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Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Birthday: 1905-01-26 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1983
Strange Invaders

as    Prof. Hollister

1981
Strange Behavior

as    Donovan

1976
Sybil

as    Dr. Quinoness

1967
The Gnome-Mobile

as    Dr. Scoggins

1966
The Ugly Dachshund

as    Judge

1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

as    Whitlow

1965
Billie

as    Coach Jones

1964
Good Neighbor Sam

as    Jack Bailey

1959
But Not for Me

as    Al Atwood

1959
The Mating Game

as    Inspector General Bigelow

1958
Teacher's Pet

as    Roy

1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

as    Prof. Obispo

1953
The Juggler

as    Rosenberg

1951
Here Comes the Groom

as    Ralph Burchard

1948
State of the Union

as    Blink Moran

1948
Out of the Storm

as    Mr. Evans

1948
Apartment for Peggy

as    Prof. Collins (uncredited)

1947
Intrigue

as    Hotel Desk Clerk

1946
Mysterious Intruder

as    Detective Burns

1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie

as    Hack Hagen (uncredited)

1942
Lady in a Jam

as    Government Man

1942
Born to Sing

as    Johnny

1942
Home in Wyomin'

as    Newspaper Editor

1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

as    Doc Prouty

1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective

as    Dr. Prouty

1940
Dancing on a Dime

as    Freeman Taylor

1940
The Leather Pushers

as    Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell

1939
Lucky Night

as    Carpenter