Editing Gene Lockhart

{{Short description|Canadian-American actor (1891–1957)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Gene Lockhart
| image              = Gene Lockhart cropped 01.jpg
| caption            = Lockhart in a 1941 publicity image
| birth_name         = Edwin Eugene Lockhart
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1891|07|18|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[London, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1957|03|31|1891|07|18|mf=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| education          = [[London Oratory School]]
| known_for          = ''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''<br>''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''
| resting_place      = 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|singer|playwright}}
| years_active       = 1912&ndash;1957
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Kathleen Lockhart|Kathleen Arthur]]<br>|1924}}
| children           = [[June Lockhart]]
| relatives          = [[Anne Lockhart (actress)|Anne Lockhart]] (granddaughter)
}}

'''Edwin Eugene Lockhart''' (July 18, 1891 &ndash; March 31, 1957)<ref name="TCE">[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gene-lockhart/ "Gene Lockhart"], ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''.</ref> was a Canadian-American [[character actor]], playwright, singer and lyricist. He appeared in over 300 films, and received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his role as Regis in ''[[Algiers (1938 film)|Algiers]]'' (1938), the American remake of ''[[Pepe le Moko]]''.

==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>

==Stage==
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Lockhart had a long stage career; he also wrote professionally and taught acting and stage technique at the [[Juilliard School of Music]] in New York City. He also wrote theatrical sketches, radio shows, special stage material, song lyrics and articles for stage and radio magazines.

He made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in 1916, in the musical '' The Riviera Girl''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eugene Lockhart|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/6286/Eugene-Lockhart|website=Playbill Vault|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> 

He was a member of the traveling play ''The Pierrot Players'' (for which he wrote the book and lyrics). This play introduced the song, ''[[The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise]]'', for which Lockhart wrote the lyrics along with Canadian composer [[Ernest Seitz]]. (The song was subsequently made popular by [[Les Paul and Mary Ford]] in the 1950s.) He wrote and directed the Broadway musical revue ''Bunk of 1926''. He sang in ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' for the [[San Francisco Opera]] Association. On Broadway, Lockhart originated the roles of Uncle Sid in [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s only comedy, ''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]'' (1933), and Fortesque in [[Arthur Schwartz]]'s ''[[Virginia (operetta)|Virginia]]'' (1937).<ref>{{cite work|title=THE PLAY: 'Virginia' Opens the Season With a Large Musical Drama at the Center Theatre Theatre Units' Plays Tonight|author=[[Brooks Atkinson]]|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 September 1937|page=13}}</ref> 

In 1949, he took over from [[Lee J. Cobb]] as [[Willy Loman]], during the original run of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''.

==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).

==Personal life==
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Lockhart was married to actress [[Kathleen Lockhart]] from June 12, 1924, until his death. They had one child together, actress [[June Lockhart]], through whom he is the grandfather of actress [[Anne Lockhart (actress)|Anne Lockhart]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-25|title=Kathleen Lockhart|url=https://walkoffame.com/kathleen-lockhart/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|language=en-US}}</ref>

Lockhart became an American citizen in 1939.<ref name="TCE" />

==Death==
Lockhart died March 31, 1957, from a [[coronary thrombosis]] at the age of 65 in St. John's Hospital, [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gene Lockhart|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19570401&id=h5gtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3048,212927|access-date=1 December 2015|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=April 1, 1957|page=37}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Lockhart has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]—one for motion pictures, at 6307 [[Hollywood Boulevard]], and one for television at 6681 Hollywood Boulevard. Both were dedicated February 8, 1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gene Lockhart|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/gene-lockhart|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> 

