Gene Lockhart

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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).

His Girl Friday

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Miracle on 34th Street

7.4

Meet John Doe

7.3

Leave Her to Heaven

7.4

Going My Way

6.7

A Christmas Carol

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Hangmen Also Die!

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They Died with Their Boots On

6.6

All That Money Can Buy

7.0

Carousel

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Joan of Arc

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The Sea Wolf

7.1

Crime and Punishment

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The Inspector General

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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Madame Bovary

6.7

The House on 92nd Street

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Madame Curie

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Algiers

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The Strange Woman

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A Scandal in Paris

6.3

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

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Star of Midnight

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Of Human Hearts

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Red Light

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Edison, the Man

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World for Ransom

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Billy the Kid

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Northern Pursuit

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One Foot in Heaven

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Mission to Moscow

5.2

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

5.9

Down to the Sea in Ships

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Androcles and the Lion

5.8

Something to Sing About

6.2

The Gorgeous Hussy

5.2

Wedding Present

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Listen, Darling

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The Garden Murder Case

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Hoodlum Empire

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A Dispatch from Reuters

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Jeanne Eagels

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The Devil Is a Sissy

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That Wonderful Urge

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Forever and a Day

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Action in Arabia

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Sinners in Paradise

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Sweethearts

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Climax!

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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

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Blondie

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Find the Blackmailer

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The Gay Sisters

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Francis Covers the Big Town

5.1

Men Are Such Fools

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The Desert Song

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The Gay Bride

5.8

Rhubarb

5.5

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

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Blackmail

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Riding High

5.8

The Foxes of Harrow

6.1

International Lady

6.4

I, Jane Doe

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The Inside Story

6.5

Apartment for Peggy

7.8

The Big Hangover

6.1

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

5.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.2

Tales of Tomorrow

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You Can't Escape Forever

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Earthworm Tractors

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Tell No Tales

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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

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Cynthia

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Honeymoon

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Bridal Suite

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Her Husband's Affairs

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We Who Are Young

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The Bells of Cockaigne

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Lux Video Theatre

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Times Square Playboy

4.8

A Girl in Every Port

4.8

Juke Girl

6.5

Keeping Company

6.4

Steel Against the Sky

5.0

Geronimo

5.0

Brides Are Like That

4.8

Too Many Wives

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Face to Face

5.7

Confidentially Connie

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Breakdowns of 1941

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

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Armstrong Circle Theatre

3.0

Lights Out

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Telephone Time

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I've Been Around

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Career Woman

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The Vanishing American

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By Your Leave

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South of Pago Pago

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Hotel Imperial

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Smilin' Through

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Thunder in the Night

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Meet the Girls

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Captain Hurricane

4.5

That's the Spirit

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Bonzo Goes to College

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Apache War Smoke

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Mama Steps Out

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Man from Frisco

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Penrod's Double Trouble

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The Sickle or the Cross

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The Lady Wants Mink

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Meet Me on Broadway

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Down Among the Sheltering Palms

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The Sheik Steps Out

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Storm Over the Andes

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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8

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Breakdowns of 1949

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Breakdowns of 1942

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His Honor, Homer Bell

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The Lady from Texas

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Mind Your Own Business

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Our Leading Citizen

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I'm from Missouri

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Breakdowns of 1936

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Paul Revere, Jr.

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Come Closer, Folks

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The Backbone of America

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The First Baby

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