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