Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart was an Amreican actor who appeared in more than 300 motion pictures. He often played villains, including a role as the treacherous informant Regis in Algiers (1938), the American remake of Pepe le Moko, which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also played the suspicious Georges de la Trémouille, the Dauphin's chief counselor, in Joan of Arc (1948), starring Ingrid Bergman. He had a great succession of "good guy" supporting roles including Bob Cratchit Bob in A Christmas Carol (1938) and Judge Harper in Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

Lockhart has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - one for motion pictures, and one for television.