16 Facts About Gene Lockhart

Edwin Eugene Lockhart was a Canadian-American character actor, playwright, singer and lyricist.

Gene Lockhart appeared in over 300 films, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Regis in Algiers, the American remake of Pepe le Moko.

Gene Lockhart was raised Catholic and educated in Canadian schools and at the London Oratory School in London, England.

Gene Lockhart had a long stage career; he wrote professionally and taught acting and stage technique at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.

Gene Lockhart wrote theatrical sketches, radio shows, special stage material, song lyrics and articles for stage and radio magazines.

Gene Lockhart made his Broadway debut in 1916, in the musical The Riviera Girl.

Gene Lockhart was a member of the traveling play The Pierrot Players.

Gene Lockhart sang in Die Fledermaus for the San Francisco Opera Association.

Gene Lockhart made his film debut in Smilin' Through as the Rector, but he made few additional appearances during the silent era.

Gene Lockhart 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.

Gene Lockhart played the suspicious Georges de la Tremouille, the Dauphin's chief counselor, in Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman.

Gene Lockhart had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol and Judge Harper in Miracle on 34th Street.

Gene Lockhart played a bumbling sheriff in His Girl Friday, opposite Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.

Gene Lockhart appeared in the movie The Sea Wolf, adapted from the novel by Jack London, as a ship's doctor.

Gene Lockhart was married to actress Kathleen Gene Lockhart from June 12,1924, until his death.

Gene Lockhart died March 31,1957, from a coronary thrombosis at the age of 65 in St John's Hospital, Santa Monica, California.