Charles Lane
Acting
Born: January 26, 1905 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died: July 9, 2007 (aged 102)
Highest Rated
Biography
Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 77 years. Lane gave his last performance at the age of 101 as a narrator in 2006. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Riding High (1950). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of her scatterbrained TV character on her TV series I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour and The Lucy Show. His first film of more than 250 was as a hotel clerk in Smart Money (1931) starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
The Aristocats
1970
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Bewitched
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
The Munsters
1964
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Get Smart
1965
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Photos (1)
Movies (219)
It's a Wonderful Life
Real Estate Salesman
The Aristocats
Lawyer (voice)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Airport Manager
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Nosey
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
Arsenic and Old Lace
Reporter at Marriage License Office
Date with an Angel
Father O'Shea
City for Conquest
Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
The Cat and the Canary
Reporter
The Ugly Dachshund
Judge
Johnny Apollo
Assistant D.A.
The Carpetbaggers
Eugene Denby
Call Northside 777
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
The Music Man
Constable
Here Comes the Groom
FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
Murphy's Romance
Amos Abbott
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Whitlow
Primrose Path
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Regent Yarborough
Good Neighbor Sam
Jack Bailey
Gold Diggers of 1933
Society Reporter (uncredited)
Moonrise
Mr. Chandler
Twentieth Century
Max Jacobs
Broadway Bill
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Hallor (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Henderson
Joy of Living
Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
The Sniper
Loud Drunk at Club
Flying Tigers
Repkin (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
The Gnome-Mobile
Dr. Scoggins
A Gentleman at Heart
Holloway
Mighty Joe Young
Producer (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Pierce (uncredited)
Golden Boy
Reporter Drake
Looking for Love
Director
Riding High
Erickson
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Landlord (uncredited)
Movie Movie
Judge / Mr. Pennington
Teacher's Pet
Roy
God Is My Partner
Judge Warner
Roses Are Red
Lipton
Appointment for Love
Smith (uncredited)
Lucky Night
Carpenter
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
One More Spring
Representative
Edison, the Man
Second Lecturer
Woman Wanted
Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
Sam Kress
The Road to Singapore
Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
Rendezvous in Space
Interviewee
Ball of Fire
Larsen
The Milky Way
Willard
The Milky Way
1936
Hot Water
Grayson (uncredited)
About Face
Rental Car Manager
I Wake Up Screaming
Keating- Florist
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Apartment for Peggy
Prof. Collins (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove
Weaver
The Invisible Woman
Growley
One Mile from Heaven
Webb
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Standard Bates
Nothing Sacred
Rubenstein (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Editor
Barnacle Bill
Auctioneer
Remains to Be Seen
Delapp
Acting on Impulse
Bellhop
Second Fiddle
Studio Chief
The Wheeler Dealers
Judge (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Cashier (uncredited)
Danger – Love at Work
Gilroy, an attorney
The Mating Game
Bigelow
Strange Invaders
Prof. Hollister
Billie
Coach Jones
The Band Plays On
Shyster Lawyer
Obliging Young Lady
Private Detective Smith
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
42nd Street
Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Department Head (uncredited)
The Big Store
Finance Company Man (uncredited)
State of the Union
Blink Moran
The Birds and the Bees
Charlie Jenkins
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
My Dog, the Thief
Mr. Pfeiffer
But Not for Me
Al Atwood
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Doctor
She Had to Say Yes
Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
Smart Money
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Central Airport
Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
K.K. Miller
Papa's Delicate Condition
Mr. Cosgrove
Blondie
Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Government Man (uncredited)
City Girl
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
The Great Man's Whiskers
Philbrick
Three Loves Has Nancy
Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Dr. Prouty (coroner)
We Who Are Young
Perkins
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Dr. Shapiro
Always in Trouble
Donald Gower
Long Way Home
1975
I'll Fix It
Al Nathan
The New Interns
Connors
Sunset Limousine
Reinhammer
The Florentine Dagger
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Beeman
Criminal Lawyer
Frederick Waterman
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Prof. Obispo
Three Girls About Town
Mortician
The Little Dragons
J.J.
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Pardon My Sarong
Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob
Horace Grimley
Birth of the Blues
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Martin Manning (uncredited)
Kentucky
Auctioneer
Here Comes the Band
Mr. Scurry
Rhythm on the River
Bernard Schwartz
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Dr. Prouty
Fifth Avenue Girl
Union Representative (uncredited)
The Great Profile
Director
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Chief
Mr. Skitch
Hotel Clerk
Living in a Big Way
Hawkins (uncredited)
On Their Own
Johnson
Sunday Punch
Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Let Us Live
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Two for Tonight
Writer
New York Town
Census Taker (uncredited)
The House Across the Street
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
What's Cookin'?
K.D. Reynolds
Mission to Moscow
Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
The Juggler
Rosenberg
Back Street
Reporter for Associated News
Beware Spooks!
