Charles Lane
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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
Credits
The Aristocats (1970)
as Lawyer (voice)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Real Estate Salesman
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Airport Manager
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Nosey
Date with an Angel (1987)
as Father O'Shea
The Music Man (1962)
as Constable
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Producer (uncredited)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Henderson
Call Northside 777 (1948)
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
42nd Street (1933)
as Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Hallor (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Larsen
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
as Judge
Movie Movie (1978)
as Judge / Mr. Pennington
State of the Union (1948)
as Blink Moran
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Whitlow
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Actor
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
as Jack Bailey
Teacher's Pet (1958)
as Roy
City Girl (1930)
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Society Reporter (uncredited)
The Sniper (1952)
as Loud Drunk at Club
Blondie (1938)
as Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
Central Airport (1933)
as Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
Flying Tigers (1942)
as Repkin (uncredited)
The Mating Game (1959)
as Inspector General Bigelow
Murphy's Romance (1985)
as Amos Abbott
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
as Dr. Scoggins
Let Us Live (1939)
as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
The Juggler (1953)
as Rosenberg
The Big Store (1941)
as Finance Company Man (uncredited)
Billie (1965)
as Coach Jones
Golden Boy (1939)
as Reporter Drake
Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Assistant D.A.
Alcatraz Express (1961)
Actor
Nothing Sacred (1937)
as Rubenstein (uncredited)
About Face (1942)
as Rental Car Manager
The Invisible Woman (1940)
as Growley
Back Street (1941)
as Reporter for Associated News
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
Mr. Skitch (1933)
as Hotel Clerk
Sea Devils (1937)
as Judge (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson (1933)
as Cashier (uncredited)
Twentieth Century (1934)
as Max Jacobs
Race Street (1948)
as Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Editor
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
as Eugene Denby
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Martin Manning (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Judge (uncredited)
Smart Money (1931)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
as Regent Yarborough
Union Depot (1932)
as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
My Woman (1933)
as Conn
Sealed Lips (1942)
as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
My Dog, the Thief (1969)
as Mr. Pfeiffer
Strange Behavior (1981)
as Donovan
But Not for Me (1959)
as Al Atwood
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
as K.K. Miller
Strange Invaders (1983)
as Prof. Hollister
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as Attorney (uncredited)
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
as Reporter
Appointment for Love (1941)
as Smith (uncredited)
Long Way Home (1975)
Actor
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
as Mr. Cosgrove
Backfire (1950)
as Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
Second Fiddle (1939)
as Studio Chief
The Bowery (1933)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Second Lecturer
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Landlord (uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
as Standard Bates
Moonrise (1948)
as Mr. Chandler
Sis Hopkins (1941)
as Mayor's aide
City for Conquest (1940)
as Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
Acting on Impulse (1993)
as Bellhop
The Milky Way (1936)
as Willard
The New Interns (1964)
as Connors
Boy Slaves (1939)
as Albee
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Government Man (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as Private Detective Smith
Roses Are Red (1947)
as Lipton
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
as Keating- Florist
The Great Profile (1940)
as Director
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
as Union Representative (uncredited)
Riding High (1950)
as Erickson
Bad Guy (1937)
as Attorney
Kentucky (1938)
as Auctioneer
Beware Spooks! (1939)
as Moore (uncredited)
They All Come Out (1939)
as Psychiatrist
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
Sunday Punch (1942)
as Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
Lucky Night (1939)
as Carpenter
Bury Me Dead (1947)
as Brighton
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
Looking for Love (1964)
as Director
Woman Wanted (1935)
as Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
What's Cookin'? (1942)
as K.D. Reynolds
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
as Salesman
Private Detective 62 (1933)
as Process Server (Uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Pierce (uncredited)
Louisiana (1947)
as McCormack
Rhythm on the River (1940)
as Bernard Schwartz
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Sam Kress
We Who Are Young (1940)
as Perkins
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Weaver
A Wicked Woman (1934)
as Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
as Dr. Shapiro
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
as Delapp
