Charles Lane
Born in San Francisco, California, USA — Jan 26 1905• Died Jul 09 2007
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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…
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Perry Mason
Dr. Williams
Bewitched
Mr. Cushman
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Frisby
Get Smart
Uncle Abner
L.A. Law
Walter Graf
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Peckinpaugh
St. Elsewhere
Richard Welte
Little House on the Prairie
Maverick
Proprietor
The Beverly Hillbillies
Foster Phinney
Petticoat Junction
Homer Bedloe
I Love Lucy
Mr. Stanley
Hunter
Motel Owner
The Untouchables
Alcatraz Official (uncredited)
Burke's Law
Dr. Lusk
F Troop
Lawman
The Wild Wild West
Roger Creed
The Donna Reed Show
The Lucy Show
Mr. Barnsdahl
The Rookies
Green Acres
Mr. Wilson
The Odd Couple
Sid
Lou Grant
Mister Ed
77 Sunset Strip
The Munsters
Soap
Judge Petrillo
One Day at a Time
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Charlie
Rhoda
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Surfside 6
Judd for the Defense
Dennis the Menace
Legends
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Studio 57
Henry
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ralph Harrison
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Flying Nun
The Real McCoys
Honey West
Ash
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dr. Shelley
The Millionaire
Simon Whipple
Mork & Mindy
The Doris Day Show
Judge Carter
Nanny and the Professor
Chico and the Man
Temperatures Rising
Fulton Briggs
Maude
Screen Director's Playhouse
The Farmer's Daughter
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Man
Lux Video Theatre
Walter Medford
The Thin Man
The Restless Gun
Mayor Peter Mercer
It's a Wonderful Life
Real Estate Salesman
Pete and Gladys
The Comedy Factory
George McCloskey
The Gale Storm Show
Pierce
Bachelor Father
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Pfeiffer
The Aristocats
Lawyer (voice)
Whirlybirds
Weekend Special
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Claims Clerk (uncredited)
Otherworld
Velcrows Widley
Topper
Mr. Kittler
The Winds of War
Adm. William Standley
Shannon's Deal
Adam's Rib
Mayor
He & She
Mr. Simpson
Love on a Rooftop
The Ann Sothern Show
Sybil
Dr. Quinoness
Guestward, Ho!
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Airport Manager
The Cara Williams Show
The Tab Hunter Show
The Pruitts of Southampton
Maxwell
The Family Holvak
The Devlin Connection
Wendy and Me
The Wonderful World of Disney
The People's Choice
The Sandy Duncan Show
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Nosey
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Hallor (uncredited)
The Bing Crosby Show
Mighty Joe Young
Producer (uncredited)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Reporter at Marriage License Office
Dear Phoebe
Mr. Fosdick
The Bill Dana Show
The Music Man
Constable
Moonrise
Mr. Chandler
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Whitlow
Golden Boy
Reporter Drake
Lady in a Jam
Government Man (uncredited)
Call Northside 777
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Assistant D.A.
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Martin Manning (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Larsen
The Sniper
Loud Drunk at Club
Strange Invaders
Prof. Hollister
State of the Union
Blink Moran
You Can't Take It with You
Henderson
Movie Movie
Judge / Mr. Pennington
The Invisible Woman
Growley
Fibber McGee & Molly
Salesman
City for Conquest
Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
Roy
Star Stage
A Wicked Woman
Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn
Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile
Dr. Scoggins
Appointment for Love
Smith (uncredited)
News Is Made at Night
District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Charlie's Doctor
Karen
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Queen of the Mob
Horace Grimley
The Rage of Paris
Department Head (uncredited)
Professor Beware
Joe - Photographer
Murphy's Romance
Amos Abbott
City Girl
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
Keating- Florist
The Bowery
Doctor (uncredited)
The Mating Game
Inspector General Bigelow
Good Neighbor Sam
Jack Bailey
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Editor
Broadway Bill
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Landlord (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
Rubenstein (uncredited)
Apartment for Peggy
Prof. Collins (uncredited)
Smart Woman
Reporter
The Juggler
Rosenberg
The Wheeler Dealers
Judge (uncredited)
The New Bob Cummings Show
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
Let Us Live
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Long Way Home
Riding High
Erickson
Buck Benny Rides Again
Charlie Graham
When the Bough Breaks
Van der Graaf
The Lady Is Willing
K.K. Miller
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Coroner
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Beeman
Twentieth Century
Max Jacobs
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Willy
Edison, the Man
Second Lecturer
One More Spring
Representative
Billie
Coach Jones
Backfire
Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
Grand Slam
Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
Blondie
Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
Blonde Crazy
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Acting on Impulse
Bellhop
The Big Store
Finance Company Man (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Studio Chief
Inside Story
District Attorney
Gold Diggers of 1933
Society Reporter (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
Eugene Denby
Intrigue
Hotel Desk Clerk
