Edwin Eugene Lockhart (July 18, 1891 – March 31, 1957)"Gene Lockhart"
''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. was a Canadian-American

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, playwright, singer and lyricist. He became an American citizen in 1939.

Early life

Born in

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, 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 was educated in Canadian schools and at the

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, England. He also played football for the

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Stage

Lockhart had a long stage career; he also wrote professionally and taught acting and stage technique at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. He had also written theatrical sketches, radio shows, special stage material, song lyrics and articles for stage and radio magazines. He made his

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debut in 1916, in the musical '' The Riviera Girl''. He was a member of the traveling play ''The Pierrot Players'' (for which he wrote the book and lyrics). This play introduced the song, ''

The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" is a post-World War I popular song, with lyrics by American actor Eugene Lockhart, and music composed by Canadian-born concert pianist Ernest Seitz in 1918. He later claimed he conceived the refrain when ...

'', for which Lockhart wrote the lyrics along with Canadian composer

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. (The song was subsequently made popular by Les Paul and Mary Ford in the 1950s.) He wrote and directed the Broadway musical revue ''Bunk of 1926''. He sang in ''

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'' for the

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Association. On Broadway, Lockhart originated the roles of Uncle Sid in

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's only comedy, ''

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'' (1933), and Fortesque in

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's ''

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'' (1937). In 1949 he took over from

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, during the original run of

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's ''

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''.

Film work

Since his death, Lockhart's legacy as a stage actor has been eclipsed by his noteworthy work on the screen. He made his film debut in '' Smilin' Through'' (1922) as the Rector, but he made few additional appearances during the

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. His sound debut was in the film ''

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'' (1934), 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 ''

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'' (1938), the American remake of ''

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'', which gained him an

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nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also played the suspicious Georges de la Trémouille, the Dauphin's chief counselor, in ''

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'' (1948), starring

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. He had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including

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in ''

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'' (1938) and Judge Harper in ''

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'' (1947). Upon the arrival of

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in Hollywood in 1940, Lockhart wrote a short poem satirizing Welles entitled "Little Orson Annie". The poem was a parody of the 1885 poem "

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" by

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. Lockhart is remembered as the Starkeeper in ''

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'' (1956). Playing a bumbling sheriff, he appeared in ''

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'' (1940) opposite

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and

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. He also appeared in the movie ''

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'' (1941), adapted from the novel by

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, as a ship's doctor. His last film role was that of the Equity Board President in the film ''

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'' (1957).

Recognition

Lockhart has two stars on the

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—one for motion pictures, at 6307

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, and one for television at 6681 Hollywood Boulevard. Both were dedicated February 8, 1960.

Personal life

Lockhart was married to actress

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from June 12, 1924, until his death. They had one child together,

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, through whom he is the grandfather of Anne Lockhart.

Death

Lockhart died April 1, 1957, from a

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at the age of 65 in St. John's Hospital,

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. He is buried next to his wife in

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Filmography

*'' Smilin' Through'' (1922) as Village Rector (film debut) *''The No Man'' (1933, Short) *''Paul Revere, Jr.'' (1933, Short) as Miles Standish (uncredited) *''

'' (1934) as Skeets *''

The Gay Bride ''The Gay Bride'' is a 1934 black-and-white gangster screwball comedy starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises. It was directed by Jack Conway and written by the husband-and-wife team ...

'' (1934) as Jim Smiley (uncredited) *'' Captain Hurricane'' (1935) as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor *'' I've Been Around'' (1935) as Sammy Ames *''

Storm Over the Andes ''Storm Over the Andes'' (aka ''Alas sobre El Chaco'') is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Jack Holt, Antonio Moreno and Mona Barrie. The low-budget programmer is set against the backdrop of the Chaco War b ...

'' (1935) as Cracker *'' Star of Midnight'' (1935) as Horatio Swayne *''

Thunder in the Night ''Thunder in the Night'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frances Hyland and Eugene Solow. It is based on the 1934 play ''A Woman Lies'' by Ladislas Fodor. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Pau ...

'' (1935) as Police Lt. Gabor *''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1935) as Lushin *''

The Garden Murder Case ''The Garden Murder Case'' (first published in 1935) is the ninth in a series of mystery novels by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. Plot outline Floyd, the son of Professor Garden, invites his socialite friends to the rooft ...