==Filmography==
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*''[[Smilin' Through (1922 film)|Smilin' Through]]'' (1922) as Village Rector (film debut)
*''The No Man'' (1933, Short)
*''Paul Revere, Jr.'' (1933, Short) as Miles Standish (uncredited)
*''[[By Your Leave]]'' (1934) as Skeets
*''[[The Gay Bride]]'' (1934) as Jim Smiley (uncredited)
*''[[Captain Hurricane]]'' (1935) as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
*''[[I've Been Around (film)|I've Been Around]]'' (1935) as Sammy Ames
*''[[Storm Over the Andes]]'' (1935) as Cracker
*''[[Star of Midnight]]'' (1935) as Horatio Swayne
*''[[Thunder in the Night]]'' (1935) as Police Lt. Gabor
*''[[Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' (1935) as Lushin
*''[[The Garden Murder Case (film)|The Garden Murder Case]]'' (1936) as Lowe Hammle
*''[[Brides Are Like That]]'' (1936) as John Robinson
*''[[The First Baby]]'' (1936) as Mr. Ellis
*''[[Times Square Playboy]]'' (1936) as P.H. "Ben"/"Pig Head" Bancroft
*''[[Earthworm Tractors]]'' (1936) as George Healey
*''[[The Gorgeous Hussy]]'' (1936) as Maj. William O'Neal
*''[[The Devil Is a Sissy]]'' (1936) as Mr. Murphy
*''[[Wedding Present (film)|Wedding Present]]'' (1936) as Archduke Gustav Ernest
*''[[Come Closer, Folks]]'' (1936) as Elmer Woods
*''[[Career Woman (film)|Career Woman]]'' (1936) as Uncle Billy Burly
*''[[Mind Your Own Business (film)|Mind Your Own Business]]'' (1936) as Bottles
*''[[Mama Steps Out]]'' (1937) as Mr. Sims
*''[[Too Many Wives]]'' (1937) as Winfield Jackson
*''[[The Sheik Steps Out]]'' (1937) as Samuel P. Murdock
*''[[Something to Sing About (1937 film)|Something to Sing About]]'' (1937) as Bennett O. "B.O." Regan
*''[[Algiers (1938 film)|Algiers]]'' (1938) as Regis
*''[[Of Human Hearts]]'' (1938) as Quid
*''[[Sinners in Paradise]]'' (1938) as Senator Corey
*''Stock and Blondes'' (1938, Short)
*''[[Men Are Such Fools]]'' (1938) as Bill Dalton
*''[[Penrod's Double Trouble]]'' (1938) as Mr. Frank Schofield
*''[[Meet the Girls]]'' (1938) as Homer Watson
*''[[Listen, Darling]]'' (1938) as Mr. Drubbs
*''[[Blondie (1938 film)|Blondie]]'' (1938) as C.P. Hazlip
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1938) as [[Bob Cratchit]]
*''[[Sweethearts (1938 film)|Sweethearts]]'' (1938) as Augustus
*''[[I'm from Missouri]]'' (1939) as Porgie Rowe
*''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'' (1939) as Thomas Sanders
*''[[Hotel Imperial (1939 film)|Hotel Imperial]]'' (1939) as Elias
*''[[Tell No Tales (film)|Tell No Tales]]'' (1939) as Arno
*''[[Bridal Suite]]'' (1939) as Cornelius McGill
*''[[Our Leading Citizen (1939 film)|Our Leading Citizen]]'' (1939) as J.T. Tapley
*''[[Blackmail (1939 film)|Blackmail]]'' (1939) as William Ramey
*''[[Geronimo (1939 film)|Geronimo]]'' (1939) as Gillespie
*''[[His Girl Friday]]'' (1940) as Sheriff Peter B. Hartwell
*''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'' (1940) as [[Stephen Douglas]]
*''[[Edison, the Man]]'' (1940) as Mr. Taggart
*''[[We Who Are Young]]'' (1940) as C.B. Beamis
*''[[South of Pago Pago]]'' (1940) as Lindsay
*''[[Dr. Kildare Goes Home]]'' (1940) as George Winslow
*''[[A Dispatch from Reuter's]]'' (1940) as Otto Bauer
*''[[Keeping Company]]'' (1940) as Mr. Hellman
*''[[Meet John Doe]]'' (1941) as Mayor Lovett
*''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]'' (1941) as Dr. Prescott
*''[[Billy the Kid (1941 film)|Billy the Kid]]'' (1941) as Dan Hickey
*''[[One Foot in Heaven]]'' (1941) as Preston Thurston
*''[[International Lady]]'' (1941) as Sidney Grenner
*''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]'' (1941) as Squire Slossum
*''[[They Died with Their Boots On]]'' (1941) as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
*''[[Steel Against the Sky]]'' (1941) as John Powers
*''[[Juke Girl]]'' (1942) as Henry Madden
*''[[The Gay Sisters]]'' (1942) as Herschell Gibbon
*''[[You Can't Escape Forever]]'' (1942) as Carl Robelink
*''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943) as Cobblewick
*''[[Hangmen Also Die]]'' (1943) as Emil Czaka
*''[[Mission to Moscow]]'' (1943) as [[Vyacheslav Molotov|Premier Molotov]]
*''[[Find the Blackmailer]]'' (1943) as John M. Rhodes
*''[[Northern Pursuit]]'' (1943) as Ernst
*''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' (1943) (uncredited)
*''[[The Desert Song (1943 film)|The Desert Song]]'' (1943) as Pere FanFan
*''[[Action in Arabia]]'' (1944) as Josef Danesco
*''[[Going My Way]]'' (1944) as Ted Haines Sr.
*''[[Man from Frisco]]'' (1944) as Joel Kennedy
*''[[That's the Spirit (1945 film)|That's the Spirit]]'' (1945) as Jasper Cawthorne
