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
You Can't Take It with You
Henderson
Arsenic and Old Lace
Reporter at Marriage License Office
Mighty Joe Young
Producer (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Hallor (uncredited)
Strange Behavior
Donovan
Obliging Young Lady
Private Detective Smith
The Music Man
Constable
Date with an Angel
Father O'Shea
The Sniper
Loud Drunk at Club
42nd Street
Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile
Dr. Scoggins
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Whitlow
Ball of Fire
Larsen
The Ugly Dachshund
Judge
Good Neighbor Sam
Jack Bailey
State of the Union
Blink Moran
City Girl
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Call Northside 777
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
Rubenstein (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
Roy
Gold Diggers of 1933
Society Reporter (uncredited)
Movie Movie
Judge / Mr. Pennington
The Big Store
Finance Company Man (uncredited)
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
About Face
Rental Car Manager
The Cat and the Canary
Reporter
Backfire
Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
Eugene Denby
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Reporter (uncredited)
Sealed Lips
Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
Beware Spooks!
Moore (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
Keating- Florist
The Milky Way
Willard
The Milky Way
1936
Mr. Skitch
Hotel Clerk
Blondie
Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Second Lecturer
Lady in a Jam
Government Man (uncredited)
Flying Tigers
Repkin (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Moonrise
Mr. Chandler
Murphy's Romance
Amos Abbott
Johnny Apollo
Assistant D.A.
Back Street
Reporter for Associated News
Strange Invaders
Prof. Hollister
Mission to Moscow
Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Beeman
The Wheeler Dealers
Judge (uncredited)
Billie
Coach Jones
Twentieth Century
Max Jacobs
Sis Hopkins
Mayor's aide
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Chief
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Landlord (uncredited)
But Not for Me
Al Atwood
The Invisible Woman
Growley
Boy Slaves
Albee
Buy Me That Town
J. Montague Gainsborough
The Mating Game
Bigelow
Let Us Live
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
My Woman
Conn
The Road to Singapore
Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Regent Yarborough
Louisiana
McCormack
Looking for Love
Director
They All Come Out
Psychiatrist
Fifth Avenue Girl
Union Representative (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Cashier (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Editor
The Rage of Paris
Department Head (uncredited)
Golden Boy
Reporter Drake
Rose of Washington Square
Sam Kress
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Martin Manning (uncredited)
The Juggler
Rosenberg
News Is Made at Night
District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
Smart Money
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Repent at Leisure
Clarence Morgan
Union Depot
Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes
Mott
Appointment for Love
Smith (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
Spotter
Pardon My Sarong
Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Frederick Waterman
City for Conquest
Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
Private Detective 62
Process Server (Uncredited)
Central Airport
Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
Papa's Delicate Condition
Mr. Cosgrove
Broadway Bill
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
The New Interns
Connors
The Great Profile
Director
She Had to Say Yes
Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Studio Chief
Primrose Path
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
The Bowery
Doctor (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Pierce (uncredited)
You're My Everything
Mr. Eddie Pflum
Joy of Living
Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen
Delapp
The Lady Is Willing
K.K. Miller
Riding High
Erickson
Danger – Love at Work
Gilroy, an attorney
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Doc Prouty
Bury Me Dead
Brighton
Buck Benny Rides Again
Charlie Graham
The Great Man's Whiskers
Philbrick
You're the One
Announcer
Easy to Take
Skip
Long Way Home
1975
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Standard Bates
Blonde Crazy
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lucky Night
Carpenter
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Doctor
The Leather Pushers
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Mysterious Intruder
Detective Burns
Sunset Limousine
Reinhammer
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Sunday Punch
Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
Acting on Impulse
Bellhop
New York Town
Census Taker (uncredited)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Salesman
36 Hours to Kill
Lawyer Rickert
Living in a Big Way
Hawkins (uncredited)
When the Bough Breaks
Van der Graaf
Roses Are Red
Lipton
We Who Are Young
Perkins
Three Girls About Town
Mortician
A Gentleman at Heart
Holloway
Race Street
Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
Inside Story
District Attorney
The Birds and the Bees
Charlie Jenkins
My Dog, the Thief
Mr. Pfeiffer
The Florentine Dagger
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Columnist #2
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Dr. Prouty (coroner)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Dr. Shapiro
Lady Luck
Feinberg
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
Grand Slam
Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
A Bewitched Christmas
Jesse Mortimer
Here Comes the Band
Mr. Scurry
Big Business
Webster - Bank Representative
I Want My Man
French Doctor
God Is My Partner
Judge Warner
The House Across the Street
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob
Horace Grimley
Born to Sing
Johnny
The Mouthpiece
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Born Reckless
Barnes's lawyer
Employees' Entrance
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Two for Tonight
Writer
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Joe Gordon
Three Loves Has Nancy
Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
Always in Trouble
Donald Gower
Hot Water
Grayson (uncredited)
Apartment for Peggy
Prof. Collins (uncredited)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Charlie's Doctor
Honeymoon in Bali
Photographer (uncredited)
Dancing on a Dime
Freeman Taylor
Looking for Trouble
Switchboard Operator
Here Comes the Groom
FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
We're on the Jury
Horace Smith
Kentucky
Auctioneer
Professor Beware
Joe - Photographer
Internes Can't Take Money
Grote
The Little Dragons
J.J.
