Alexander Lockwood

Alexander Lockwood
Lockwood in Jigsaw (1949)
Born(1902-05-05)May 5, 1902
DiedJanuary 25, 1990(1990-01-25) (aged 87)
OccupationActor
Years active1938–1983

Alexander Lockwood (May 5, 1902 – January 25, 1990) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television shows throughout the 1930s to the 1980s.[1]

Biography

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Lockwood was born in Slezská Ostrava, now Czech Republic, in 1902. Lockwood began his acting career in film in 1938, appearing in films like Just Off Broadway, Sherlock Holmes in Washington and Jigsaw during the 1940s. During the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in films like The Wrong Man and The Invisible Boy with Richard Eyer. He also appeared in The Story of Mankind and Monster on the Campus. He also acted in films like The Tarnished Angels and Edge of Eternitywith Cornel Wilde and Cary Grant during the late 1950s. During the 1960s he appeared in films like Beauty and the Beast with Joyce Taylor and Walk on the Wild Side with Laurence Harvey and The Monkey's Uncle with Tommy Kirk during the 1960s. During the 1970s he appeared in films like Duel, Family Plot and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Lockwood last acted in the film Romantic Comedy in 1983.

Death

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Lockwood died in 1990 at the age of 87.[1]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Television

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  • Tales of Tomorrow (1952) (Season 1 Episode 40: "The Duplicates") - Dr. Gorham
  • Gunsmoke (1956) (Season 2 Episode 6: "Indian White") - Colonel Honeyman
  • Telephone Time (1956) (Season 2 Episode 1: "Keeley's Wonderful Machine")
  • Telephone Time (1956) (Season 2 Episode 7: "Hatfield, the Rainmaker") - Councilman Martin
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1957) (Season 5 Episode 31: "Strange Disappearance") - District Attorney
  • Sheriff of Cochise (1957) (Season 1 Episode 45: "Wyatt Earp") - Inspector Boland
  • The Silent Service (1957) (Season 1 Episode 31: "The Sealion Story") - War Correspondent Howard
  • Zane Grey Theater (1957) (Season 2 Episode 2: "Blood in the Dust") - Lacey
  • Startime (1960) (Season 1 Episode 27: "Incident at a Corner") - Principal Rigsby
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 32: "Self Defense") - Henry Willett
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 37: "Make My Death Bed") - Police Officer
  • The Law and Mr. Jones (1961) (Season 1 Episode 26: "A Fool for a Client")
  • Window on Main Street (1961) (Season 1 Episode 8: "The Big Spender") – Ethan Carter
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 10: "Day of Reckoning) - Dr. Campbell, the Psychiatrist
  • Gunsmoke (1962) (Season 7 Episode 25: "The Widow") - Colonel
  • My Three Sons (1962) (Season 2 Episode 35: "The Hippopotamus Foot") – "Dean" Talbot
  • It's a Man's World (1962) (Season 1 Episode 11: "Chicago Gains a Number") - Will Ryder
  • Mr. Novak (1965) (Season 2 Episode 25: "Honor--and All That") - Collins
  • Profiles in Courage (1965) (Season 1 Episode 21: "Grover Cleveland") - Congressman Mills
  • The Cavanaughs (1988) (Season 2 Episode 8: "Strange Bedfellows") - Leo Lafferty (final appearance)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alexander Lockwood". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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