Editing Gene Lockhart (section)

==Film==
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Lockhart made his film debut in ''[[Smilin' Through (1922 film)|Smilin' Through]]'' (1922) as the Rector, but he made few additional appearances during the [[silent film|silent era]]. His sound debut was in the film ''[[By Your Leave]]'' (1934), 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 (1938 film)|Algiers]]'' (1938), the American remake of ''[[Pepe le Moko]]'', which gained him an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]. He played the suspicious Georges de la Trémouille, the Dauphin's chief counselor, in ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948), starring [[Ingrid Bergman]]. 

He also had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including [[Bob Cratchit]] in ''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1938) and Judge Harper in ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947).

Upon the arrival of [[Orson Welles]] in Hollywood in 1940, Lockhart wrote a short poem satirizing Welles entitled "Little Orson Annie". The poem was a parody of the 1885 poem "[[Little Orphant Annie]]" by [[James Whitcomb Riley]].

Lockhart played  a bumbling sheriff in ''[[His Girl Friday]]'' (1940), opposite [[Cary Grant]] and [[Rosalind Russell]]. He appeared in the movie ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]'' (1941), adapted from the novel by [[Jack London]], as a ship's doctor. He played the Starkeeper in ''[[Carousel (1956 film)|Carousel]]'' (1956).  His last film role was that of the Equity Board President in the film ''[[Jeanne Eagels (film)|Jeanne Eagels]]'' (1957).