'' (1936) as Lowe Hammle *'' Brides Are Like That'' (1936) as John Robinson *''

The First Baby ''The First Baby'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Lamar Trotti. The film stars Johnny Downs, Shirley Deane, Jane Darwell, Dixie Dunbar, Marjorie Gateson and Gene Lockhart. The film was released on April 2, ...

'' (1936) as Mr. Ellis *''

Times Square Playboy ''Times Square Playboy'' is a 1936 American romance film directed by William C. McGann and starring Warren William, June Travis and Barton MacLane. It is also known by the alternative title of ''His Best Man''. The film's art direction was by E ...

'' (1936) as P.H. "Ben"/"Pig Head" Bancroft *''

Earthworm Tractors ''Earthworm Tractors'' is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown and June Travis. The film is also known as ''A Natural Born Salesman'' in the United Kingdom. The film is based on characters created by William ...

'' (1936) as George Healey *''

The Gorgeous Hussy ''The Gorgeous Hussy'' is a 1936 American period film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Ainsworth Morgan, which was based on a 1934 novel by Samuel ...

'' (1936) as Maj. William O'Neal *''

The Devil Is a Sissy ''The Devil is a Sissy'' is a 1936 American MGM comedy-drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s. The film prem ...

'' (1936) as Mr. Murphy *'' Wedding Present'' (1936) as Archduke Gustav Ernest *'' Come Closer, Folks'' (1936) as Elmer Woods *''

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'' (1936) as Uncle Billy Burly *''

Mind Your Own Business "Mind your own business" is a common English saying which asks for a respect of other people's privacy. It strongly suggests that a person should stop interfering in what does not affect themselves. Contextually, it is often used in an argument or ...

'' (1936) as Bottles *''

Mama Steps Out ''Mama Steps Out'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Anita Loos. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Alice Brady, Betty Furness, Dennis Morgan, Gene Lockhart and Edward Norris. The film was released on February 5, ...

'' (1937) as Mr. Sims *''

Too Many Wives ''Too Many Wives'' is a 1937 comedy film directed by Ben Holmes and starring Anne Shirley. It lost $35,000. Plot To gain a job as a newspaper reporter, desperate dog walker Barry Trent lies that he is married with children and needs the employme ...

'' (1937) as Winfield Jackson *''

The Sheik Steps Out ''The Sheik Steps Out'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Adele Buffington and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Lola Lane, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields and Billy Bevan. The film w ...

'' (1937) as Samuel P. Murdock *'' Something to Sing About'' (1937) as Bennett O. "B.O." Regan *''

'' (1938) as Regis *''

Of Human Hearts ''Of Human Hearts'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi. Stewart plays a proud and ungrateful son who rebels against his preacher father and (after his father's de ...

'' (1938) as Quid *''

Sinners in Paradise ''Sinners in Paradise'' is a 1938 American south seas adventure film directed by James Whale and starring Madge Evans, John Boles, Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin and Gene Lockhart. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States b ...

'' (1938) as Senator Corey *''Stock and Blondes'' (1938, Short) *''

Men Are Such Fools ''Men are Such Fools'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy directed by Busby Berkeley and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Horace Jackson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, and Penny Sin ...

'' (1938) as Bill Dalton *'' Penrod's Double Trouble'' (1938) as Mr. Frank Schofield *'' Meet the Girls'' (1938) as Homer Watson *''

Listen, Darling ''Listen, Darling'' is a 1938 American musical comedy film starring Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor, and Walter Pidgeon. It is best known as being the film in which Judy Garland sings " Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", which la ...

'' (1938) as Mr. Drubbs *'' Blondie'' (1938) as C.P. Hazlip *''

'' (1938) as

*'' Sweethearts'' (1938) as Augustus *''

I'm from Missouri ''I'm from Missouri'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and written by Duke Atteberry and Jack Moffitt. The film stars Bob Burns, Gladys George, Gene Lockhart, Judith Barrett, William "Bill" Henry and Patricia Morison. Th ...

'' (1939) as Porgie Rowe *''

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell ''The Story of Alexander Graham Bell'' is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Mab ...

