生于加拿大艾伯塔省卡尔加里市，当过建筑工人。最初为西部片明星巴克·琼斯主演的动作片和弗里德·克茂莱主演的影片当替身演员，1939年开始在派拉蒙电影公司的影片里扮演小角色。他体格健壮，渐渐在西部片和动作片中崭露头角。四十年代中期，他在环球拍片，由于同伊冯娜·德·卡洛合作的《莎乐美》（1945）而升为主角。之后又合演了《铁骑劫美》（1945）和《河上夫人》（1948）。五十年代又出演了电视连续剧《城市侦探》等。
生于马萨诸塞州斯旺普史特。青年时代学工程，但却选了表演作为职业。最初是在杂耍剧团和固定剧团当演 员。1923年，他到好莱坞，由于刻苦努力、善于扮演各种角色，终于成为好莱坞一位优秀而有成就的性格演员，他演出的影片达一百部以上。他曾三获奥斯卡最佳男配角金...
American character actor specializing in tough guys and heavies. A native of Yonkers, New York, he worked on the Broadway stage and then became an increasingly familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas after World War II. Although almost as familiar a presence in films as his contemporaries Warren Oates, Robert J. Wilke, and Leo Gordon, for some reason Lambert never became as well-known as these, even by film buffs, despite having appeared in a great number of similar roles and films. His credits are often confused with those of the Scots actor of the same name, Jack Lambert.