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Columnist #2
Roses Are Red
Lipton
The Cat and the Canary
Reporter
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Doc Prouty
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Dr. Shapiro
Blondie Johnson
Cashier (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
Blondie Plays Cupid
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Boy Slaves
Albee
Hitched
Round Tree
Born Reckless
Barnes's lawyer
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Dr. Prouty (coroner)
Primrose Path
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Race Street
Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
42nd Street
Playwright (uncredited)
Flying Tigers
Repkin (uncredited)
Advice to the Lovelorn
One Mile from Heaven
Webb
Three Loves Has Nancy
Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
Strange Behavior
Donovan
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
Kentucky
Auctioneer
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
Sea Devils
Judge (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Reporter (uncredited)
Hot Water
Grayson (uncredited)
The Mouthpiece
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Mr. Skitch
Hotel Clerk
Looking for Love
Director
Back Street
Reporter for Associated News
My Woman
Conn
Pardon My Sarong
Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
Looking for Trouble
Switchboard Operator
Blessed Event
Kane
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Doctor
The Milky Way
Willard
The Show-Off
Mr. Weitzenkorn
The Great Man's Lady
Pierce (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
Spotter
The Second Face
Mr. Westcott
Obliging Young Lady
Private Detective Smith
But Not for Me
Al Atwood
Private Detective 62
Process Server (Uncredited)
Sunday Punch
Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
Lucky Night
Carpenter
Bury Me Dead
Brighton
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill
Lawyer Rickert
A Gentleman at Heart
Holloway
The New Interns
Connors
Honeymoon in Bali
Photographer (uncredited)
Union Depot
Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
Sunset Limousine
Reinhammer
Remains to Be Seen
Delapp
Let's Talk It Over
Reporter
You're My Everything
Mr. Eddie Pflum
Born to Sing
Johnny
Smart Money
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Rhythm on the River
Bernard Schwartz
I'll Fix It
Al Nathan
Television Spy
Mr. Adler
Papa's Delicate Condition
Mr. Cosgrove
We Who Are Young
Perkins
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Chief
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Prof. Obispo
Here Comes the Groom
FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
Sealed Lips
Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
Manhattan Parade
Desk clerk
New York Town
Census Taker (uncredited)
Beware Spooks!
Moore (uncredited)
It's a Date
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Mr. Scurry
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Mr. White
A Bewitched Christmas
Jesse Mortimer
Bad Guy
Attorney
Cocoanut Grove
Weaver
Out of the Storm
Mr. Evans
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Regent Yarborough
Fifth Avenue Girl
Union Representative (uncredited)
On Trial
Lady Luck
Feinberg
Living in a Big Way
Hawkins (uncredited)
You're the One
Announcer
Dancing on a Dime
Freeman Taylor
The Great Profile
Director
Ginger
Judge (uncredited)
The Great Man's Whiskers
Philbrick
Rose of Washington Square
Sam Kress
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Dr. Prouty
Joy of Living
Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Reporter (uncredited)
Mysterious Intruder
Detective Burns
The Ugly Dachshund
Judge
Internes Can't Take Money
Grote
Danger – Love at Work
Gilroy, an attorney
Central Airport
Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Attorney (uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Standard Bates
My Dog, the Thief
Mr. Pfeiffer
They All Come Out
Psychiatrist
Broadway
Hungry Harry
Louisiana
McCormack
Friendly Enemies
Braun
The Yellow Cab Man
L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
J. Montague Gainsborough
Two for Tonight
Writer
Three Girls About Town
Mortician
On Their Own
Johnson
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
Sis Hopkins
Mayor's aide
The Florentine Dagger
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
The Mad Martindales
Virgil Hickling
The Leather Pushers
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Employees' Entrance
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Frederick Waterman
The Birds and the Bees
Charlie Jenkins
She Had to Say Yes
Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
I Want My Man
French Doctor
Barnacle Bill
Auctioneer
The Crooked Road
Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
Thru Different Eyes
Mott
The House Across the Street
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
The Invisible Informer
Nick Steele
What's Cookin'?
K.D. Reynolds
Always in Trouble
Donald Gower
God Is My Partner
Judge Warner
The Road to Singapore
Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
The Little Dragons
J.J.
The Band Plays On
Shyster Lawyer
Miracles for Sale
Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
We're on the Jury
Horace Smith
Rendezvous in Space
Interviewee
Home in Wyomin'
Newspaper Editor
About Face
Rental Car Manager
Big Business
Webster - Bank Representative
Trapped by G-Men
Fingers
Easy to Take
Skip
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Fenmore
The History of Hooterville
Self
Repent at Leisure
Clarence Morgan
Alcatraz Express
The Comedy Spot
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Salesman
Venus Makes Trouble
District Attorney
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Joe Gordon