'' (1939) as Thomas Sanders *''

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'' (1939) as Elias *''

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'' (1939) as Arno *''

Bridal Suite ''Bridal Suite'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Samuel Hoffenstein. The film stars Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Arthur Treacher. The film was released o ...

'' (1939) as Cornelius McGill *'' Our Leading Citizen'' (1939) as J.T. Tapley *''

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'' (1939) as William Ramey *''

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'' (1939) as Gillespie *''

'' (1940) as Sheriff Peter B. Hartwell *'' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1940) as

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*''

Edison, the Man ''Edison, the Man'' is a 1940 biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was played by Spencer Tracy. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for their work on t ...

'' (1940) as Mr. Taggart *''

We Who Are Young ''We Who Are Young'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, written by Dalton Trumbo and starring Lana Turner, John Shelton and Gene Lockhart. Plot Cast * Lana Turner as Margy Brooks * John Shelton as William Brooks * ...

'' (1940) as C.B. Beamis *''

South of Pago Pago ''South of Pago Pago'' is a 1940 American South Seas adventure film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Victor McLaglen, Jon Hall and Frances Farmer. Premise In 1875 a group of adventurers meet in Singapore to look for pearls in the Pacif ...

'' (1940) as Lindsay *''

Dr. Kildare Goes Home ''Dr. Kildare Goes Home'' is a 1940 American Drama (genre), drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day. It is the fifth in the MGM series of nine films with Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare made from 193 ...

'' (1940) as George Winslow *'' A Dispatch from Reuter's'' (1940) as Otto Bauer *''

Keeping Company ''Keeping Company'' is a 1940 drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Frank Morgan as a real estate broker with three daughters who all have their own problems. The film was followed by ''This Time for Keeps ''This Time for Keeps'' ...

'' (1940) as Mr. Hellman *''

Meet John Doe ''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by ...

'' (1941) as Mayor Lovett *''

'' (1941) as Dr. Prescott *''

Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at t ...

'' (1941) as Dan Hickey *''

One Foot in Heaven ''One Foot in Heaven'' is a 1941 American biographical film starring Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart and Elisabeth Fraser. The film was adapted by Casey Robinson from the autobiography by Hartzell Spence. It was directed ...

'' (1941) as Preston Thurston *''

International Lady ''International Lady'' is a 1941 American spy film, spy-drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring George Brent, Ilona Massey and Basil Rathbone. During the production stage it was originally titled as ''G-Men versus Scotland Yard''. It was ...

'' (1941) as Sidney Grenner *''

The Devil and Daniel Webster "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the noted 19th-c ...

'' (1941) as Squire Slossum *''

They Died with Their Boots On ''They Died with Their Boots On'' is a 1941 American black-and-white Western film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The film's stor ...

'' (1941) as Samuel Bacon, Esq. *''

Steel Against the Sky ''Steel Against the Sky'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Paul Gerard Smith, and starring Lloyd Nolan, Alexis Smith, Craig Stevens, Gene Lockhart, Edward Ellis and Walter Catlett. It was released ...

'' (1941) as John Powers *''

Juke Girl ''Juke Girl'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, written by A. I. Bezzerides, and starring Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale Sr., Howard ...

'' (1942) as Henry Madden *''

The Gay Sisters ''The Gay Sisters'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Gig Young (who adopted his character's name as his screen name) and Nancy Coleman. The ...

'' (1942) as Herschell Gibbon *''

You Can't Escape Forever ''You Can't Escape Forever'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Jo Graham and written by Fred Niblo, Jr. and Hector Chevigny. The film stars George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Gene Lockhart, Roscoe Karns, Eduardo Ciannelli and Paul Harvey. Th ...

'' (1942) as Carl Robelink *'' Forever and a Day'' (1943) as Cobblewick *''

Hangmen Also Die ''Hangmen Also Die!'' is a 1943 noir war film directed by the Austrian director Fritz Lang and written by John Wexley from a story by Bertolt Brecht (credited as Bert Brecht) and Lang. The film stars Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, W ...

'' (1943) as Emil Czaka *''

Mission to Moscow ''Mission to Moscow'' is a 1943 film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the 1941 book by the former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, Joseph E. Davies. The movie chronicles the experiences of the second American ambassador to the Soviet ...