*''[[The House on 92nd Street]]'' (1945) as Charles Ogden Roper
*''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]'' (1945) as Dr. Saunders
*''[[Meet Me on Broadway]]'' (1946) as John Whittaker
*''[[A Scandal in Paris]]'' (1946) as Prefect of Police Richet
*''[[The Strange Woman]]'' (1946) as Isaiah Poster
*''[[The Shocking Miss Pilgrim]]'' (1947) as Saxon
*''[[Honeymoon (1947 film)|Honeymoon]]'' (1947) as Consul Prescott
*''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947) as Judge Henry X. Harper
*''[[Cynthia (film)|Cynthia]]'' (1947) as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
*''[[The Foxes of Harrow]]'' (1947) as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
*''[[Her Husband's Affairs]]'' (1947) as Peter Winterbottom
*''[[The Inside Story (film)|The Inside Story]]'' (1948) as Horace Taylor
*''[[I, Jane Doe]]'' (1948) as Arnold Matson
*''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' (1948) as Prof. Edward Bell
*''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948) as [[Georges de la Trémoille]]
*''[[That Wonderful Urge]]'' (1948) as Judge Parker
*''[[Down to the Sea in Ships (1949 film)|Down to the Sea in Ships]]'' (1949) as Andrew L. Bush
*''[[The Sickle or the Cross]]'' (1949) as James John
*''[[Madame Bovary (1949 film)|Madame Bovary]]'' (1949) as J. Homais
*''[[Red Light (film)|Red Light]]'' (1949) as Warni Hazard
*''[[The Inspector General (1949 film)|The Inspector General]]'' (1949) as The Mayor
*''[[Riding High (1950 film)|Riding High]]'' (1950) as J.P. Chase
*''[[The Big Hangover]]'' (1950) as Charles Parkford
*''[[I'd Climb the Highest Mountain]]'' (1951) as Jeff Brock
*''[[Rhubarb (1951 film)|Rhubarb]]'' (1951) as Thaddeus J. Banner
*''[[Texas Lady]]'' (1951) as Judge George Jeffers
*''[[A Girl in Every Port (1952 film)|A Girl in Every Port]]'' (1952) as Garvey
*''[[Hoodlum Empire]]'' (1952) as Senator Tower
*''[[Down Among the Sheltering Palms (film)|Down Among the Sheltering Palms]]'' (1953) as Rev. Paul Edgett
*''[[Bonzo Goes to College]]'' (1952) as Clarence B. Gateson
*''[[Apache War Smoke]]'' (1952) as Cyril R. Snowden
*''[[Face to Face (1952 film)|Face to Face]]'' (1952) as Capt. Archbold ('The Secret Sharer')
*''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]'' (1952, TV) as Prof. Vanya 
*''[[Androcles and the Lion (1952 film)|Androcles and the Lion]]'' (1952) as Menagerie Keeper
*''[[Confidentially Connie]]'' (1953) as Dean Edward E. Magruder
*''[[The Lady Wants Mink]]'' (1953) as Mr. Heggie
*''[[Francis Covers the Big Town]]'' (1953) as Tom Henderson
*''[[World for Ransom]]'' (1954) as Alexis Pederas
*''The Father Who Had No Sons'' (1955, TV Movie) as [[Milton Hershey]]
*''[[The Vanishing American (1955 film)|The Vanishing American]]'' (1955) as Blucher
*''[[Carousel (film)|Carousel]]'' (1956) as [[God in Christianity|Starkeeper]]/Dr. Selden
*''[[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]]'' (1956) as Bill Hawthorne
*''[[Science Fiction Theatre]]'' (1956, TV)  as Dr. Richard Hewitt/Dr. Elwood Dove
*''[[Telephone Time]]'' (1956, TV) as Louis P. Cashman 
*''[[Jeanne Eagels (film)|Jeanne Eagels]]'' (1957) as Equity Board President (final film)
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==See also==
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*[[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* "Gene Lockhart of Stage, Screen Actor of Supporting Roles Dies — Had First Broadway Part in 1916", ''New York Times'', April 1, 1957.

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=Raised by the Stars: Interviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors|last=Thomas|first=Nick|year=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6403-6}} (Includes an interview with Lockhart's daughter, June)

==External links==
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* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Gene Lockhart |sopt=t}}
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*[http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ShtMus&CISOPTR=96&REC=8 Sheet music for "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"], Chappell-Harms, 1919.
*[http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Abroad-With-The-Lockharts.html ''Go Abroad with the Lockharts'' on The Digital Deli Too -- information about a radio program that starred Gene Lockhart and his wife, Kathleen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192226/http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Abroad-With-The-Lockharts.html |date=March 4, 2016 }}
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