Gene Lockhart
from London, Ontario, Canada
from London, Ontario, Canada
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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).
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Equity Board President
Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Bill Hawthorne
Blucher
Alexis Pederas
Rev. Paul Edgett
Dean Edward E. Magruder
Mr. Heggie
Tom Henderson
Pat
Uncle Cedric
Garvey
Sen. Tower
Clarence B. Gateson
Cyril R. Snowden
Archbold
Menagerie Keeper
Jeff Brock
Matthew
Thaddeus J. Banner
Judge George Jeffers
J.P. Chase
Charles Parkford
Andrew L. Bush
James John
J. Homais
Warni Hazard
Self
The Mayor
Horace Taylor
Arnold Matson
Prof. Edward Bell
Judge Parker
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
Saxon
Consul Prescott
Judge Harper
Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
Peter Winterbottom
John Whittaker
Prefect of Police Richet
Isaiah Poster
Jasper Cawthorne
Charles Ogden Roper
Dr. Saunders
Ted Haines Snr.
Pere FanFan
Josef Danesco
Joel Kennedy
Cobblewick
Emil Czaka
Viatcheslav Molotov
John Michael Rhodes
Ernst Willis
Bit Part (uncredited)
Henry Madden
Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Carl Robelink
Self
Songs
Mayor Lovett
Dr. Prescott
Dan Hickey
Sidney Grenner
Squire Slossum
Preston Thurston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
John Powers
Sheriff Hartwell
Stephen Douglas
Mr. Taggart
Lindsay
C.B. Beamis
George Winslow
Otto Bauer
Mr. Hellman
Wiseacre Sitting Outside Marshal's Office (uncredited)
Thomas Sanders
Porgie Rowe
Elias
Cornelius McGill
Arno
J.T. Tapley
William 'Bill' Ramey
Gillespie
Regis
Quid
Senator John P. Corey
Bill Dalton
Mr. Schofield
Homer Watson
Arthur Drubbs
C.P. Hazlip
Bob Cratchit
Augustus
Mr. Sims
Winfield Jackson
Samuel P. Murdock
Bennett O. Regan
Edgar Lowe Hammle
Mr. Ellis
John Robinson
P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
George Healey
Maj. William O'Neal
Mr. Jim Murphy
Archduke Gustav Ernest
Elmer Woods
Uncle Billy Burly
Bottles
Self
Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
Sammy Ames
Cracker
Horatio Swayne
Gabor
Lushin
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
(Unknown)
Skeets
Jim Smiley (uncredited)
Miles Standish
Village Rector