8.0
8.0
Home in Wyomin'
1942
as Newspaper Editor
Charles Lane
Acting
Born:January 26, 1905
Died:July 9, 2007(aged 102)
Birthplace:San Francisco, California, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (169 movies)
7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Nosey
7.8
7.8
Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Prof. Collins (uncredited)
7.7
7.7
Barnacle Bill
1941
as Auctioneer
7.6
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
7.4
7.4
City Girl
1930
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
7.3
7.3
Ball of Fire
1941
as Larsen
7.3
7.3
Danger – Love at Work
1937
as Gilroy, an attorney
7.3
7.3
The Aristocats
1970
as Lawyer (voice)
7.2
7.2
Back Street
1941
as Reporter for Associated News
7.2
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Society Reporter (uncredited)
7.1
7.1
The Music Man
1962
as Constable
7.0
7.0
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Landlord (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Blonde Crazy
1931
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Beware Spooks!
1939
as Moore (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
6.9
6.9
42nd Street
1933
as Playwright (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
The Cat and the Canary
1939
as Reporter
6.9
6.9
Smart Money
1931
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Keating- Florist
6.8
6.8
Boy Slaves
1939
as Albee
6.8
6.8
Rhythm on the River
1940
as Bernard Schwartz
6.8
6.8
Criminal Lawyer
1951
as Frederick Waterman
6.8
6.8
Let Us Live
1939
as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
The Second Face
1950
as Mr. Westcott
6.8
6.8
Johnny Apollo
1940
as Assistant D.A.
6.8
6.8
The Birds and the Bees
1956
as Charlie Jenkins
6.8
6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
as Max Jacobs
6.8
6.8
Teacher's Pet
1958
as Roy
6.7
6.7
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966
as Whitlow
6.7
6.7
My Dog, the Thief
1969
as Mr. Pfeiffer
6.7
6.7
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
as Judge
6.6
6.6
The Sniper
1952
as Loud Drunk at Club
6.6
6.6
State of the Union
1948
as Blink Moran
6.6
6.6
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
as Dr. Shapiro
6.6
6.6
Lucky Night
1939
as Carpenter
6.6
6.6
Primrose Path
1940
as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Blessed Event
1932
as Kane
6.5
6.5
The Juggler
1953
as Rosenberg
6.5
6.5
Two for Tonight
1935
as Writer
6.5
6.5
Out of the Storm
1948
as Mr. Evans
6.5
6.5
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
as Jack Bailey
6.4
6.4
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as K.K. Miller
6.3
6.3
Just Before Dawn
1946
as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Pierce (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
The Great Profile
1940
as Director
6.3
6.3
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Grote
6.3
6.3
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
6.2
6.2
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
as Photographer (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Looking for Trouble
1934
as Switchboard Operator
6.2
6.2
Flying Tigers
1942
as Repkin (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Big Store
1941
as Finance Company Man (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Dr. Scoggins
6.2
6.2
Moonrise
1948
as Mr. Chandler
6.1
6.1
Central Airport
1933
as Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
Murphy's Romance
1985
as Amos Abbott
6.0
6.0
Mr. Skitch
1933
as Hotel Clerk
6.0
6.0
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Holloway
6.0
6.0
About Face
1942
as Rental Car Manager
6.0
6.0
Hitched
1973
as Round Tree
6.0
6.0
The Milky Way
1936
6.0
6.0
Bad Guy
1937
as Attorney
6.0
6.0
Always in Trouble
1938
as Donald Gower
6.0
6.0
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
as Fenmore
6.0
6.0
But Not for Me
1959
as Al Atwood
6.0
6.0
Sis Hopkins
1941
as Mayor's aide
6.0
6.0
The Invisible Informer
1946
as Nick Steele
6.0
6.0
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Reporter (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Buy Me That Town
1941
as J. Montague Gainsborough
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
as Mr. White
6.0
6.0
Movie Movie
1978
as Judge / Mr. Pennington
5.9
5.9
It's a Date
1940
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Private Detective 62
1933
as Process Server (Uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Doctor
5.9
5.9
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as Detective Burns
5.9
5.9
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
as Standard Bates
5.9
5.9
The Mating Game
1959
as Inspector General Bigelow
5.9
5.9
Criminal Lawyer
1937
as Attorney (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Rage of Paris
1938
as Department Head (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Sam Kress
5.8
5.8
Kentucky
1938
as Auctioneer
5.8
5.8
We're on the Jury
1937
as Horace Smith
5.8
5.8
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Spotter
5.8
5.8
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
as Dr. Prouty (coroner)
5.8
5.8
We Who Are Young
1940
as Perkins
5.8
5.8
Sealed Lips
1942
as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
5.8
5.8
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
as Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Backfire
1950
as Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Eugene Denby
5.8
5.8
Union Depot
1932
as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Repent at Leisure
1941
as Clarence Morgan
5.7
5.7
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Growley
5.7
5.7
Friendly Enemies
1942
as Braun
5.7
5.7
Sea Devils
1937
as Judge (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
The Show-Off
1934
as Mr. Weitzenkorn
5.7
5.7
Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Delapp
5.6
5.6
They All Come Out
1939
as Psychiatrist
5.5
5.5
Roses Are Red
1947
as Lipton
5.5
5.5
The Crooked Road
1940
as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
5.5
5.5
What's Cookin'?
