Gene Lockhart

Highest Rated: 100% One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Lowest Rated: 40% The Strange Woman (1946)

Birthday: Jul 18, 1891

Birthplace: Not Available

Canadian-born Gene Lockhart made his first stage appearance at age 6; as a teenager, he appeared in comedy sketches with another fledgling performer, Beatrice Lillie. Lockhart's first Broadway production was 1916's Riviera. His later credits on the Great White Way included Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesmen, in which Lockhart replaced Lee J. Cobb in the role of Willy Loman. In between acting assignments, Lockhart taught stage technique at the Juilliard School of Music. A prolific writer, Lockhart turned out a number of magazine articles and song lyrics, and contributed several routines to the Broadway revue Bunk of 1926, in which he also starred. After a false start in 1922, Lockhart launched his film career in 1934. His most familiar screen characterization was that of the cowardly criminal who cringed and snivelled upon being caught; he also showed up in several historical films as small-town stuffed shirts and bigoted disbelievers in scientific progress. When not trafficking in petty villainy, Lockhart was quite adept at roles calling for whimsy and confusion, notably Bob Cratchit in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol and the beleaguered judge in A Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Extending his activities to television, Lockhart starred in the 1955 "dramedy" series His Honor, Homer Bell. Gene Lockhart was the husband of character actress Kathleen Lockhart, the father of leading lady June Lockhart, and the grandfather of 1980s ingenue Anne Lockhart.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (The Modern Miracle)	Thomas Sanders	—	2000
57%	Twice Told Tales	Actor	—	1963
No Score Yet	Jeanne Eagels	Equity Board President	—	1957
71%	The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit	Hawthorne	—	1956
83%	Carousel	Starkeeper/Dr. Selden	—	1956
No Score Yet	World for Ransom	Alexis Pederas	—	1954
43%	Androcles and the Lion	Menagerie keeper	—	1953
No Score Yet	Francis Covers the Big Town	Tom Henderson	—	1953
No Score Yet	A Girl in Every Port	Garvey	—	1952
No Score Yet	Hoodlum Empire	Sen. Tower	—	1952
No Score Yet	Rhubarb	Thaddeus J. Banner	—	1951
No Score Yet	Hill Number One	Actor	—	1951
No Score Yet	I'd Climb the Highest Mountain	Mr. Brock	—	1951
No Score Yet	Riding High	J.P. Chase	—	1950
67%	The Big Hangover	Charles Parkford	—	1950
No Score Yet	Red Light	Warni Hazard	—	1949
No Score Yet	Madame Bovary	J. Homais	—	1949
90%	The Inspector General	The Mayor	—	1949
No Score Yet	Down to the Sea in Ships	Andrew Bush	—	1949
No Score Yet	That Wonderful Urge	Judge Parker	—	1948
90%	Joan of Arc	Georges la Tremouille	—	1948
No Score Yet	Apartment for Peggy	Prof. Edward Bell	—	1948
No Score Yet	Her Husband's Affairs	Peter Winterbottom	—	1947
No Score Yet	Cynthia	Dr. Fred I. Jannings	—	1947
No Score Yet	Honeymoon	Prescott	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Saxon	—	1947
96%	Miracle on 34th Street	Judge Henry X. Harper	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Foxes of Harrow	The Vicomte	—	1947
40%	The Strange Woman	Isaiah Poster	—	1946
71%	A Scandal in Paris	Richet	—	1946
85%	Leave Her to Heaven	Dr. Saunders	—	1945
50%	The House on 92nd Street	Charles Ogden Roper	—	1945
81%	Going My Way	Haines	—	1944
No Score Yet	Action in Arabia	Josef Danesco	—	1944
No Score Yet	Man from Frisco	Joel Kennedy	—	1944
88%	Madame Curie	Actor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Mission to Moscow	Vyacheslav Molotov	—	1943
85%	Hangmen Also Die	Emil Czaka	—	1943
No Score Yet	Forever and a Day	Cobblewick Screenwriter	—	1943
No Score Yet	Northern Pursuit	Ernst	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Desert Song	Pere FanFan	—	1943
No Score Yet	You Can't Escape Forever	Carl Robelink	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Gay Sisters	Herschell Gibbon	—	1942
No Score Yet	Juke Girl	Henry Madden	—	1942
100%	One Foot in Heaven	Preston Thurston	—	1941
100%	The Devil and Daniel Webster	Squire Slossum	—	1941
No Score Yet	International Lady	Sidney Grenner	—	1941
No Score Yet	Billy the Kid	Dan Hickey	—	1941
91%	Meet John Doe	Mayor Lovett	—	1941
100%	The Sea Wolf	Dr. Louis Prescott	—	1941
82%	They Died With Their Boots On	Samuel Bacon	—	1941
No Score Yet	Keeping Company	Mr. Hellman	—	1940
No Score Yet	Doctor Kildare Goes Home	George Winslow	—	1940
No Score Yet	South of Pago Pago	Lindsay	—	1940
80%	Edison, the Man	Mr. Taggart	—	1940
83%	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Stephen Douglas	—	1940
99%	His Girl Friday	Sheriff Hartwell	—	1940
No Score Yet	Geronimo	Gillespie	—	1939
No Score Yet	Blondie	Clarence Percival 'C.P.' Hazlip	—	1939
No Score Yet	Land of Liberty	Actor	—	1939
100%	A Christmas Carol	Bob Cratchit	—	1938
No Score Yet	Listen, Darling	Mr. Drubbs	—	1938
No Score Yet	Penrod's Double Trouble	Mr. Schofield	—	1938
No Score Yet	Men Are Such Fools	Bill Dalton	—	1938
No Score Yet	Algiers	Regis	—	1938
No Score Yet	Of Human Hearts	Quid	—	1938
No Score Yet	Sweethearts	Augustus Marlowe	—	1938
No Score Yet	Sinners in Paradise	Sen. Corey	—	1938
83%	Something to Sing About	Bennett O. Regan	—	1937
100%	Make Way for Tomorrow	Mr. Henning	—	1937
No Score Yet	Earthworm Tractors	George Healey	—	1936
No Score Yet	Wedding Present	Archduke Gustav Ernest	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Devil Is a Sissy	Mr. Murphy	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Gorgeous Hussy	Maj. O'Neal	—	1936
No Score Yet	Brides Are Like That	John 'Jackie Boy' Robinson	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Garden Murder Case	Lowe Hammle	—	1936
80%	Crime and Punishment	Lushin	—	1935
No Score Yet	Star of Midnight	Horatio Swayne	—	1935
No Score Yet	Captain Hurricane	Captain Jeremiah Taylor	—	1935

Quotes from Gene Lockhart's Characters

Dr. Louie Prescott:

What's the matter, haven't you seen a man dressed up before?

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Gene Lockhart

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

Quotes from Gene Lockhart's Characters