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Gene (Eugene) Lockhart (July 18, 1891 – March 31, 1957) was a Canadian character actor, singer and popular composer.
Born in London, Ontario, Lockhart had a long stage career; he also wrote professionally and taught acting, but is remembered for his film work. He often played villains, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Algiers. He had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol and the judge in Miracle on 34th Street. He is also fondly remembered as the Starkeeper in the 1956 film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (musical). Playing a bumbling sherif he stared in His Girl Friday with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. He also appeared in the movie The Sea-Wolf (1941), adapted from the novel by Jack London, as a ship's doctor.
Lockhart died from a heart attack at the age of 66.
Lockhart was the husband of Kathleen Lockhart, the father of June Lockhart and the grandfather of Anne Lockhart.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6307 Hollywood Boulevard.
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