Editing Gene Lockhart (section)

==Early life==
Lockhart was born in [[London, Ontario]], Canada, and 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]].<ref name=osb>{{cite news|title=Heart Seizure Is Fatal To Gene Lockhart|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19570401&id=8wUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xAQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5279,106073|access-date=30 November 2015|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|date=April 1, 1957|page=11}}</ref>

Lockhart was raised Catholic and educated in Canadian schools and at the [[London Oratory School]] in [[London]], England. He played football for the [[Toronto Argonauts]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Nick|title=June Lockhart remembers "A Christmas Carol" as a family affair|url=http://www.thelondoner.ca/2014/12/15/june-lockhart-remembers-a-christmas-carol-as-a-family-affair|access-date=19 May 2017|work=The Londoner|date=15 December 2014}}</ref>