
Born
1902-05-05 (age 124)
Birthplace
Polish Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Ostrava, Czech Republic]
Known For
Acting
Alexander Lockwood
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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. Lockwood died in 1990 at the age of 87.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Implantee
1977

Duel
as Old Man in Car
1971

Jigsaw
as Nichols
1949

The Invisible Boy
as Arthur Kelvaney
1957

Monster on the Campus
as Prof. Gilbert Howard
1958

The Tarnished Angels
as Sam Hagood
1957

Romantic Comedy
as Minister
1983

The Tattered Dress
as Paul Vernon
1957

Mississippi Gambler
as Spence
1942

Just Off Broadway
as Count Edmond Telmachio
1942

13 West Street
as Schaffer (uncredited)
1962

Run Silent, Run Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1958

Wings of the Navy
as Jerry's Flight Instructor
1939

North by Northwest
as Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)
1959

The Sting
as Landlord (uncredited)
1973

Edge of Eternity
as Jim Kendon
1959

Saboteur
as Marine (uncredited)
1942

Walk on the Wild Side
as Doctor in Teresina’s Cafe (uncredited)
1962

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Smith
1941

Family Plot
as Parson
1976
TV Appearances

Gunsmoke
as Col. Honeyman
1955

Perry Mason
as Doctor
1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Henry Willett
1955

Sam Benedict
1962

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Peter Gunn
1958

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Carl Waldron
1957

One Step Beyond
as Dr. Otis
1959

The Big Valley
as Dr. Merar
1965

Mr. Novak
as Collins
1963
One Happy Family
1961

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lacey
1956