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