menagerie Keeper · 1952
That's the Spirit
as Jasper Cawthorne · 1945
Northern Pursuit
as Ernst Willis · 1943
The House on 92nd Street
as Charles Ogden Roper · 1945
A Girl in Every Port
as Garvey · 1952
The Foxes of Harrow
as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux · 1947
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor · 1935
Crime and Punishment
as Lushin · 1935
International Lady
as Sidney Grenner · 1941
Blondie
as C.P. Hazlip · 1938
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Jeff Brock · 1951
That Wonderful Urge
as Judge Parker · 1948
Confidentially Connie
as Dean Edward E. Magruder · 1953
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Mr. Jim Murphy · 1936
We Who Are Young
as C.B. Beamis · 1940
Action in Arabia
as Josef Danesco · 1944
Juke Girl
as Henry Madden · 1942
Her Husband's Affairs
as Peter Winterbottom · 1947
One Foot in Heaven
as Preston Thurston · 1941
The Desert Song
as Pere FanFan · 1944
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Otto Bauer · 1940
The Lady from Texas
as Judge George Jeffers · 1951
Steel Against the Sky
as John Powers · 1941
Mission to Moscow
as Viatcheslav Molotov · 1943
You Can't Escape Forever
as Carl Robelink · 1942
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maj. William O'Neal · 1936
Billy the Kid
as Dan Hickey · 1941
Men Are Such Fools
as Bill Dalton · 1938
Algiers
as Regis · 1938
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
as Matthew · 1951
I'm from Missouri
as Porgie Rowe · 1939
The Lady Wants Mink
as Mr. Heggie · 1953
Mind Your Own Business
as Bottles · 1936
Apache War Smoke
as Cyril R. Snowden · 1952
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rev. Paul Edgett · 1953
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1941
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Tom Henderson · 1953
The Gay Sisters
as Mr. Herschell Gibbon · 1942
The Gay Bride
as Jim Smiley (uncredited) · 1934
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Saxon · 1947
Something to Sing About
as Bennett O. Regan · 1937
The Sickle or the Cross
as James John · 1949
The Garden Murder Case
as Edgar Lowe Hammle · 1936
Cynthia
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings · 1947
Too Many Wives
as Winfield Jackson · 1937
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Mr. Schofield · 1938
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage) · 1996
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as George Winslow · 1940
Rhubarb
as Thaddeus J. Banner · 1951
Riding High
as J.P. Chase · 1950
Storm Over the Andes
as Cracker · 1935
Bridal Suite
as Cornelius McGill · 1939
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
· 1934
Thunder in the Night
as Gabor · 1935
Sweethearts
as Augustus · 1938
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self · 1936
The Backbone of America
as Uncle Cedric · 1953
World for Ransom
as Alexis Pederas · 1954
South of Pago Pago
as Lindsay · 1940
Bonzo Goes to College
as Clarence B. Gateson · 1952
Blackmail
as William 'Bill' Ramey · 1939
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Edward Bell · 1948
I've Been Around
as Sammy Ames · 1935
Face to Face
as Archbold · 1952
Red Light
as Warni Hazard · 1949
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Tower · 1952
Brides Are Like That
as John Robinson · 1936
I, Jane Doe
as Arnold Matson · 1948
The Vanishing American
as Blucher · 1955
Meet Me on Broadway
as John Whittaker · 1946
Listen, Darling
as Arthur Drubbs · 1938
Tell No Tales
as Arno · 1939
The Sheik Steps Out
as Samuel P. Murdock · 1937
Hotel Imperial
as Elias · 1939
The Inside Story
as Horace Taylor · 1948
Star of Midnight
as Horatio Swayne · 1935
By Your Leave
as Skeets · 1934
Meet the Girls
as Homer Watson · 1938
The Big Hangover
as Charles Parkford · 1950
Wedding Present
as Archduke Gustav Ernest · 1936
Earthworm Tractors
as George Healey · 1936
Man from Frisco
as Joel Kennedy · 1944
Sinners in Paradise
as Senator John P. Corey · 1938
Geronimo
as Gillespie · 1939
The Bells of Cockaigne
as Pat · 1953
Paul Revere, Jr.
as Miles Standish · 1933
The First Baby
as Mr. Ellis · 1936
Honeymoon
as Consul Prescott · 1947
Keeping Company
as Mr. Hellman · 1940
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self · 1949
Mama Steps Out
as Mr. Sims · 1937
Find the Blackmailer
as John Michael Rhodes · 1943
Come Closer, Folks
as Elmer Woods · 1936
Times Square Playboy
as P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft · 1936
Career Woman
as Uncle Billy Burly · 1936
Smilin' Through
as Village Rector · 1922