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

as Implantee

North by Northwest

as Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)

The Sting

as Landlord (uncredited)

Duel

as Old Man in Car

Saboteur

as Marine (uncredited)

Family Plot

as Parson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Henry Willett

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Police Officer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Principal Rigsby

Run Silent, Run Deep

as Minor Role (uncredited)