Alexander Lockwood

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    May 5, 1902

    Day of Death

    January 25, 1990 (87 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Polish Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Ostrava, Czech Republic]

    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.

    Known For

    • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      1977

    • North by Northwest

      North by Northwest

      1959

    • The Sting

      The Sting

      1973

    • Duel

      Duel

      1971

    • Saboteur

      Saboteur

      1942

    • Family Plot

      Family Plot

      1976

    • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents

      1955

    • Run Silent, Run Deep

      Run Silent, Run Deep

      1958

    • Perry Mason

      Perry Mason

      1957

    • Hart to Hart

      Hart to Hart

      1979

    • The Untouchables

      The Untouchables

      1959

    • Gunsmoke

      Gunsmoke

      1955

    • The Tarnished Angels

      The Tarnished Angels

      1957

    • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

      The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

      1964

    • Walk on the Wild Side

      Walk on the Wild Side

      1962