Biography
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 Lill...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable p...
Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Equity Board President
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Bill Hawthorne
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which ...
Carousel
1956
as Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that ...
The Vanishing American
1955
as Blucher
A woman arrives in New Mexico to claim property she's inherited and receives an education in the greedy exploitation of the local Navajo.
World for Ransom
1954
as Alexis Pederas
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of s...
The Backbone of America
1953
as Uncle Cedric
An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming advertising campaign.
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953
as Pat
An old warehouse worker dreams of saving enough money to return to his native Ireland, but it would seem unlikely. A young man who also works there is...
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
as Tom Henderson
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Mr. Heggie
A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.
Confidentially Connie
1953
as Dean Edward E. Magruder
Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up h...
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Rev. Paul Edgett
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Menagerie Keeper
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared...
Face to Face
1952
as Archbold
Two short films released together under a collective title. The first, "Secret Sharer", directed by John Brahm and starring James Mason, is based on a...
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Cyril R. Snowden
An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulle...
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
as Clarence B. Gateson
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him into a college.
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Sen. Tower
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide ne...
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Garvey
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a p...
The Lady from Texas
1951
as Judge George Jeffers
An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.
Rhubarb
1951
as Thaddeus J. Banner
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money ...
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
as Matthew
The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War.
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
as Jeff Brock
A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spi...
The Big Hangover
1950
as Charles Parkford
A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.
Riding High
1950
as J.P. Chase
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
The Inspector General
1949
as The Mayor
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mist...
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.
Red Light
1949
as Warni Hazard
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pay...
Madame Bovary
1949
as J. Homais
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
as James John
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Re...
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Andrew L. Bush
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark...
Joan of Arc
1948
as Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of A...
That Wonderful Urge
1948
as Judge Parker
When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely cla...
Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Prof. Edward Bell
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be ...
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Arnold Matson
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The F...
The Inside Story
1948
as Horace Taylor
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hote...
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Peter Winterbottom
Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. T...
The Foxes of Harrow
1947
as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
Cynthia
1947
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Judge Henry X. Harper
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgivin...
Honeymoon
1947
as Consul Prescott
A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Saxon
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men ...
The Strange Woman
1946
as Isaiah Poster
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
A Scandal in Paris
1946
as Prefect of Police Richet
A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
as John Whittaker
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress A...
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Dr. Saunders
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
The House on 92nd Street
1945
as Charles Ogden Roper
The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
That's the Spirit
1945
as Jasper Cawthorne
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
Man from Frisco
1944
as Joel Kennedy
Matt Braddock is a civil engineer during World War II who has new ideas for shipbuilding. Braddock tries to establish yards for building prefabricated...
Action in Arabia
1944
as Josef Danesco
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Going My Way
1944
as Ted Haines Snr.
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a r...
The Desert Song
1943
as Pere FanFan
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Madame Curie
1943
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concern...
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Ernst Willis
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the...
Find the Blackmailer
1943
as John Michael Rhodes
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird ...
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Viatcheslav Molotov
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Emil Czaka
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprote...
Forever and a Day
1943
as Cobblewick
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...
Forever and a Day
1943
Writer
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Carl Robelink
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Mr. Herschell Gibbon
The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Songs
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...
Juke Girl
1942
as Henry Madden
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers ...
Steel Against the Sky
1941
as John Powers
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Samuel Bacon, Esq.
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains th...
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Preston Thurston
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Squire Slossum
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruit...
International Lady
1941
as Sidney Grenner
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a...
Billy the Kid
1941
as Dan Hickey
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Ke...
The Sea Wolf
1941
as Dr. Prescott
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Meet John Doe
1941
as Mayor Lovett
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The p...
Keeping Company
1940
as Mr. Hellman
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Otto Bauer
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as George Winslow
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
South of Pago Pago
1940
as Lindsay
Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in pearls, Ruby instead falls for the young chief. T...
We Who Are Young
1940
as C.B. Beamis
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Edison, the Man
1940
as Mr. Taggart
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Stephen Douglas
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his el...
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sheriff Hartwell
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wi...
Geronimo
1939
as Gillespie
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud betwee...
Blackmail
1939
as William 'Bill' Ramey
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as J.T. Tapley
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to t...
Tell No Tales
1939
as Arno
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Bridal Suite
1939
as Cornelius McGill
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Elias
It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of W...
I'm from Missouri
1939
as Porgie Rowe
Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to bu...
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Thomas Sanders
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. ...
Sweethearts
1938
as Augustus
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Bob Cratchit
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
Blondie
1938
as C.P. Hazlip
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself in...
Listen, Darling
1938
as Arthur Drubbs
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend ...
Meet the Girls
1938
as Homer Watson
Entertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must become stowaways.
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
as Mr. Schofield
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
Men Are Such Fools
1938
as Bill Dalton
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find ...
Sinners in Paradise
1938
as Senator John P. Corey
The survivors from a plane crash are washed up on an island where the only inhabitants are Mr. Taylor and his servant, Ping. The mismatched group must...
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Quid
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who minis...
Algiers
1938
as Regis
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. ...
Something to Sing About
1937
as Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studi...
The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Samuel P. Murdock
In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
Too Many Wives
1937
as Winfield Jackson
An heiress and a dog-catcher go searching for a priceless stamp.
Mama Steps Out
1937
as Mr. Sims
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
Career Woman
1936
as Uncle Billy Burly
A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accus...
Mind Your Own Business
1936
as Bottles
Nature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends" column and to volunteer for his favorite cause, the Boy S...
Come Closer, Folks
1936
as Elmer Woods
A fast-talking pitchman working the con-games on the streets, works himself up into an executive position of a large department store, with the aide o...
Wedding Present
1936
as Archduke Gustav Ernest
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great...
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Mr. Jim Murphy
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Maj. William O'Neal
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who i...
Earthworm Tractors
1936
as George Healey
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
Times Square Playboy
1936
as P.H. "Ben", "Pig Head" Bancroft
A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
Brides Are Like That
1936
as John Robinson
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not worki...
The First Baby
1936
as Mr. Ellis
When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn.
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Edgar Lowe Hammle
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play.
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Lushin
A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.
Thunder in the Night
1935
as Gabor
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a mes...
Star of Midnight
1935
as Horatio Swayne
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
Storm Over the Andes
1935
as Cracker
A war between Bolivia and Paraguay is the setting for the stories of flyers involved with both sides in the conflict.
I've Been Around
1935
as Sammy Ames
Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Capt. Jeremiah Taylor
Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane....
The Gay Bride
1934
as Jim Smiley (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
By Your Leave
1934
as Skeets
A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
1934
Gossip columnist Eddie Bruce introduces three musical acts, followed by a vaudeville routine.
Paul Revere, Jr.
1933
as Miles Standish
A drunken fool by the name of Paul Revere Wilson (or Williams or something) drinks too much and imagines himself living in 1776.
Smilin' Through
1922
as Village Rector
The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woma...