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Edwin Eugene Lockhart (July 18, 1891 – March 31, 1957) was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright. He also wrote the lyrics to a number of popular songs. He became a United States citizen in 1939.
Born in London, Ontario, the son of John Coats Lockhart and Ellen Mary (née Delaney) Lockhart, he 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.
Lockhart is mostly remembered for his film work. He made his film debut in the 1922 version of Smilin' Through, as the Rector, but did not make his sound debut until 1934 in the film By Your Leave, 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, the American remake of Pepe le Moko, which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also played the suspicious Georges de la Trémouille, the Dauphin's chief counselor, in the famous 1948 film Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman. He had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (1938) and the judge in Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
Known For
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Bob Cratchit
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
Judge Henry X. Harper
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Sheriff Hartwell
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Mayor Lovett
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
Going My Way
(1944)
Ted Haines Snr.
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Viatcheslav Molotov
Leave Her to Heaven
(1945)
Dr. Saunders
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Emil Czaka
Carousel
(1956)
Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
(1956)
Bill Hawthorne
Madame Curie
(1943)
Bit Part (uncredited)
Algiers
(1938)
Regis
Madame Bovary
(1949)
J. Homais
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Lushin
Full Filmography
Acting
Smilin' Through
(1922)
Village Rector
Paul Revere, Jr.
(1933)
Miles Standish
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
(1934)
By Your Leave
(1934)
Skeets
The Gay Bride
(1934)
Jim Smiley (uncredited)
Captain Hurricane
(1935)
Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
Storm Over the Andes
(1935)
Cracker
I've Been Around
(1935)
Sammy Ames
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Lushin
Star of Midnight
(1935)
Horatio Swayne
Thunder in the Night
(1935)
Gabor
Come Closer, Folks
(1936)
Elmer Woods
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
George Healey
Wedding Present
(1936)
Archduke Gustav Ernest
Breakdowns of 1936
(1936)
Self
The Gorgeous Hussy
(1936)
Maj. William O'Neal
Mind Your Own Business
(1936)
Bottles
The First Baby
(1936)
Mr. Ellis
Brides Are Like That
(1936)
John Robinson
Times Square Playboy
(1936)
P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
Career Woman
(1936)
Uncle Billy Burly
The Garden Murder Case
(1936)
Edgar Lowe Hammle
The Devil is a Sissy
(1936)
Mr. Jim Murphy
The Sheik Steps Out
(1937)
Samuel P. Murdock
Too Many Wives
(1937)
Winfield Jackson
Something to Sing About
(1937)
Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
Mama Steps Out
(1937)
Mr. Sims
Meet the Girls
(1938)
Homer Watson
Men Are Such Fools
(1938)
Bill Dalton
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Bob Cratchit
Algiers
(1938)
Regis
Blondie
(1938)
C.P. Hazlip
Penrod's Double Trouble
(1938)
Mr. Schofield
Sinners in Paradise
(1938)
Senator John P. Corey
Sweethearts
(1938)
Augustus
Of Human Hearts
(1938)
Quid
Listen, Darling
(1938)
Arthur Drubbs
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
(1939)
Thomas Sanders
Bridal Suite
(1939)
Cornelius McGill
Hotel Imperial
(1939)
Elias
I'm from Missouri
(1939)
Porgie Rowe
Blackmail
(1939)
William 'Bill' Ramey
Geronimo
(1939)
Gillespie
Our Leading Citizen
(1939)
J.T. Tapley
Tell No Tales
(1939)
Arno
We Who Are Young
(1940)
C.B. Beamis
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(1940)
Stephen Douglas
Edison, the Man
(1940)
Mr. Taggart
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
(1940)
George Winslow
South of Pago Pago
(1940)
Lindsay
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Sheriff Hartwell
Keeping Company
(1940)
Mr. Hellman
A Dispatch from Reuters
(1940)
Otto Bauer
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Preston Thurston
Steel Against the Sky
(1941)
John Powers
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Samuel Bacon, Esq.
All That Money Can Buy
(1941)
Squire Slossum
The Sea Wolf
(1941)
Dr. Prescott
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Mayor Lovett
Breakdowns of 1941
(1941)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
International Lady
(1941)
Sidney Grenner
Billy the Kid
(1941)
Dan Hickey
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
You Can't Escape Forever
(1942)
Carl Robelink
Juke Girl
(1942)
Henry Madden
The Gay Sisters
(1942)
Mr. Herschell Gibbon
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Viatcheslav Molotov
The Desert Song
(1943)
Pere FanFan
Find the Blackmailer
(1943)
John Michael Rhodes
Northern Pursuit
(1943)
Ernst Willis
Madame Curie
(1943)
Bit Part (uncredited)
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Cobblewick
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Emil Czaka
Action in Arabia
(1944)
Josef Danesco
Man from Frisco
(1944)
Joel Kennedy
Going My Way
(1944)
Ted Haines Snr.
That's the Spirit
(1945)
Jasper Cawthorne
Leave Her to Heaven
(1945)
Dr. Saunders
The House on 92nd Street
(1945)
Charles Ogden Roper
A Scandal in Paris
(1946)
Prefect of Police Richet
The Strange Woman
(1946)
Isaiah Poster
Meet Me on Broadway
(1946)
John Whittaker
Her Husband's Affairs
(1947)
Peter Winterbottom
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(1947)
Saxon
Cynthia
(1947)
Dr. Fred I. Jannings
The Foxes of Harrow
(1947)
Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
Judge Henry X. Harper
Honeymoon
(1947)
Consul Prescott
The Inside Story
(1948)
Horace Taylor
I, Jane Doe
(1948)
Arnold Matson
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
That Wonderful Urge
(1948)
Judge Parker
Apartment for Peggy
(1948)
Prof. Edward Bell
Down to the Sea in Ships
(1949)
Andrew L. Bush
Breakdowns of 1949
(1949)
Self
Madame Bovary
(1949)
J. Homais
The Inspector General
(1949)
The Mayor
Red Light
(1949)
Warni Hazard
The Sickle or the Cross
(1949)
James John
Riding High
(1950)
J.P. Chase
The Big Hangover
(1950)
Charles Parkford
The Lady from Texas
(1951)
Judge George Jeffers
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
(1951)
Jeff Brock
Rhubarb
(1951)
Thaddeus J. Banner
Apache War Smoke
(1952)
Cyril R. Snowden
Bonzo Goes to College
(1952)
Clarence B. Gateson
Face to Face
(1952)
Archbold
Androcles and the Lion
(1952)
Menagerie Keeper
A Girl in Every Port
(1952)
Garvey
Hoodlum Empire
(1952)
Sen. Tower
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
(1953)
Rev. Paul Edgett
Confidentially Connie
(1953)
Dean Edward E. Magruder
The Lady Wants Mink
(1953)
Mr. Heggie
Francis Covers the Big Town
(1953)
Tom Henderson
The Bells of Cockaigne
(1953)
Pat
The Backbone of America
(1953)
Uncle Cedric
World for Ransom
(1954)
Alexis Pederas
The Vanishing American
(1955)
Blucher
Carousel
(1956)
Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
(1956)
Bill Hawthorne
Jeanne Eagels
(1957)
Equity Board President
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Sound
Writing