Gene Lockhart
Acting • Born 1891-07-18 – Died 1957-03-31
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).
Filmography
142 credits
His Girl Friday
Movie • 1940
Sheriff Hartwell
Blondie
Movie • 1938
C.P. Hazlip
Hangmen Also Die!
Movie • 1943
Emil Czaka
Algiers
Movie • 1938
Regis
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1947
Judge Henry X. Harper
Hoodlum Empire
Movie • 1952
Sen. Tower
I've Been Around
Movie • 1935
Sammy Ames
Meet John Doe
Movie • 1941
Mayor Lovett
Red Light
Movie • 1949
Warni Hazard
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1938
Bob Cratchit
The Strange Woman
Movie • 1946
Isaiah Poster
The Sea Wolf
Movie • 1941
Dr. Prescott
You Can't Escape Forever
Movie • 1942
Carl Robelink
Carousel
Movie • 1956
Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie • 1956
Bill Hawthorne
The Inspector General
Movie • 1949
The Mayor
World for Ransom
Movie • 1954
Alexis Pederas
Rhubarb
Movie • 1951
Thaddeus J. Banner
The House on 92nd Street
Movie • 1945
Charles Ogden Roper
All That Money Can Buy
Movie • 1941
Squire Slossum
Joan of Arc
Movie • 1948
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Cobblewick
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Stephen Douglas
Edison, the Man
Movie • 1940
Mr. Taggart
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1935
Lushin
Earthworm Tractors
Movie • 1936
George Healey
Madame Bovary
Movie • 1949
J. Homais
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
I, Jane Doe
Movie • 1948
Arnold Matson
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie • 1945
Dr. Saunders
Going My Way
Movie • 1944
Ted Haines Snr.
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Movie • 1951
Jeff Brock
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie • 1939
Thomas Sanders
That's the Spirit
Movie • 1945
Jasper Cawthorne
Star of Midnight
Movie • 1935
Horatio Swayne
Listen, Darling
Movie • 1938
Arthur Drubbs
Northern Pursuit
Movie • 1943
Ernst Willis
Times Square Playboy
Movie • 1936
P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
Find the Blackmailer
Movie • 1943
John Michael Rhodes
One Foot in Heaven
Movie • 1941
Preston Thurston
A Girl in Every Port
Movie • 1952
Garvey
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie • 1940
George Winslow
The Gay Sisters
Movie • 1942
Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Action in Arabia
Movie • 1944
Josef Danesco
Juke Girl
Movie • 1942
Henry Madden
Bonzo Goes to College
Movie • 1952
Clarence B. Gateson
Francis Covers the Big Town
Movie • 1953
Tom Henderson
Tell No Tales
Movie • 1939
Arno
Men Are Such Fools
Movie • 1938
Bill Dalton
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie • 1940
Otto Bauer
Blackmail
Movie • 1939
William 'Bill' Ramey
Of Human Hearts
Movie • 1938
Quid
Jeanne Eagels
Movie • 1957
Equity Board President
Riding High
Movie • 1950
J.P. Chase
The Gorgeous Hussy
Movie • 1936
Maj. William O'Neal
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Movie • 1947
Saxon
Billy the Kid
Movie • 1941
Dan Hickey
Apache War Smoke
Movie • 1952
Cyril R. Snowden
The Garden Murder Case
Movie • 1936
Edgar Lowe Hammle
Career Woman
Movie • 1936
Uncle Billy Burly
The Lady from Texas
Movie • 1951
Judge George Jeffers
A Scandal in Paris
Movie • 1946
Prefect of Police Richet
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Viatcheslav Molotov
Sinners in Paradise
Movie • 1938
Senator John P. Corey
Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie • 1949
Andrew L. Bush
The Inside Story
Movie • 1948
Horace Taylor
Mama Steps Out
Movie • 1937
Mr. Sims
Cynthia
Movie • 1947
Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Brides Are Like That
Movie • 1936
John Robinson
The Desert Song
Movie • 1943
Pere FanFan
Man from Frisco
Movie • 1944
Joel Kennedy
The Vanishing American
Movie • 1955
Blucher
Penrod's Double Trouble
Movie • 1938
Mr. Schofield
Apartment for Peggy
Movie • 1948
Prof. Edward Bell
The Big Hangover
Movie • 1950
Charles Parkford
By Your Leave
Movie • 1934
Skeets
Mind Your Own Business
Movie • 1936
Bottles
Too Many Wives
Movie • 1937
Winfield Jackson
South of Pago Pago
Movie • 1940
Lindsay
The Sickle or the Cross
Movie • 1949
James John
Face to Face
Movie • 1952
Archbold
Hotel Imperial
Movie • 1939
Elias
The Lady Wants Mink
Movie • 1953
Mr. Heggie
Honeymoon
Movie • 1947
Consul Prescott
Bridal Suite
Movie • 1939
Cornelius McGill
Wedding Present
Movie • 1936
Archduke Gustav Ernest
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie • 1936
Mr. Jim Murphy
Confidentially Connie
Movie • 1953
Dean Edward E. Magruder
Meet Me on Broadway
Movie • 1946
John Whittaker
Smilin' Through
Movie • 1922
Village Rector
The Foxes of Harrow
Movie • 1947
Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
That Wonderful Urge
Movie • 1948
Judge Parker
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Movie • 1953
Rev. Paul Edgett
Keeping Company
Movie • 1940
Mr. Hellman
Androcles and the Lion
Movie • 1952
Menagerie Keeper
Steel Against the Sky
Movie • 1941
John Powers
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
The Sheik Steps Out
Movie • 1937
Samuel P. Murdock
Our Leading Citizen
Movie • 1939
J.T. Tapley
Thunder in the Night
Movie • 1935
Gabor
Her Husband's Affairs
Movie • 1947
Peter Winterbottom
Something to Sing About
Movie • 1937
Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
Meet the Girls
Movie • 1938
Homer Watson
I'm from Missouri
Movie • 1939
Porgie Rowe
We Who Are Young
Movie • 1940
C.B. Beamis
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie • 1936
Self
International Lady
Movie • 1941
Sidney Grenner
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie • 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain Hurricane
Movie • 1935
Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
Storm Over the Andes
Movie • 1935
Cracker
Geronimo
Movie • 1939
Gillespie
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
Movie • 1934
Paul Revere, Jr.
Movie • 1933
Miles Standish
Come Closer, Folks
Movie • 1936
Elmer Woods
Breakdowns of 1949
Movie • 1949
Self
The Gay Bride
Movie • 1934
Jim Smiley (uncredited)
Sweethearts
Movie • 1938
Augustus
Madame Curie
Movie • 1943
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Backbone of America
Movie • 1953
Uncle Cedric
The First Baby
Movie • 1936
Mr. Ellis
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
The Bells of Cockaigne
Movie • 1953
Pat
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Movie • 1951
Matthew
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Milton Hershey
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Innkeeper
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Alfred Renell
Climax!
TV • 1954
Henry Anderson
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV • 1950
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Samuel Fulton
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
John Hewitt
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
O'Connor
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Leslie Hobbs
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
David Keeney
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Sir George
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Evander Cobb
His Honor, Homer Bell
TV • 1955
Homer Bell
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self