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Gene Lockhart

Acting

Born July 18, 1891 · London, Ontario, Canada

Died March 31, 1957

Also known as Eugene Lockhart · Eugene "Gene" Lockhart · Gene Lockhart

Biography

Edwin Eugene Lockhart was a Canadian-American character actor, playwright, singer, and lyricist. He appeared in over 300 films, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Regis in Algiers (1938), the American remake of Pépé le Moko.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1939 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947as Saxon

Forever and a Day

1943as Cobblewick

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938as Mr. Schofield

Miracle on 34th Street

1947as Judge Harper

Leave Her to Heaven

1945as Dr. Saunders

His Girl Friday

1940as Sheriff Hartwell

Meet John Doe

1941as Mayor Lovett

Madame Curie

1943as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Sea Wolf

1941as Dr. Prescott

Mrs. Miniver

1942Songs

The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941as Squire Slossum

A Christmas Carol

1938as Bob Cratchit

Blondie

1938as C.P. Hazlip

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936as Mr. Jim Murphy

Hangmen Also Die!

1943as Emil Czaka

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940as Stephen Douglas

Madame Bovary

1949as J. Homais

Edison, the Man

1940as Mr. Taggart

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940as George Winslow

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996as Self (archive footage)

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956as Bill Hawthorne

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Innkeeper

Going My Way

1944as Ted Haines Snr.

They Died with Their Boots On

1941as Samuel Bacon, Esq.

Listen, Darling

1938as Arthur Drubbs

The Inspector General

1949as The Mayor

The Inside Story

1948as Horace Taylor

The House on 92nd Street

1945as Charles Ogden Roper

Telephone Time

1956

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

I, Jane Doe

1948as Arnold Matson

A Scandal in Paris

1946as Prefect of Police Richet

Algiers

1938as Regis

Jeanne Eagels

1957as Equity Board President

The Strange Woman

1946as Isaiah Poster

Northern Pursuit

1943as Ernst Willis

Something to Sing About

1937as Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan

Joan of Arc

1948as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Lights Out

1949

Action in Arabia

1944as Josef Danesco

The Desert Song

1943as Pere FanFan

Androcles and the Lion

1952as Menagerie Keeper

Red Light

1949as Warni Hazard

Of Human Hearts

1938as Quid

Men Are Such Fools

1938as Bill Dalton

Star of Midnight

1935as Horatio Swayne

Confidentially Connie

1953as Dean Edward E. Magruder

Rhubarb

1951as Thaddeus J. Banner

Mission to Moscow

1943as Viatcheslav Molotov