Moore (uncredited)
Backfire
Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
You're My Everything
Mr. Eddie Pflum
They All Come Out
Psychiatrist
Trapped by G-Men
Fingers
The Yellow Cab Man
L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
Broadway
Hungry Harry
Broadway
Hungry Harry (uncredited)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Columnist #2
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Charlie's Doctor
News Is Made at Night
District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
Private Detective 62
Process Server (Uncredited)
The Leather Pushers
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Strange Behavior
Donovan
Louisiana
McCormack
The Show-Off
Mr. Weitzenkorn
Grand Slam
Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
Let's Talk It Over
Reporter
Internes Can't Take Money
Grote
They All Kissed the Bride
Spotter
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Reporter (uncredited)
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Mr. White
Buy Me That Town
J. Montague Gainsborough
Union Depot
Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
Out of the Storm
Mr. Evans
Born Reckless
Barnes's lawyer
The Invisible Informer
Nick Steele
Miracles for Sale
Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Doc Prouty
The Mouthpiece
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Reporter (uncredited)
My Woman
Conn
Race Street
Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
Boy Slaves
Albee
Blessed Event
Kane
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Coroner
When the Bough Breaks
Van der Graaf
Born to Sing
Johnny
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Fenmore
Television Spy
Mr. Adler
I Want My Man
French Doctor
The Bowery
Doctor (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Attorney (uncredited)
For Heaven's Sake
Arthur Crane
36 Hours to Kill
Lawyer Rickert
We're on the Jury
Horace Smith
Smart Woman
Reporter
It's a Date
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
Sis Hopkins
Mayor's aide
Buck Benny Rides Again
Charlie Graham
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
The Mad Martindales
Virgil Hickling
Sealed Lips
Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
Bad Guy
Attorney
Manhattan Parade
Desk clerk
Intrigue
Hotel Desk Clerk
Big Business
Webster - Bank Representative
Looking for Trouble
Switchboard Operator
Friendly Enemies
Braun
Hitched
Round Tree
Mysterious Intruder
Detective Burns
Blonde Crazy
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Blondie Plays Cupid
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Bury Me Dead
Brighton
Inside Story
District Attorney
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Salesman
Lady Luck
Feinberg
Professor Beware
Joe - Photographer
You're the One
Announcer
Sea Devils
Judge (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes
Mott
Home in Wyomin'
Newspaper Editor
A Wicked Woman
Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn
Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
Dancing on a Dime
Freeman Taylor
The Crooked Road
Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
Repent at Leisure
Clarence Morgan
Honeymoon in Bali
Photographer (uncredited)
The Second Face
Mr. Westcott
A Bewitched Christmas
Jesse Mortimer
Easy to Take
Skip
Ginger
Judge (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Joe Gordon
TV Shows (112)
Perry Mason
Dr. Williams · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Frisby · 1 eps
Get Smart
Uncle Abner · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
1 eps
Bewitched
Mr. Cushman · 1 eps
Bewitched
Jessie Mortimer · 1 eps
Bewitched
Mr. Roland · 1 eps
Bewitched
Ed Hotchkiss · 1 eps
Bewitched
Shotwell · 1 eps
Bewitched
George Meiklejohn · 1 eps
Bewitched
Mr. Harmon · 1 eps
Bewitched
Harold Jameson · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Foster Phinney · 5 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Billy Hacker · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Homer Bedloe · 1 eps
L.A. Law
Walter Graf · 1 eps
Maverick
Proprietor · 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Homer Bedloe · 24 eps
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Peckinpaugh · 1 eps
Green Acres
Mr. Wilson · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Richard Welte · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Mr. Stanley · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Passport Office Clerk · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Casting Director · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Mr. Hickox · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Roger Creed · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Mr. Barnsdahl · 4 eps
The Untouchables
Alcatraz Official (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1 eps
Lou Grant
1 eps
Lou Grant
Mort Farber · 1 eps
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Charlie · 2 eps
Hunter
Motel Owner · 1 eps
The Munsters
1 eps
The Doris Day Show
Judge Carter · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Dr. Lusk · 1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Kelford · 1 eps
Lawman
1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
One Day at a Time
1 eps
The Odd Couple
Sid · 1 eps
Rhoda
1 eps
Mork & Mindy
1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
2 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
4 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Chester L. Wayzack, Esq. · 1 eps
Mister Ed
1 eps
Dennis the Menace
4 eps
Dennis the Menace
Lawrence Finch · 2 eps
Surfside 6
1 eps
Surfside 6
Cyrus Radford · 1 eps
The Real McCoys
2 eps
The Real McCoys
Mr. Leland · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ralph Harrison · 1 eps
The Farmer's Daughter
1 eps
Soap
Judge Petrillo · 7 eps
Maude
1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited) · 1 eps
Studio 57
Henry · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
The Millionaire
Simon Whipple · 1 eps
The Flying Nun
1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
F Troop
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dr. Shelley · 1 eps
Honey West
Ash · 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Walter Medford · 1 eps
The Winds of War
William Standley · 1 eps
Legends
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Pete and Gladys
2 eps
Chico and the Man
1 eps
The Gale Storm Show
Pierce · 1 eps
The Thin Man
1 eps
Bachelor Father
1 eps
Temperatures Rising
Fulton Briggs · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Pfeiffer · 1 eps
Topper
Mr. Kittler · 1 eps
The Comedy Factory
George McCloskey · 1 eps
Guestward, Ho!
1 eps
The Restless Gun
Mayor Peter Mercer · 1 eps
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Man · 1 eps
Dark Shadows
Antique Dealer · 1 eps
ABC Weekend Specials
1 eps
He & She
Mr. Simpson · 1 eps
Love on a Rooftop
2 eps
Whirlybirds
1 eps
The Ann Sothern Show
1 eps
The Cara Williams Show
1 eps
Shannon's Deal
1 eps
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1 eps
Wendy and Me
1 eps
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Claims Clerk (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Customs Officer (uncredited) · 1 eps
The People's Choice
1 eps
The Bill Dana Show
1 eps
The Tab Hunter Show
1 eps
The Pruitts of Southampton
Maxwell · 3 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
2 eps
The Bing Crosby Show
1 eps
Adam's Rib
Mayor · 1 eps
Otherworld
Velcrows Widley · 1 eps
Sybil
Dr. Quinoness · 2 eps
The Devlin Connection
1 eps
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1 eps
The New Bob Cummings Show
1 eps
Dear Phoebe
Mr. Fosdick · 31 eps
Star Stage
1 eps
Karen
13 eps
Fibber McGee & Molly
Salesman · 1 eps
The Comedy Spot
1 eps