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
Television Spy
Mr. Adler
The Mad Martindales
Virgil Hickling
Rendezvous in Space
Interviewee
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Mr. White
A Wicked Woman
Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Attorney (uncredited)
Manhattan Parade
Desk clerk
Broadway
Hungry Harry
Broadway
Hungry Harry (uncredited)
Friendly Enemies
Braun
The Second Face
Mr. Westcott
Hitched
Round Tree
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Prof. Obispo
What's Cookin'?
K.D. Reynolds
Blessed Event
Kane
Miracles for Sale
Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
Bad Guy
Attorney
The Show-Off
Mr. Weitzenkorn
Trapped by G-Men
Fingers
Cocoanut Grove
Weaver
Birth of the Blues
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Reporter (uncredited)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Dr. Prouty
Blondie Plays Cupid
Train Conductor (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
Webb
Intrigue
Hotel Desk Clerk
It's a Date
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
Let's Talk It Over
Reporter
On Their Own
Johnson
Out of the Storm
Mr. Evans
Rhythm on the River
Bernard Schwartz
Home in Wyomin'
Newspaper Editor
Sea Devils
Judge (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Smart Woman
Reporter
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
The Yellow Cab Man
L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
The Band Plays On
Shyster Lawyer
I'll Fix It
Al Nathan
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Coroner
One More Spring
Representative
Just Before Dawn
Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
For Heaven's Sake
Arthur Crane
The Invisible Informer
Nick Steele
Barnacle Bill
Auctioneer
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Fenmore
Ginger
Judge (uncredited)
The Crooked Road
Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
TV Shows (109)
Perry Mason
Dr. Williams · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Frisby · 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
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
Little House on the Prairie
1 eps
L.A. Law
Walter Graf · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Mr. Barnsdahl · 4 eps
The Wild Wild West
Roger Creed · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Richard Welte · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Peckinpaugh · 1 eps
One Day at a Time
1 eps
Get Smart
Uncle Abner · 1 eps
Maverick
Proprietor · 1 eps
Green Acres
Mr. Wilson · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Foster Phinney · 5 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Billy Hacker · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Homer Bedloe · 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
Hunter
Motel Owner · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Alcatraz Official (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Munsters
1 eps
Lawman
1 eps
The Flying Nun
1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Homer Bedloe · 24 eps
Lou Grant
1 eps
Lou Grant
Mort Farber · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Dr. Lusk · 1 eps
Surfside 6
1 eps
Surfside 6
Cyrus Radford · 1 eps
Rhoda
1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Kelford · 1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Simon Whipple · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ralph Harrison · 1 eps
The Odd Couple
Sid · 1 eps
Mork & Mindy
1 eps
The Doris Day Show
Judge Carter · 1 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
4 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Chester L. Wayzack, Esq. · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Charlie · 2 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
The Real McCoys
2 eps
The Real McCoys
Mr. Leland · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
Dennis the Menace
4 eps
Dennis the Menace
Lawrence Finch · 2 eps
Mister Ed
1 eps
Honey West
Ash · 1 eps
Soap
Judge Petrillo · 7 eps
Studio 57
Henry · 1 eps
Maude
1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dr. Shelley · 1 eps
F Troop
1 eps
Bachelor Father
1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
2 eps
The Farmer's Daughter
1 eps
The Gale Storm Show
Pierce · 1 eps
Legends
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Thin Man
1 eps
Topper
Mr. Kittler · 1 eps
The Winds of War
William Standley · 1 eps
Chico and the Man
1 eps
Dark Shadows
Antique Dealer · 1 eps
Pete and Gladys
2 eps
The Restless Gun
Mayor Peter Mercer · 1 eps
Whirlybirds
1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
1 eps
Temperatures Rising
Fulton Briggs · 1 eps
The Comedy Factory
George McCloskey · 1 eps
Guestward, Ho!
1 eps
The Ann Sothern Show
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
2 eps
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Man · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Pfeiffer · 1 eps
The Pruitts of Southampton
Maxwell · 3 eps
Otherworld
Velcrows Widley · 1 eps
The Bing Crosby Show
1 eps
Love on a Rooftop
2 eps
Wendy and Me
1 eps
He & She
Mr. Simpson · 1 eps
Sybil
Dr. Quinoness · 2 eps
The Cara Williams Show
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
Dear Phoebe
Mr. Fosdick · 31 eps
Shannon's Deal
1 eps
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1 eps
The Tab Hunter Show
1 eps
The Bill Dana Show
1 eps
Adam's Rib
Mayor · 1 eps
The New Bob Cummings Show
1 eps
Star Stage
1 eps
The Devlin Connection
1 eps
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1 eps
Fibber McGee & Molly
Salesman · 1 eps
Karen
13 eps
