Acting
Gene Lockhart
EN cinema · 126 credits
Born
18 July 1891
Died
31 March 1957 (aged 65)
Birthplace
London, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Eugene Lockhart · Eugene "Gene" Lockhart · Gene Lockhart
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
Filmography
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Eagels
as Equity Board President
Carousel
as Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Bill Hawthorne
The Vanishing American
as Blucher
World for Ransom
as Alexis Pederas
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Tom Henderson
The Lady Wants Mink
as Mr. Heggie
Confidentially Connie
as Dean Edward E. Magruder
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rev. Paul Edgett
The Backbone of America
as Uncle Cedric
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Tower
A Girl in Every Port
as Garvey
Bonzo Goes to College
as Clarence B. Gateson
Apache War Smoke
as Cyril R. Snowden
Face to Face
as Archbold
Androcles and the Lion
as Menagerie Keeper
Rhubarb
as Thaddeus J. Banner
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Jeff Brock
The Lady from Texas
as Judge George Jeffers
Riding High
as J.P. Chase
The Big Hangover
as Charles Parkford
Red Light
as Warni Hazard
The Inspector General
as The Mayor
Madame Bovary
as J. Homais
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Andrew L. Bush
The Sickle or the Cross
as James John
Joan of Arc
as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
I, Jane Doe
as Arnold Matson
The Inside Story
as Horace Taylor
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Edward Bell
That Wonderful Urge
as Judge Parker
Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Harper
Cynthia
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Honeymoon
as Consul Prescott
The Foxes of Harrow
as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
Her Husband's Affairs
as Peter Winterbottom
The Strange Woman
as Isaiah Poster
A Scandal in Paris
as Prefect of Police Richet
Meet Me on Broadway
as John Whittaker
The House on 92nd Street
as Charles Ogden Roper
Leave Her to Heaven
as Dr. Saunders
That's the Spirit
as Jasper Cawthorne
Going My Way
as Ted Haines Snr.
Action in Arabia
as Josef Danesco
The Desert Song
as Pere FanFan
Man from Frisco
as Joel Kennedy
Hangmen Also Die!
as Emil Czaka
Forever and a Day
as Cobblewick, Writer
Northern Pursuit
as Ernst Willis
Find the Blackmailer
as John Michael Rhodes
Mission to Moscow
as Viatcheslav Molotov
Madame Curie
as Bit Part (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Carl Robelink
The Gay Sisters
as Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Juke Girl
as Henry Madden
Meet John Doe
as Mayor Lovett
The Sea Wolf
as Dr. Prescott
All That Money Can Buy
as Squire Slossum
They Died with Their Boots On
as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
One Foot in Heaven
as Preston Thurston
Billy the Kid
as Dan Hickey
Steel Against the Sky
as John Powers
International Lady
as Sidney Grenner
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
as Sheriff Hartwell
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Stephen Douglas
Edison, the Man
as Mr. Taggart
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as George Winslow
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Otto Bauer
South of Pago Pago
as Lindsay
Keeping Company
as Mr. Hellman
We Who Are Young
as C.B. Beamis
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Thomas Sanders
Tell No Tales
as Arno
Blackmail
as William 'Bill' Ramey
Hotel Imperial
as Elias
Bridal Suite
as Cornelius McGill
Our Leading Citizen
as J.T. Tapley
I'm from Missouri
as Porgie Rowe
Geronimo
as Gillespie
Jesse James
as Wiseacre Sitting Outside Marshal's Office (uncredited)
Blondie
as C.P. Hazlip
Algiers
as Regis
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit
Listen, Darling
as Arthur Drubbs
Men Are Such Fools
as Bill Dalton
Of Human Hearts
as Quid
Sinners in Paradise
as Senator John P. Corey
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Mr. Schofield
Meet the Girls
as Homer Watson
Sweethearts
as Augustus
Mama Steps Out
as Mr. Sims
Too Many Wives
as Winfield Jackson
The Sheik Steps Out
as Samuel P. Murdock
Something to Sing About
as Bennett O. Regan
Earthworm Tractors
as George Healey
Times Square Playboy
as P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maj. William O'Neal
The Garden Murder Case
as Edgar Lowe Hammle
Career Woman
as Uncle Billy Burly
Brides Are Like That
as John Robinson
Mind Your Own Business
as Bottles
Wedding Present
as Archduke Gustav Ernest
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Mr. Jim Murphy
Come Closer, Folks
as Elmer Woods
The First Baby
as Mr. Ellis
I've Been Around
as Sammy Ames
Crime and Punishment
as Lushin
Star of Midnight
as Horatio Swayne
Thunder in the Night
as Gabor
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
Storm Over the Andes
as Cracker
By Your Leave
as Skeets
The Gay Bride
as Jim Smiley (uncredited)
Paul Revere, Jr.
as Miles Standish
Smilin' Through
as Village Rector