1942
as K.D. Reynolds
5.5
5.5
When the Bough Breaks
1986
as Van der Graaf
5.5
5.5
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
as Dr. Prouty
5.5
5.5
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Prof. Obispo
5.5
5.5
Broadway
1942
as Hungry Harry
5.4
5.4
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Mr. Cosgrove
5.4
5.4
Strange Behavior
1981
as Donovan
5.4
5.4
Appointment for Love
1941
as Smith (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Mortician
5.3
5.3
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Lawyer Rickert
5.3
5.3
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Doc Prouty
5.2
5.2
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
as Coroner
5.2
5.2
The Road to Singapore
1931
as Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
Born Reckless
1937
as Barnes's lawyer
5.0
5.0
God Is My Partner
1957
as Judge Warner
5.0
5.0
Looking for Love
1964
as Director
5.0
5.0
Intrigue
1947
as Hotel Desk Clerk
5.0
5.0
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as Private Detective Smith
5.0
5.0
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Hawkins (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Virgil Hickling
5.0
5.0
Born to Sing
1942
as Johnny
5.0
5.0
Sunday Punch
1942
as Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Smart Woman
1948
as Reporter
5.0
5.0
Big Business
1937
as Webster - Bank Representative
5.0
5.0
Lady Luck
1936
as Feinberg
5.0
5.0
Television Spy
1939
as Mr. Adler
5.0
5.0
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Mr. Scurry
4.9
4.9
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
as Mr. Beeman
4.9
4.9
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Strange Invaders
1983
as Prof. Hollister
4.8
4.8
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
as Chief
4.7
4.7
The Little Dragons
1980
as J.J.
4.7
4.7
Billie
1965
as Coach Jones
4.7
4.7
The Bowery
1933
as Doctor (uncredited)
4.6
4.6
Bury Me Dead
1947
as Brighton
4.5
4.5
Dancing on a Dime
1940
as Freeman Taylor
4.5
4.5
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Salesman
4.4
4.4
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
as Regent Yarborough
4.3
4.3
Ginger
1935
as Judge (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
Grand Slam
1933
as Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
4.0
4.0
Sunset Limousine
1983
as Reinhammer
4.0
4.0
News Is Made at Night
1939
as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
4.0
4.0
The House Across the Street
1949
as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
3.8
3.8
You're My Everything
1949
as Mr. Eddie Pflum
3.8
3.8
Acting on Impulse
1993
as Bellhop
3.6
3.6
My Woman
1933
as Conn
3.5
3.5
Venus Makes Trouble
1937
as District Attorney
3.1
3.1
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Editor
1.8
1.8
Manhattan Parade
1931
as Desk clerk
1.0
1.0
You're the One
1941
as Announcer
On Their Own
1940
as Johnson
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Charlie Graham
Thru Different Eyes
1942
as Mott
The History of Hooterville
2005
as Self
Sybil
1976
as Dr. Quinoness
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Weaver
Louisiana
1947
as McCormack
I'll Fix It
1934
as Al Nathan
Long Way Home
1975
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
as Joe Gordon
Easy to Take
1936
as Skip
Rendezvous in Space
1964
as Interviewee
Trapped by G-Men
1937
as Fingers
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
as Philbrick
The Leather Pushers
1940
as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Inside Story
1939
as District Attorney
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