Name
Charles Lane
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-01-26
Deathday
2007-07-09 (102 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
(5,044 Votes)
8.276
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that p...
Relase Date : 20 Dec, 1946
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1,230 Votes)
7.8
After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as...
Relase Date : 19 Oct, 1939
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(715 Votes)
6.98
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them a...
Relase Date : 7 Nov, 1963
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42nd Street
(222 Votes)
6.9
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover h...
Relase Date : 11 Mar, 1933
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You Can't Take It with You
(464 Votes)
7.483
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love w...
Relase Date : 1 Sep, 1938
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Arsenic and Old Lace
(1,069 Votes)
7.619
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribe...
Relase Date : 1 Sep, 1944
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The Ugly Dachshund
(190 Votes)
6.717
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown...
Relase Date : 16 Feb, 1966
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The Gnome-Mobile
(72 Votes)
6.285
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest...
Relase Date : 19 Jul, 1967
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- 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace as Reporter at Marriage License Office
- 1946 It's a Wonderful Life as Real Estate Salesman
- 1964 Good Neighbor Sam as Jack Bailey
- 1933 42nd Street as Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Nosey
- 1933 Blondie Johnson as Cashier (uncredited)
- 1966 The Ugly Dachshund as Judge
- 1941 I Wake Up Screaming as Keating- Florist
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Airport Manager
- 1934 Twentieth Century as Max Jacobs
- 1938 Three Loves Has Nancy as Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
- 1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Hallor (uncredited)
- 1967 The Gnome-Mobile as Dr. Scoggins
- 1937 Criminal Lawyer as Attorney (uncredited)
- 1942 Sealed Lips as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
- 1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken as Whitlow
- 1985 Murphy's Romance as Amos Abbott
- 1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
- 1962 The Music Man as Constable
- 1940 The Invisible Woman as Growley
- 1948 Out of the Storm as Mr. Evans
- 1936 The Milky Way as Willard
- 1946 Mysterious Intruder as Detective Burns
- 1947 Bury Me Dead as Brighton
- 1959 The Mating Game as Bigelow
- 1958 Teacher's Pet as Roy
- 1932 Blessed Event as Kane
- 1936 36 Hours to Kill as Lawyer Rickert
- 1938 The Rage of Paris as Department Head (uncredited)
- 1947 Intrigue as Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1983 Strange Invaders as Prof. Hollister
- 1948 The Gentleman from Nowhere as Fenmore
- 1946 A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
- 1942 A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Coroner
- 1941 Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime as Dr. Prouty (coroner)
- 1940 Ellery Queen, Master Detective as Dr. Prouty
- 1941 Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Doc Prouty
- 1939 The Cat and the Canary as Reporter
- 1947 It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Landlord (uncredited)
- 1934 Broadway Bill as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1941 Birth of the Blues as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
- 1941 The Great Man's Lady as Pierce (uncredited)
- 1939 Honeymoon in Bali as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1942 Broadway as Hungry Harry
- 1959 But Not for Me as Al Atwood
- 1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town as Doctor
- 1970 The Aristocats as Lawyer (voice)
- 1937 Sea Devils as Judge (uncredited)
- 1941 Back Street as Reporter for Associated News
- 1950 Riding High as Erickson
- 1932 The Mouthpiece as Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
- 1959 The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock as Standard Bates
- 1940 Rhythm on the River as Bernard Schwartz
- 1968 What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Dr. Shapiro
- 1947 Roses Are Red as Lipton
- 1937 Danger – Love at Work as Gilroy, an attorney
- 1937 Trapped by G-Men as Fingers
- 1936 Two-Fisted Gentleman as Joe Gordon
- 1942 Obliging Young Lady as Private Detective Smith
- 1941 Sis Hopkins as Mayor's aide
- 1948 Moonrise as Mr. Chandler
- 1941 Barnacle Bill as Auctioneer
- 1939 Lucky Night as Carpenter
- 1931 Manhattan Parade as Desk clerk
- 1964 Looking for Love as Director
- 1995 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Regent Yarborough
- 1953 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis as Prof. Obispo
- 1936 Lady Luck as Feinberg
- 1950 Backfire as Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
- 1939 Beware Spooks! as Moore (uncredited)
- 1947 Louisiana as McCormack
- 1980 The Little Dragons as J.J.
