🎬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).

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Carousel (1956)	Starkeeper / Dr. Selden		5
2	World for Ransom (1954)	Alexis Pederas		5
3	Androcles and the Lion (1952)	Menagerie Keeper		5
4	Face to Face (1952)	Archbold		4
5	Hoodlum Empire (1952)	Sen. Tower		4
6	The Inspector General (1949)	The Mayor		8
7	Red Light (1949)	Warni Hazard		6
8	I, Jane Doe (1948)	Arnold Matson		2
9	Joan of Arc (1948)	Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor		4
10	Honeymoon (1947)	Consul Prescott	-	-
11	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)	Saxon	-	-
12	Cynthia (1947)	Dr. Fred I. Jannings	-	-
13	Miracle on 34th Street (1947)	Judge Harper		7.9
14	The Strange Woman (1946)	Isaiah Poster		3
15	Leave Her to Heaven (1945)	Dr. Saunders		7
16	The House on 92nd Street (1945)	Charles Ogden Roper		3
17	Going My Way (1944)	Ted Haines Snr.		5.3
18	Hangmen Also Die! (1943)	Emil Czaka		6.5
19	Madame Curie (1943)	Bit Part (uncredited)		5
20	Find the Blackmailer (1943)	John Michael Rhodes	-	-
21	They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	Samuel Bacon, Esq.		7
22	The Sea Wolf (1941)	Dr. Prescott		7
23	All That Money Can Buy (1941)	Squire Slossum		7.7
24	One Foot in Heaven (1941)	Preston Thurston		1
25	Billy the Kid (1941)	Dan Hickey	-	-
26	Meet John Doe (1941)	Mayor Lovett		7.3
27	His Girl Friday (1940)	Sheriff Hartwell		7.4
28	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)	Thomas Sanders	-	-
29	A Christmas Carol (1938)	Bob Cratchit		6
30	Sweethearts (1938)	Augustus		3
31	Algiers (1938)	Regis	-	-
32	The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)	Maj. William O'Neal		5
33	Crime and Punishment (1935)	Lushin		4
34	By Your Leave (1934)	Skeets	-	-