From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).

Filmography

• 1957Jeanne Eagels — Equity Board President
• 1956Carousel — Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
• Telephone Time
• 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — Bill Hawthorne
• Crossroads — Reverend Allan E. Claxton
• His Honor, Homer Bell — Homer Bell
• The 20th Century Fox Hour
• 1955The Vanishing American — Blucher
• Climax! — Henry Anderson
• 1954World for Ransom — Alexis Pederas
• 1953Confidentially Connie — Dean Edward E. Magruder
• 1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms — Rev. Paul Edgett
• 1953Francis Covers the Big Town — Tom Henderson
• 1953The Backbone of America — Uncle Cedric
• 1953The Bells of Cockaigne — Pat
• 1953The Lady Wants Mink — Mr. Heggie
• 1952A Girl in Every Port — Garvey
• 1952Androcles and the Lion — Menagerie Keeper
• 1952Apache War Smoke — Cyril R. Snowden
• 1952Bonzo Goes to College — Clarence B. Gateson
• 1952Face to Face — Archbold
• 1952Hoodlum Empire — Sen. Tower
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Milton Hershey
• 1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration — Matthew
• 1951I'd Climb the Highest Mountain — Jeff Brock
• 1951Rhubarb — Thaddeus J. Banner
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Alfred Renell
• Tales of Tomorrow
• 1951The Lady from Texas — Judge George Jeffers
• Armstrong Circle Theatre
• Lux Video Theatre — Innkeeper, John Hewitt, Samuel Fulton, O'Connor, Leslie Hobbs, Sir George, David Keeney, Evander Cobb
• 1950Riding High — J.P. Chase
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• 1950The Big Hangover — Charles Parkford
• 1949Down to the Sea in Ships — Andrew L. Bush
• Lights Out
• 1949Madame Bovary — J. Homais
• 1949Red Light — Warni Hazard
• 1949The Inspector General — The Mayor
• 1949The Sickle or the Cross — James John
• 1948Apartment for Peggy — Prof. Edward Bell
• 1948I, Jane Doe — Arnold Matson
• 1948Joan of Arc — Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
• 1948That Wonderful Urge — Judge Parker
• 1948The Inside Story — Horace Taylor
• 1947Cynthia — Dr. Fred I. Jannings
• 1947Her Husband's Affairs — Peter Winterbottom
• 1947Honeymoon — Consul Prescott
• 1947Miracle on 34th Street — Judge Harper
• 1947The Foxes of Harrow — Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
• 1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim — Saxon
• 1946A Scandal in Paris — Prefect of Police Richet
• 1946Meet Me on Broadway — John Whittaker
• 1946The Strange Woman — Isaiah Poster
• 1945Leave Her to Heaven — Dr. Saunders
• 1945That's the Spirit — Jasper Cawthorne
• 1945The House on 92nd Street — Charles Ogden Roper
• 1944Action in Arabia — Josef Danesco
• 1944Going My Way — Ted Haines Snr.
• 1944Man from Frisco — Joel Kennedy
• 1944The Desert Song — Pere FanFan
• 1943Find the Blackmailer — John Michael Rhodes
• 1943Forever and a Day — Cobblewick, Writer
• 1943Hangmen Also Die! — Emil Czaka
• 1943Madame Curie — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1943Mission to Moscow — Viatcheslav Molotov
• 1943Northern Pursuit — Ernst Willis
• 1942Juke Girl — Henry Madden
• 1942Mrs. Miniver — Songs
• 1942The Gay Sisters — Mr. Herschell Gibbon
• 1942You Can't Escape Forever — Carl Robelink
• 1941All That Money Can Buy — Squire Slossum
• 1941Billy the Kid — Dan Hickey
• 1941International Lady — Sidney Grenner
• 1941Meet John Doe — Mayor Lovett
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Preston Thurston
• 1941Steel Against the Sky — John Powers
• 1941The Sea Wolf — Dr. Prescott
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Samuel Bacon, Esq.
• 1940A Dispatch from Reuters — Otto Bauer
• 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Stephen Douglas
• 1940Dr. Kildare Goes Home — George Winslow
• 1940Edison, the Man — Mr. Taggart
• 1940His Girl Friday — Sheriff Hartwell
• 1940Keeping Company — Mr. Hellman
• 1940South of Pago Pago — Lindsay
• 1940We Who Are Young — C.B. Beamis
• 1939Blackmail — William 'Bill' Ramey
• 1939Bridal Suite — Cornelius McGill
• 1939Geronimo — Gillespie
• 1939Hotel Imperial — Elias
• 1939I'm from Missouri — Porgie Rowe
• 1939Jesse James — Wiseacre Sitting Outside Marshal's Office (uncredited)
• 1939Our Leading Citizen — J.T. Tapley
• 1939Tell No Tales — Arno
• 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell — Thomas Sanders
• 1938A Christmas Carol — Bob Cratchit
• 1938Algiers — Regis
• 1938Blondie — C.P. Hazlip
• 1938Listen, Darling — Arthur Drubbs
• 1938Meet the Girls — Homer Watson
• 1938Men Are Such Fools — Bill Dalton
• 1938Of Human Hearts — Quid
• 1938Penrod's Double Trouble — Mr. Schofield
• 1938Sinners in Paradise — Senator John P. Corey
• 1938Sweethearts — Augustus
• 1937Mama Steps Out — Mr. Sims
• 1937Something to Sing About — Bennett O. Regan
• 1937The Sheik Steps Out — Samuel P. Murdock
• 1937Too Many Wives — Winfield Jackson
• 1936Brides Are Like That — John Robinson
• 1936Career Woman — Uncle Billy Burly
• 1936Come Closer, Folks — Elmer Woods
• 1936Earthworm Tractors — George Healey
• 1936Mind Your Own Business — Bottles
• 1936The Devil Is a Sissy — Mr. Jim Murphy
• 1936The First Baby — Mr. Ellis
• 1936The Garden Murder Case — Edgar Lowe Hammle
• 1936The Gorgeous Hussy — Maj. William O'Neal
• 1936Times Square Playboy — P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
• 1936Wedding Present — Archduke Gustav Ernest
• 1935Captain Hurricane — Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
• 1935Crime and Punishment — Lushin
• 1935I've Been Around — Sammy Ames
• 1935Star of Midnight — Horatio Swayne
• 1935Storm Over the Andes — Cracker
• 1935Thunder in the Night — Gabor
• 1934By Your Leave — Skeets
• 1934Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
• 1934The Gay Bride — Jim Smiley (uncredited)
• 1933Paul Revere, Jr. — Miles Standish
• 1922Smilin' Through — Village Rector

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Ingrid Bergman Remembered — Self (archive footage)
• MGM Parade — Self
• 1949Breakdowns of 1949 — Self
• 1942Breakdowns of 1942 — Self
• 1941Breakdowns of 1941 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1936Breakdowns of 1936 — Self