- 1939 They All Come Out as Psychiatrist
- 1935 Two for Tonight as Writer
- 1937 We're on the Jury as Horace Smith
- 1953 Remains to Be Seen as Delapp
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
- 1933 Mr. Skitch as Hotel Clerk
- 1938 Cocoanut Grove as Weaver
- 1940 Dancing on a Dime as Freeman Taylor
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You as Henderson
- 1938 Always in Trouble as Donald Gower
- 1941 Three Girls About Town as Mortician
- 1932 Union Depot as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
- 1950 The Yellow Cab Man as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
- 1981 Strange Behavior as Donovan
- 1939 Boy Slaves as Albee
- 1931 The Road to Singapore as Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
- 1950 The Second Face as Mr. Westcott
- 1953 The Juggler as Rosenberg
- 1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Beeman
- 1956 The Birds and the Bees as Charlie Jenkins
- 1939 Television Spy as Mr. Adler
- 1934 Looking for Trouble as Switchboard Operator
- 1939 Inside Story as District Attorney
- 1933 My Woman as Conn
- 1986 When the Bough Breaks as Van der Graaf
- 1963 The Wheeler Dealers as Judge (uncredited)
- 1938 Kentucky as Auctioneer
- 1939 Rose of Washington Square as Sam Kress
- 1948 Call Northside 777 as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
- 1948 Apartment for Peggy as Prof. Collins (uncredited)
- 1940 The Great Profile as Director
- 1963 Papa's Delicate Condition as Mr. Cosgrove
- 1965 Billie as Coach Jones
- 1942 Flying Tigers as Repkin (uncredited)
- 1940 It's a Date as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
- 1934 The Show-Off as Mr. Weitzenkorn
- 1981 The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Chief
- 1957 God Is My Partner as Judge Warner
- 1934 The Band Plays On as Shyster Lawyer
- 1964 The Carpetbaggers as Eugene Denby
- 1938 Blondie as Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
- 1935 One More Spring as Representative
- 1935 Woman Wanted as Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
- 1941 Ride 'Em Cowboy as Martin Manning (uncredited)
- 1947 Living in a Big Way as Hawkins (uncredited)
- 1941 The Big Store as Finance Company Man (uncredited)
- 1933 Employees' Entrance as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Producer (uncredited)
- 1935 Here Comes the Band as Mr. Scurry
- 1936 The Milky Way
- 1941 Repent at Leisure as Clarence Morgan
- 1939 Let Us Live as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
- 1939 Fifth Avenue Girl as Union Representative (uncredited)
- 1939 Second Fiddle as Studio Chief
- 1939 Golden Boy as Reporter Drake
- 1939 News Is Made at Night as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
- 1939 Miracles for Sale as Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
- 1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole as Columnist #2
- 1938 Professor Beware as Joe - Photographer
- 1939 Charlie McCarthy, Detective as Charlie's Doctor
- 1972 The Great Man's Whiskers as Philbrick
- 1940 The Crooked Road as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
- 1948 Race Street as Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
- 1936 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
- 1940 On Their Own as Johnson
- 1942 Lady in a Jam as Government Man (uncredited)
- 1940 Blondie Plays Cupid as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1941 Ball of Fire as Larsen
- 1940 Primrose Path as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
- 1940 Edison, the Man as Second Lecturer
- 1942 What's Cookin'? as K.D. Reynolds
- 1942 A Gentleman at Heart as Holloway
- 1940 Johnny Apollo as Assistant D.A.
- 1942 Sunday Punch as Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
- 1952 The Sniper as Loud Drunk at Club
- 1940 The Leather Pushers as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
- 1941 Buy Me That Town as J. Montague Gainsborough
- 1946 Just Before Dawn as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
- 1940 We Who Are Young as Perkins
- 1942 Thru Different Eyes as Mott
- 1937 Internes Can't Take Money as Grote
- 1940 The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- 1940 Buck Benny Rides Again as Charlie Graham
- 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 as Society Reporter (uncredited)
- 1931 Smart Money as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1951 Here Comes the Groom as FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
- 1935 The Florentine Dagger as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
- 1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1937 One Mile from Heaven as Webb
- 1940 City for Conquest as Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
- 1993 Acting on Impulse as Bellhop
- 1937 Nothing Sacred as Rubenstein (uncredited)
- 1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
- 1948 State of the Union as Blink Moran
- 1933 Central Airport as Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
- 1933 The Bowery as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1949 You're My Everything as Mr. Eddie Pflum
- 1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1937 Big Business as Webster - Bank Representative
- 1933 She Had to Say Yes as Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
- 1946 The Invisible Informer as Nick Steele
- 1935 Ginger as Judge (uncredited)
- 1942 Home in Wyomin' as Newspaper Editor
- 1937 Born Reckless as Barnes's lawyer
- 1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife as Salesman
- 1978 Movie Movie as Judge / Mr. Pennington
- 1933 Private Detective 62 as Process Server (Uncredited)
- 1931 Blonde Crazy as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1941 New York Town as Census Taker (uncredited)
- 1942 About Face as Rental Car Manager
- 1934 A Wicked Woman as Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
- 1948 Smart Woman as Reporter
- 1942 The Mad Martindales as Virgil Hickling
- 1937 Venus Makes Trouble as District Attorney
- 1942 Born to Sing as Johnny
- 1949 The House Across the Street as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
- 1942 Friendly Enemies as Braun
- 1933 Grand Slam as Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
- 1937 Hot Water as Grayson (uncredited)
- 1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Editor
- 1943 Mission to Moscow as Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
- 1930 City Girl as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1937 Bad Guy as Attorney
- 1975 Long Way Home
- 1942 They All Kissed the Bride as Spotter
- 1934 Let's Talk It Over as Reporter
- 1983 Sunset Limousine as Reinhammer
- 1936 Easy to Take as Skip
- 1938 Joy of Living as Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
- 1942 Pardon My Sarong as Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
- 1934 I'll Fix It as Al Nathan
- 1942 The Lady Is Willing as K.K. Miller
- 2005 The History of Hooterville as Self
- 1941 Appointment for Love as Smith (uncredited)
- 1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden as Mr. White
