Known for Acting
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.
Born
May 5, 1902
Died
January 25, 1990 (age 87)
Birthplace
Polish Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Ostrava, Czech Republic]
Filmography
27 films, 22 shows


Romantic Comedy
1983 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being married, Jason and Phoebe meet and form a partnership.


Wholly Moses
1980 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keeps getting all the credit.


Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · 2h 17m
country: United Kingdom
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.


Family Plot
1976 · 2h
country: United States
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.


The Sting
1973 · 2h 9m
country: United States
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.


Duel
1971 · 1h 14m
country: United States
Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.


The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · 1h 27m
country: United States
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.


Beauty and the Beast
1962 · 1h 17m
country: United States
Curse turns a handsome prince into a Beast at night. A princess tries to help him, while his enemies plot to take his throne.


13 West Street
1962 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard to track down. As Sherill starts getting impatient he begins his own investigation. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Koleski does his best to track down the culprits.


Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · 1h 54m
country: United States
At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.


Edge of Eternity
1959 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. His efforts leads to the killer fleeing with Janice as a hostage and a chase by car and helicopter lead to a climax on a miner's bucket on cables a mile above the canyon floor.


North by Northwest
1959 · 2h 17m
country: United States
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.


Monster on the Campus
1958 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelacanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.


Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · 1h 33m
country: United States
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.


The Tarnished Angels
1957 · 1h 31m
country: United States
In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.


Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957 · 1h 12m
country: United States
In this western, a sheriff attempts to exact his revenge against the desperadoes who cost him his job. The former lawman successfully gets rid of the bad hombres and clears his name.


The Invisible Boy
1957 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A supercomputer plans world domination with the help of Robby the Robot and a 10 year old boy, who is the son of the computer's inventor.


The Tattered Dress
1957 · 1h 33m
country: United States
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.
Where Is Jane Doe?
Where Is Jane Doe?
1956 · 8m
country: United States
In this Screenliner short, New York City police detectives investigate the case of a missing girl, whose clothes are found on a bridge. Was it a suicide, was she murdered, or is this a hoax?


Jigsaw
1949 · 1h 10m
country: United States
New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy launches an investigation into a series of murders related to a neo-fascist organisation.


Madame Spy
1942 · 1h 3m
country: United States
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister who travels by his side. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins associating with suspected Nazi functionaries, and wonders if she may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities.


Just Off Broadway
1942 · 1h 5m
country: United States
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!


Saboteur
1942 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.


Mississippi Gambler
1942 · 1h
country: United States
A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.


Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941 · 4h 23m
country: United States
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.


Flight from Destiny
1941 · 1h 15m
country: United States
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.


Wings of the Navy
1939 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.