'' (1943) as Premier Molotov *'' Find the Blackmailer'' (1943) as John M. Rhodes *''

Northern Pursuit ''Northern Pursuit'' is a 1943 American World War II film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who tries to uncover a Nazi plot against the Allied war effort. The film was set in ...

'' (1943) as Ernst *''

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'' (1943) (uncredited) *''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colonia ...

'' (1943) as Pere FanFan *''

Action in Arabia ''Action in Arabia'' (also known as ''Danger in Damascus'' and ''International Zone'') is a 1944 drama film directed by Leonide Moguy and starring George Sanders and Virginia Bruce. The film was based on the novel ''The Fanatic of Fez'' by M. V. ...

'' (1944) as Josef Danesco *''

Going My Way ''Going My Way'' is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest ta ...

'' (1944) as Ted Haines Sr. *''

Man from Frisco ''Man from Frisco'' (1944) is a United States feature-length spy and war film by Republic Pictures directed by Robert Florey and starring Michael O'Shea (1906–1973) and Anne Shirley. Plot Matt Braddock is a civil engineer during the Secon ...

'' (1944) as Joel Kennedy *'' That's the Spirit'' (1945) as Jasper Cawthorne *''

The House on 92nd Street ''The House on 92nd Street'' is a 1945 black-and-white American spy film directed by Henry Hathaway. The movie, shot mostly in New York City, was released shortly after the end of World War II. ''The House on 92nd Street'' was made with the full c ...

'' (1945) as Charles Ogden Roper *''

Leave Her to Heaven ''Leave Her to Heaven'' is a 1945 American psychological thriller film noir melodrama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, ...

'' (1945) as Dr. Saunders *'' Meet Me on Broadway'' (1946) as John Whittaker *''

A Scandal in Paris ''A Scandal in Paris'' is a 1946 American biographical film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Signe Hasso and Carole Landis. It loosely depicts the life of Eugène François Vidocq, a French criminal who reformed and became ...

'' (1946) as Prefect of Police Richet *'' The Strange Woman'' (1946) as Isaiah Poster *''

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'' (1947) as Saxon *''

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'' (1947) as Dr. Fred I. Jannings *''

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'' (1947) as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux *'' Her Husband's Affairs'' (1947) as Peter Winterbottom *'' The Inside Story'' (1948) as Horace Taylor *''

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'' (1948) as Arnold Matson *'' Apartment for Peggy'' (1948) as Prof. Edward Bell *''

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'' (1949) as James John *''

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'' (1950) as Charles Parkford *''

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'' (1951) as Jeff Brock *''

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'' (1951) as Thaddeus J. Banner *''

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'' (1951) as Judge George Jeffers *'' A Girl in Every Port'' (1952) as Garvey *'' Hoodlum Empire'' (1952) as Senator Tower *''

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'' (1953) as Rev. Paul Edgett *''

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'' (1952) as Clarence B. Gateson *''

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'' (1952) as Cyril R. Snowden *'' Face to Face'' (1952) as Capt. Archbold ('The Secret Sharer') *''

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'' (1952, TV) as Prof. Vanya *'' Androcles and the Lion'' (1952) as Menagerie Keeper *'' Confidentially Connie'' (1953) as Dean Edward E. Magruder *''

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'' (1953) as Mr. Heggie *''

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'' (1953) as Tom Henderson *'' World for Ransom'' (1954) as Alexis Pederas *''The Father Who Had No Sons'' (1955, TV Movie) as

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*'' The Vanishing American'' (1955) as Blucher *''

'' (1956) as Starkeeper/Dr. Selden *''

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' is a 1956 American drama film based on the 1955 novel '' The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' by Sloan Wilson. The film focuses on Tom Rath, a young World War II veteran trying to balance his marriage and fami ...

'' (1956) as Bill Hawthorne *''

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'' (1956, TV) as Dr. Richard Hewitt/Dr. Elwood Dove *''

Telephone Time ''Telephone Time'' is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The prog ...

'' (1956, TV) as Louis P. Cashman *''

'' (1957) as Equity Board President (final film)

References

Sources

* "Gene Lockhart of Stage, Screen Actor of Supporting Roles Dies — Had First Broadway Part in 1916", ''New York Times'', April 1, 1957.

External links

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Sheet music for "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"
Chappell-Harms, 1919.

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