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Home/People/Alexander Lockwood
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Born
May 5, 1902Died: Jan 25, 1990
Lived 87 years
Place of Birth
Polish Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Ostrava, Czech Republic]
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

27
Movies
32
TV Shows
Also Known As
Alex Lockwood
Alexander Wyrwicz
IMDb Profile

Alexander Lockwood

Acting

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.
Romantic Comedy poster

Romantic Comedy

as Minister
1983
Wholly Moses poster

Wholly Moses

as Elderly Man
1980
Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Implantee
1977
Family Plot poster

Family Plot

as Parson
1976
The Sting poster

The Sting

as Landlord (uncredited)
1973
Duel poster

Duel

as Old Man in Car
1971
The Monkey's Uncle poster

The Monkey's Uncle

as Regent
1965
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

as Man
1962
13 West Street poster

13 West Street

as Schaffer (uncredited)
1962
Walk on the Wild Side poster

Walk on the Wild Side

as Doctor in Teresina’s Cafe (uncredited)
1962
Edge of Eternity poster

Edge of Eternity

as Jim Kendon
1959
North by Northwest poster

North by Northwest

as Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)
1959
Monster on the Campus poster

Monster on the Campus

as Prof. Gilbert Howard
1958
Run Silent, Run Deep poster

Run Silent, Run Deep

as Minor Role (uncredited)
1958
The Tarnished Angels poster

The Tarnished Angels

as Sam Hagood
1957
Hell Canyon Outlaws poster

Hell Canyon Outlaws

as Bert - the New Sheriff
1957
The Invisible Boy poster

The Invisible Boy

as Arthur Kelvaney
1957
The Tattered Dress poster

The Tattered Dress

as Paul Vernon
1957
Where Is Jane Doe? poster

Where Is Jane Doe?

as Model Agency Man (uncredited)
1956
Jigsaw poster

Jigsaw

as Nichols
1949