Person
Gene Lockhart
Actor· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
His Girl Friday
Sheriff Hartwell · 1940
Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Harper · 1947
Meet John Doe
Mayor Lovett · 1941
Leave Her to Heaven
Dr. Saunders · 1945
Going My Way
Ted Haines Snr. · 1944
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit · 1938
Hangmen Also Die!
Emil Czaka · 1943
They Died with Their Boots On
Samuel Bacon, Esq. · 1941
Filmography
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Equity Board President | Film |
| 1956 | Carousel | Starkeeper / Dr. Selden | Film |
| 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Bill Hawthorne | Film |
| 1955 | The Vanishing American | Blucher | Film |
| 1954 | World for Ransom | Alexis Pederas | Film |
| 1953 | Francis Covers the Big Town | Tom Henderson | Film |
| 1953 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Rev. Paul Edgett | Film |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Menagerie Keeper | Film |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire | Sen. Tower | Film |
| 1952 | A Girl in Every Port | Garvey | Film |
| 1952 | Bonzo Goes to College | Clarence B. Gateson | Film |
| 1952 | Apache War Smoke | Cyril R. Snowden | Film |
| 1951 | The Lady from Texas | Judge George Jeffers | Film |
| 1951 | I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Jeff Brock | Film |
| 1951 | Rhubarb | Thaddeus J. Banner | Film |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover | Charles Parkford | Film |
| 1950 | Riding High | J.P. Chase | Film |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | J. Homais | Film |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | The Mayor | Film |
| 1949 | Red Light | Warni Hazard | Film |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Andrew L. Bush | Film |
| 1948 | I, Jane Doe | Arnold Matson | Film |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Edward Bell | Film |
| 1948 | The Inside Story | Horace Taylor | Film |
| 1948 | That Wonderful Urge | Judge Parker | Film |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor | Film |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | Judge Harper | Film |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Dr. Fred I. Jannings | Film |
| 1947 | The Foxes of Harrow | Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux | Film |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | Peter Winterbottom | Film |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Saxon | Film |
| 1946 | A Scandal in Paris | Prefect of Police Richet | Film |
| 1946 | The Strange Woman | Isaiah Poster | Film |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Dr. Saunders | Film |
| 1945 | That's the Spirit | Jasper Cawthorne | Film |
| 1945 | The House on 92nd Street | Charles Ogden Roper | Film |
| 1944 | Action in Arabia | Josef Danesco | Film |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Ted Haines Snr. | Film |
| 1944 | Man from Frisco | Joel Kennedy | Film |
| 1943 | Find the Blackmailer | John Michael Rhodes | Film |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit | Ernst Willis | Film |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Cobblewick | Film |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Emil Czaka | Film |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Viatcheslav Molotov | Film |
| 1943 | The Desert Song | Pere FanFan | Film |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Carl Robelink | Film |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters | Mr. Herschell Gibbon | Film |
| 1942 | Juke Girl | Henry Madden | Film |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Carl Robelink | Film |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Mayor Lovett | Film |
| 1941 | All That Money Can Buy | Squire Slossum | Film |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Samuel Bacon, Esq. | Film |
| 1941 | The Sea Wolf | Dr. Prescott | Film |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Preston Thurston | Film |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Dan Hickey | Film |
| 1941 | International Lady | Sidney Grenner | Film |
| 1941 | Steel Against the Sky | John Powers | Film |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Mr. Taggart | Film |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Stephen Douglas | Film |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Sheriff Hartwell | Film |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | George Winslow | Film |
| 1940 | A Dispatch from Reuters | Otto Bauer | Film |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Arno | Film |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Thomas Sanders | Film |
| 1939 | Blackmail | William 'Bill' Ramey | Film |
| 1939 | Our Leading Citizen | J.T. Tapley | Film |
| 1938 | Algiers | Regis | Film |
| 1938 | Sweethearts | Augustus | Film |
| 1938 | Men Are Such Fools | Bill Dalton | Film |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Quid | Film |
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit | Film |
| 1938 | Blondie | C.P. Hazlip | Film |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling | Arthur Drubbs | Film |
| 1938 | Sinners in Paradise | Senator John P. Corey | Film |
| 1938 | Penrod's Double Trouble | Mr. Schofield | Film |
| 1937 | Something to Sing About | Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan | Film |
| 1937 | The Sheik Steps Out | Samuel P. Murdock | Film |
| 1937 | Something to Sing About | Bennett O. Regan | Film |
| 1937 | Mama Steps Out | Mr. Sims | Film |
| 1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy | Mr. Jim Murphy | Film |
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