New York Town (1941)
as Census Taker (uncredited)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The House Across the Street (1949)
as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
as Doctor
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
as Grote
Just Before Dawn (1946)
as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
Out of the Storm (1948)
as Mr. Evans
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
as Spotter
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
as Mr. White
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Primrose Path (1940)
as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Sunset Limousine (1983)
as Reinhammer
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
as Van der Graaf
Born Reckless (1937)
as Barnes's lawyer
Smart Woman (1948)
as Reporter
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
as Holloway
I'll Fix It (1934)
as Al Nathan
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
as Chief
You're My Everything (1949)
as Mr. Eddie Pflum
Birth of the Blues (1941)
as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes (1942)
as Mott
Buy Me That Town (1941)
as J. Montague Gainsborough
Television Spy (1939)
as Mr. Adler
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
as Reporter
The Rage of Paris (1938)
as Department Head (uncredited)
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
as Mr. Beeman
The Road to Singapore (1931)
as Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
Hitched (1973)
as Round Tree
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
as Prof. Collins (uncredited)
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
as Gilroy, an attorney
Grand Slam (1933)
as Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
as Prof. Obispo
One More Spring (1935)
as Representative
Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Mortician
Joy of Living (1938)
as Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
God Is My Partner (1957)
as Judge Warner
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
as FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
Born to Sing (1942)
as Johnny
Here Comes the Band (1935)
as Mr. Scurry
Professor Beware (1938)
as Joe - Photographer
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Hawkins (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
as Dr. Prouty (coroner)
Blessed Event (1932)
as Kane
Intrigue (1947)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Looking for Trouble (1934)
as Switchboard Operator
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Easy to Take (1936)
as Skip
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
as Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
as Doc Prouty
Hot Water (1937)
as Grayson (uncredited)
The Little Dragons (1980)
as J.J.
The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)
as Philbrick
The Second Face (1950)
as Mr. Westcott
Broadway (1942)
as Hungry Harry
We're on the Jury (1937)
as Horace Smith
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
as Lawyer Rickert
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
as Dr. Prouty
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
News Is Made at Night (1939)
as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
A Bewitched Christmas (1994)
as Jesse Mortimer
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
as Coroner
Criminal Lawyer (1951)
as Frederick Waterman
Rendezvous in Space (1964)
as Interviewee
Dancing on a Dime (1940)
as Freeman Taylor
Miracles for Sale (1939)
as Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
The History of Hooterville (2005)
as Self
You're the One (1941)
as Announcer
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Photographer (uncredited)
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
as Charlie Jenkins
Inside Story (1939)
as District Attorney
Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Trapped by G-Men (1937)
as Fingers
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Charlie Graham
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
Actor
It's a Date (1940)
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
as Fenmore
Manhattan Parade (1931)
as Desk clerk
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
as Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
The Band Plays On (1934)
as Shyster Lawyer
The Mad Martindales (1942)
as Virgil Hickling
The Leather Pushers (1940)
as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Queen of the Mob (1940)
as Horace Grimley
The Show-Off (1934)
as Mr. Weitzenkorn
Lady Luck (1936)
as Feinberg
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
as Columnist #2
The Mouthpiece (1932)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
On Their Own (1940)
as Johnson
Always in Trouble (1938)
as Donald Gower
Friendly Enemies (1942)
as Braun
Barnacle Bill (1941)
as Auctioneer
Ginger (1935)
as Judge (uncredited)
Two for Tonight (1935)
as Writer
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
Home in Wyomin' (1942)
as Newspaper Editor
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
as Charlie's Doctor
Repent at Leisure (1941)
as Clarence Morgan
Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
as Joe Gordon
I Want My Man (1925)
as French Doctor
The Crooked Road (1940)
as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
Big Business (1937)
as Webster - Bank Representative
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
as Detective Burns
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
as Webb
Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
as District Attorney
The Invisible Informer (1946)
as Nick Steele