- 1940 Queen of the Mob as Horace Grimley
- 1964 Rendezvous in Space as Interviewee
- 1969 My Dog, the Thief as Mr. Pfeiffer
- 1964 The New Interns as Connors
- 1951 Criminal Lawyer as Frederick Waterman
- 1973 Hitched as Round Tree
- 1942 Broadway as Hungry Harry (uncredited)
- 1941 You're the One as Announcer
- 1933 Advice to the Lovelorn
- 1994 A Bewitched Christmas as Jesse Mortimer
- 1925 I Want My Man as French Doctor
- 1961 Alcatraz Express
- 1987 Date with an Angel as Father O'Shea
- 1948 The Boy with Green Hair
- 1950 For Heaven's Sake as Arthur Crane
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Richard Welte
- 1961 Mister Ed ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 4 episodes )
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Lusk
- 1966 Love on a Rooftop ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 The Rookies ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Rhoda ( 1 episode )
- 1965 F Troop ( 1 episode )
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Walter Graf
- 1985 Otherworld ( 1 episode ) as Velcrows Widley
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode )
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Sid
- 1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Claims Clerk (uncredited)
- 1964 The Munsters ( 1 episode )
- 1967 The Flying Nun ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 4 episodes ) as Mr. Barnsdahl
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 5 episodes ) as Foster Phinney
- 1974 Chico and the Man ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Maude ( 1 episode )
- 1975 One Day at a Time ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. ( 2 episodes ) as Charlie
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Stanley
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 24 episodes ) as Homer Bedloe
- 1978 Mork & Mindy ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Surfside 6 ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Williams
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Cushman
- 1977 Soap ( 7 episodes ) as Judge Petrillo
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Motel Owner
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Peckinpaugh
- 1977 Weekend Special ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Tab Hunter Show ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1972 The Sandy Duncan Show ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Dennis the Menace ( 4 episodes )
- 1972 Temperatures Rising ( 1 episode ) as Fulton Briggs
- 1970 Nanny and the Professor ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Bachelor Father ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Simon Whipple
- 1963 The Farmer's Daughter ( 1 episode )
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Casting Director
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Passport Office Clerk
- 1973 Adam's Rib ( 1 episode ) as Mayor
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited)
- 1957 The Real McCoys ( 2 episodes )
- 1969 The Debbie Reynolds Show ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Karen ( 13 episodes )
- 1960 Pete and Gladys ( 2 episodes )
- 1961 The New Bob Cummings Show ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Shannon's Deal ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Wendy and Me ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Guestward, Ho! ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Whirlybirds ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Ann Sothern Show ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Bill Dana Show ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The People's Choice ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Cara Williams Show ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes )
- 1954 Willy ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Star Stage ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Bing Crosby Show ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Shelley
- 1956 On Trial ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Comedy Spot ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1975 The Family Holvak ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Dear Phoebe ( 31 episodes ) as Mr. Fosdick
- 1985 The Comedy Factory ( 1 episode ) as George McCloskey
- 2003 TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Jessie Mortimer
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Mayor Peter Mercer
- 1953 Topper ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Kittler
- 1967 He & She ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Simpson
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode ) as Billy Hacker
- 1959 Dennis the Menace ( 2 episodes ) as Lawrence Finch
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Roger Creed
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Roland
- 1965 Get Smart ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Abner
- 1965 Honey West ( 1 episode ) as Ash
- 1965 Please Don't Eat the Daisies ( 1 episode ) as Man
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode ) as Homer Bedloe
- 1976 Sybil ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Quinoness
- 1959 Fibber McGee & Molly ( 1 episode ) as Salesman
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Walter Medford
- 1956 The Gale Storm Show ( 1 episode ) as Pierce
- 1966 The Pruitts of Southampton ( 3 episodes ) as Maxwell
- 2006 Legends ( 1 episode ) as Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Customs Officer (uncredited)
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Pfeiffer
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Frisby
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Proprietor
- 1968 The Doris Day Show ( 1 episode ) as Judge Carter
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Harold Jameson
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Ed Hotchkiss
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Harmon
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Shotwell
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as George Meiklejohn
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Hickox
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Charles Eckhardt
- 1965 Green Acres ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Wilson
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode ) as Henry
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Alcatraz Official (uncredited)
- 1957 The Real McCoys ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Leland
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Mort Farber
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Ralph Harrison
- 1982 The Devlin Connection ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 1 episode ) as Chester L. Wayzack, Esq.
- 1960 Surfside 6 ( 1 episode ) as Cyrus Radford
- 1991 Dark Shadows ( 1 episode ) as Antique Dealer
- 1983 The Winds of War ( 1 episode ) as William Standley
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Kelford
