Charles Lane
Acting
Biography
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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As actor 321
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Bewitched
1964
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Maverick
1957
Hunter
1984
Get Smart
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
L.A. Law
1986
I Love Lucy
1951
The Wild Wild West
1965
Lawman
1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
St. Elsewhere
1982
One Day at a Time
1975
The Flying Nun
1967
Green Acres
1965
The Untouchables
1959
Petticoat Junction
1963
Lou Grant
1977
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Burke's Law
1963
The Munsters
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Medical Center
1969
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
Surfside 6
1960
The Millionaire
1955
Rhoda
1974
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Mork & Mindy
1978
Mister Ed
1961
The Odd Couple
1970
The Rookies
1972
Dennis the Menace
1959
Today
1952
The Real McCoys
1957
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Soap
1977
Maude
1972
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Studio 57
1954
The Doris Day Show
1968
The Aristocats
1970
Bachelor Father
1957
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Chico and the Man
1974
Honey West
1965
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
F Troop
1965
The Winds of War
1983
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
The Gale Storm Show
1956
ABC Weekend Specials
1977
Topper
1953
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
The Restless Gun
1957
Dark Shadows
1991
The Thin Man
1957
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Whirlybirds
1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
The Comedy Factory
1985
Pete and Gladys
1960
Legends
2006
Temperatures Rising
1972
The People's Choice
1955
Guestward, Ho!
1960
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
The Ann Sothern Show
1958
Sybil
1976
Otherworld
1985
On Trial
1956
He & She
1967
Shannon's Deal
1990
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Love on a Rooftop
1966
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Dear Phoebe
1954
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Wendy and Me
1964
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Adam's Rib
1973
The Bill Dana Show
1963
The Cara Williams Show
1964
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Willy
1954
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
The Devlin Connection
1982
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Date with an Angel
1987
Star Stage
1955
The Sniper
1952
Beware Spooks!
1939
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
The Music Man
1962
About Face
1942
The New Bob Cummings Show
1961
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
Sealed Lips
1942
Ball of Fire
1941
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1962
Flying Tigers
1942
Mr. Skitch
1933
Blondie
1938
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Teacher's Pet
1958
Boy Slaves
1939
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Blondie Johnson
1933
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Movie Movie
1978
42nd Street
1933
Strange Invaders
1983
City Girl
1930
Alcatraz Express
1961
Louisiana
1947
My Woman
1933
Back Street
1941
Nothing Sacred
1937
State of the Union
1948
Broadway Bill
1934
The Invisible Woman
1940
Sis Hopkins
1941
Billie
1965
Appointment for Love
1941
But Not for Me
1959
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
Backfire
1950
The Big Store
1941
Johnny Apollo
1940
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Let Us Live
1939
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
Call Northside 777
1948
The Family Holvak
1975
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
The Lady Is Willing
1942
Karen
1975
I'll Fix It
1934
Golden Boy
1939
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Strange Behavior
1981
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
Twentieth Century
1934
The Mating Game
1959
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
The Juggler
1953
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Murphy's Romance
1985
Joy of Living
1938
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Fibber McGee & Molly
1959
Three Girls About Town
1941
Moonrise
1948
The Bowery
1933
Edison, the Man
1940
Looking for Love
1964
Central Airport
1933
Criminal Lawyer
1937
The Mouthpiece
1932
The Rage of Paris
1938
Obliging Young Lady
1942
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Union Depot
1932
Blessed Event
1932
The Cat and the Canary
1939
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
The Milky Way
1936
Pardon My Sarong
1942
I Want My Man
1925
The Birds and the Bees
1956
Buy Me That Town
1941
Thru Different Eyes
1942
City for Conquest
1940
Woman Wanted
1935
They All Come Out
1939
Hitched
1973
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Blonde Crazy
1931
Mission to Moscow
1943
Here Comes the Groom
1951
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
The Great Profile
1940
The Comedy Spot
1960
Out of the Storm
1948
Primrose Path
1940
Here Comes the Band
1935
Bury Me Dead
1947
Smart Money
1931
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
New York Town
1941
Riding High
1950
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
God Is My Partner
1957
Intrigue
1947
Acting on Impulse
1993
Kentucky
1938
Long Way Home
1975
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
You're My Everything
1949
Second Fiddle
1939
Rhythm on the River
1940
We Who Are Young
1940
Born to Sing
1942
Born Reckless
1937
Smart Woman
1948
Sea Devils
1937
Always in Trouble
1938
Race Street
1948
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Danger – Love at Work
1937
Remains to Be Seen
1953
One Mile from Heaven
1937
One More Spring
1935
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
The House Across the Street
1949
Private Detective 62
1933
My Dog, the Thief
1969
Sunday Punch
1942
Just Before Dawn
1946
The Great Man's Lady
1941
When the Bough Breaks
1986
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Employees' Entrance
1933
Birth of the Blues
1941
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
The Florentine Dagger
1935
It's a Date
1940
Professor Beware
1938
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Apartment for Peggy
1948
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Sunset Limousine
1983
Venus Makes Trouble
1937
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
Lucky Night
1939
A Bewitched Christmas
1994
Broadway
1942
The New Interns
1964
Easy to Take
1936
Grand Slam
1933
Two for Tonight
1935
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
News Is Made at Night
1939
The Mad Martindales
1942
The Show-Off
1934
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
Bad Guy
1937
The History of Hooterville
2005
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
For Heaven's Sake
1950
Criminal Lawyer
1951
A Wicked Woman
1934
Friendly Enemies
1942
Living in a Big Way
1947
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Ginger
1935
Inside Story
1939
Television Spy
1939
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
Dancing on a Dime
1940
Rendezvous in Space
1964
The Band Plays On
1934
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
Queen of the Mob
1940
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
The Road to Singapore
1931
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Miracles for Sale
1939
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
Lady in a Jam
1942
Barnacle Bill
1941
We're on the Jury
1937
Mysterious Intruder
1946
She Had to Say Yes
1933
Cocoanut Grove
1938
On Their Own
1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
Lady Luck
1936
The Leather Pushers
1940
Manhattan Parade
1931
Repent at Leisure
1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
The Invisible Informer
1946
Let's Talk It Over
1934
Trapped by G-Men
1937
Home in Wyomin'
1942
Hot Water
1937
Looking for Trouble
1934
You're the One
1941
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
Roses Are Red
1947
The Little Dragons
1980
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
Big Business
1937
The Crooked Road
1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
What's Cookin'?
1942
The Second Face
1950