Gene Lockhart was aCanadiancharacter actor, singer, and a playwright who made his Broadway debut in 1916, in the musical,The Riviera Girl. He was a member of the travelling play,The Pierrot Players. This play introduced the song,The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, for which Lockhart wrote the lyrics along with Canadian composerErnest Seitz. He had also written theatrical sketches, radio shows, special stage material, song lyrics and articles for stage and radio magazines.