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