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A Canadian-American actor, born in London, Ontario, Canada, as Edwin Eugene Lockhart. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1939 for the film Algiers (1938), and he received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his film and television work. He married actress Kathleen Lockhart (1924-1957), and they had a daughter. Among Gene Lockhart's most important works are Carousel (1956), Miracle on 34th Street (1937), Northern Pursuit (1943), and His Girl Friday (1940). Gene Lockhart showed an early interest in drama and music as he danced with the Highland Band at a concert when he was seven, his father joined him, and the family accompanied the band to England, where Gene studied at the Oratory School in London. When they returned to Canada, Gene participated in concerts, and at the age of 25, he headed to New York, with the encouragement of his mother, where he participated in Broadway plays in 1917 and musical plays by singing and writing sketches and songs. He and his wife presented a radio program in 1933. He wrote articles published in theatrical magazines, had a weekly column in one of the magazines, trained members of the Junior League of New York in drama, and lectured at the Juilliard School of Music on dramatic technique. After he participated in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah Wilderness", he contracted with RKO Pictures and made his film debut, By Your Leave (1934). He moved forward in Hollywood, but he returned to Broadway in 1949. Gene played mostly upright doctors, judges, and businessmen, and some sinister roles. His last work was the film Jeanne Eagles (1957). He died in Santa Monica, California, USA, on March 31, 1957, as a result of a coronary artery clot.
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