Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
Canadian-born Gene Lockhart made his first stage appearance at age 6; as a teenager, he appeared in comedy sketches with another fledgling performer, Beatrice Lillie. Lockhart's first Broadway production was 1916's Riviera. His later credits on the Great White Way included Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesmen, in which Lockhart replaced Lee J. Cobb in the role of Willy Loman. In between acting assignments, Lockhart taught stage technique at the Juilliard School of Music. A prolific writer, Lockhart turned out a number of magazine articles and song lyrics, and contributed several routines to the Broadway revue Bunk of 1926, in which he also starred. After a false start in 1922, Lockhart launched his film career in 1934. His most familiar screen characterization was that of the cowardly criminal who cringed and snivelled upon being caught; he also showed up in several historical films as small-town stuffed shirts and bigoted disbelievers in scientific progress. When not trafficking in petty villainy, Lockhart was quite adept at roles calling for whimsy and confusion, notably Bob Cratchit in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol and the beleaguered judge in A Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Extending his activities to television, Lockhart starred in the 1955 "dramedy" series His Honor, Homer Bell. Gene Lockhart was the husband of character actress Kathleen Lockhart, the father of leading lady June Lockhart, and the grandfather of 1980s ingenue Anne Lockhart. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Gene Lockhart:
- Rhubarb with Ray Milland , Jan Sterling , William Frawley , Paul Douglas , Wilbur Mack , Strother Martin , Eric Wilton , Leonard Nimoy
- They Died With Their Boots On with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Arthur Kennedy , Charles Grapewin , Regis Toomey , Stanley Ridges , Anthony Quinn , Walter Hampden , John Litel , Joseph Sawyer , Minor Watson , Sydney Greenstreet , Hattie R. McDaniel , Roy Barcroft , Hobart Bosworth , William Forrest , Saul Gorss , John Hamilton , Herbert Heywood , William Hopper , Sam McDaniel , Anna Q. Nilsson , Eddie Parker , Eleanor Parker , Bob Perry , George H. Reed , John Ridgely , Ray Teal , Minerva Urecal , Gig Young
- Algiers with Charles Boyer , Hedy Lamarr , Joseph Calleia , Johnny Downs , Ben Hall , Armand Kaliz , Leonid Kinskey , Paul Harvey , Stanley Fields , Alan Sr. Hale
- Madame Bovary with Jennifer Jones , James Mason , Van Heflin , Louis Jourdan , Gladys Cooper , George Zucco , Ellen Corby , Larry Simms , Teddy Infur
- Meet John Doe with Gary Cooper , Barbara Stanwyck , Edward Arnold , Walter Brennan , Spring Byington , James Gleason , Rod LaRocque , Regis Toomey , John Farrell MacDonald , Stanley Andrews , Sterling Holloway , Mike J. Frankovich , Gary Cooper , Billy Curtis , Harry Davenport , Vernon Dent , Ann Doran , Edward Earle , Bess Flowers , William Forrest , John Hamilton , John Ince , Frank Jaquet , Alphonse Martell , Edward McWade , Gene Morgan , Forbes Murray , Paul Panzer , Edward Sr. Peil , Bob Perry , Susan Peters , Hal Price , Jack Richardson , Henry Roquemore , Cliff Saum , Walter Soderling , Wyndham Standing , Edwin Stanley , Fredrik Vogeding , Stanley Price
- Joan of Arc with Ingrid Bergman , Jose Ferrer , Ward Bond , Jimmy Lydon , Francis L. Sullivan , Cecil Kellaway , Irene Rich , Ray Teal , George Coulouris , John Emery , Leif Erickson , John Ireland , Henry Brandon , Ethan Laidlaw , Dennis Hoey , Roy Roberts , J. Carrol Naish , Alan Napier , Herbert Rudley , William Conrad , Houseley Sr. Stevenson , Jeff Corey , Bob Crosby , James Garner , Greta Granstedt , Frank S. Hagney , Chuck Hamilton , James Sr. Kirkwood , George Magrill , Frank Marlowe , Matt Moore , Harry Hays Morgan , Frances Morris , Herbert Rawlinson , Arthur Space , Minerva Urecal , Charles Wagenheim , Henry Wills , George Zucco , Mary Field
- Riding High with Bing Crosby , Coleen Gray , Charles Bickford , Frances Gifford , Raymond Walburn , William Demarest , Clarence Muse , Margaret Hamilton , Douglas Dumbrille , Ward Bond , Frankie Darro , Paul Harvey , Marjorie Lord , James Gleason , Dub Taylor , Stanley Andrews , Harry Davenport , Edgar Dearing , Ann Doran , Oliver Hardy , Percy Helton , Percy Kilbride , Max Baer
- Madame Curie with Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Robert Walker , Albert Basserman , Van Johnson , Margaret O'Brien , C. Aubrey Smith , Henry Travers , May Whitty , Reginald Owen , Teddy Infur , James Sr. Kirkwood , George Meader , Alan Napier , Arthur Shields , Wyndham Standing , Ray Teal , Ray Collins
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