Top Ten Movies - Gene Lockhart (1891 - 1957)
One of the most prolific character actors from the 20th century, Lockhart appeared in 114 feature films and 32 television series. Born in Ontario, Canada, he spent time in London England learning the craft of acting. He got his Hollywood start in 1939. He is the father to June Lockhart, a popular American actress. Here are Lockhart's top 10 movies according to the IMDb. Gene died in 1957 in Santa Monica, CA
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- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyWhen a newspaper editor's ace reporter ex-wife is about to quit her job and remarry, he buys himself time to win her back by promising her an exclusive interview with a death row convict.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn PayneAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsEdward ArnoldWalter HustonJane DarwellA struggling farmer in 1840 New Hampshire makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from the consequences of his contract.
- DirectorEugene FordeStarsJune LangLynn BariRobert AllenEntertainers (Lang and Bari) lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must become stowaways.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsGene TierneyCornel WildeJeanne CrainA writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.one of my favorite film noir classics
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsPeggy RyanJack OakieJune VincentA vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsEdward G. RobinsonIda LupinoJohn GarfieldAfter being fished out of the sea by a sailing ship, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore, and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrian DonlevyWalter BrennanAnna LeeAfter the German administrator of Czechia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsNorma ShearerFredric MarchLeslie HowardThe adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.
