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Charles Lane

Born 1905-01-26

Died 2007-07-09

📍 San Francisco, California, USA

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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Filmography 324

as Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)

The History of Hooterville

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

as Regent Yarborough

A Bewitched Christmas

as Jesse Mortimer

Acting on Impulse

as Antique Dealer

Date with an Angel

as Father O'Shea

When the Bough Breaks

as Van der Graaf

Murphy's Romance

The Comedy Factory

as George McCloskey

as Velcrows Widley

Sunset Limousine

Strange Invaders

as Prof. Hollister

The Winds of War

as William Standley

as Richard Welte

The Devlin Connection

Strange Behavior

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

The Little Dragons

as Judge / Mr. Pennington

as Judge Petrillo

as Dr. Quinoness

One Day at a Time

Chico and the Man

Little House on the Prairie

Temperatures Rising

as Fulton Briggs

Get to Know Your Rabbit

The Great Man's Whiskers

as Lawyer (voice)

Nanny and the Professor

My Dog, the Thief

as Mr. Pfeiffer

The Doris Day Show

as Judge Carter

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

Judd, for the Defense

The Gnome-Mobile

as Dr. Scoggins

Love on a Rooftop

The Pruitts of Southampton

The Ugly Dachshund

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

The Wild Wild West

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Cara Williams Show

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Ralph Harrison

as Jessie Mortimer

as Ed Hotchkiss

as George Meiklejohn

as Harold Jameson

The Bing Crosby Show

Rendezvous in Space

Looking for Love

Good Neighbor Sam

The New Interns

The Carpetbaggers

as Eugene Denby

The Wheeler Dealers

as Judge (uncredited)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Airport Manager

Petticoat Junction

as Homer Bedloe

The Bill Dana Show

The Farmer's Daughter

Papa's Delicate Condition

as Mr. Cosgrove

as Mr. Barnsdahl

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Foster Phinney

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Billy Hacker

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Homer Bedloe

The New Bob Cummings Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Cyrus Radford

The Andy Griffith Show

Pete and Gladys

The Tab Hunter Show

The Untouchables

as Alcatraz Official (uncredited)

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

as Lawrence Finch

The Twilight Zone

as Mr. Peckinpaugh

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Chester L. Wayzack, Esq.

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Fibber McGee & Molly

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

as Standard Bates

The Mating Game

as Inspector General Bigelow

77 Sunset Strip

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Ann Sothern Show

The Donna Reed Show

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Claims Clerk (uncredited)

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Customs Officer (uncredited)

The Real McCoys

The Real McCoys

The Restless Gun

as Mayor Peter Mercer

as Dr. Williams

Bachelor Father

God Is My Partner

as Judge Warner

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited)

The Birds and the Bees

as Charlie Jenkins

The People's Choice

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Millionaire

as Simon Whipple

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Mr. Pfeiffer

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

as Prof. Obispo

Remains to Be Seen

as Loud Drunk at Club

as Passport Office Clerk

as Casting Director

Here Comes the Groom

as FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)

Criminal Lawyer

as Frederick Waterman

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

as Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)

The Second Face

as Mr. Westcott

The Yellow Cab Man

as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)

as Dr. Nolan (uncredited)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)

The House Across the Street

as Apartment Manager (uncredited)

You're My Everything

as Mr. Eddie Pflum

Mighty Joe Young

as Producer (uncredited)

The Boy with Green Hair

as Mr. Chandler

Apartment for Peggy

as Prof. Collins (uncredited)

Out of the Storm

as Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)

The Gentleman from Nowhere

State of the Union

Call Northside 777

as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Living in a Big Way

as Hawkins (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Landlord (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

as Real Estate Salesman

The Invisible Informer

Mysterious Intruder

as Detective Burns

Just Before Dawn

as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

as Hack Hagen (uncredited)

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Reporter at Marriage License Office

Mission to Moscow

as Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)

as Repkin (uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong

as Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)

Friendly Enemies

as Government Man (uncredited)

Thru Different Eyes

They All Kissed the Bride

The Mad Martindales

as Virgil Hickling

as Hungry Harry

as Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)

as Hungry Harry (uncredited)

Tarzan's New York Adventure

as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton

Home in Wyomin'

as Newspaper Editor

as Rental Car Manager

Obliging Young Lady

as Private Detective Smith

The Adventures of Martin Eden

What's Cookin'?

as K.D. Reynolds

The Lady Is Willing

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

A Gentleman at Heart

as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Martin Manning (uncredited)

Birth of the Blues

as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)

I Wake Up Screaming

as Keating- Florist

The Great Man's Lady

as Pierce (uncredited)

as Census Taker (uncredited)

Appointment for Love

as Smith (uncredited)

Three Girls About Town

Buy Me That Town

as J. Montague Gainsborough

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

as Dr. Prouty (coroner)

as Finance Company Man (uncredited)

as Mayor's aide

Repent at Leisure

as Clarence Morgan

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

as Reporter for Associated News

The Invisible Woman

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Dancing on a Dime

as Freeman Taylor

Blondie Plays Cupid

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

City for Conquest

as Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)

The Leather Pushers

as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell

The Great Profile

Rhythm on the River

as Bernard Schwartz

We Who Are Young

Queen of the Mob

as Horace Grimley

Buck Benny Rides Again

as Charlie Graham

You Can't Fool Your Wife

The Crooked Road

as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney

Edison, the Man

as Second Lecturer

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Assistant D.A.

as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

as Mr. Smith (uncredited)

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Charlie's Doctor

The Cat and the Canary

as Moore (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Honeymoon in Bali

as Photographer (uncredited)

Fifth Avenue Girl

as Union Representative (uncredited)

as Reporter Drake

Miracles for Sale

as Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk

They All Come Out

as Psychiatrist

News Is Made at Night

as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds

as Studio Chief

Rose of Washington Square

as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)

as District Attorney

as Furniture Salesman (uncredited)

Always in Trouble

as Donald Gower

Three Loves Has Nancy

as Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

Professor Beware

as Joe - Photographer

The Rage of Paris

as Department Head (uncredited)

as Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)

as Rubenstein (uncredited)

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Danger – Love at Work

as Gilroy, an attorney

as Grayson (uncredited)

Trapped by G-Men

One Mile from Heaven

as Barnes's lawyer

as Webster - Bank Representative

Internes Can't Take Money

as Judge (uncredited)

We're on the Jury

as Horace Smith

Criminal Lawyer

as Attorney (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Gentleman

36 Hours to Kill

as Lawyer Rickert

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Hallor (uncredited)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

as Man in Front Row (archive footage)

Two for Tonight

Here Comes the Band

as Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)

as Judge (uncredited)

The Florentine Dagger

as Man in Front Row (archive footage)

One More Spring

as Representative

The Band Plays On

as Shyster Lawyer

as Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)

as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Let's Talk It Over

Twenty Million Sweethearts

as Reporter (uncredited)

Twentieth Century

Looking for Trouble

as Switchboard Operator

as Mr. Weitzenkorn

Advice to the Lovelorn

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Columnist #2

as Doctor (uncredited)

She Had to Say Yes

as Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)

Private Detective 62

as Process Server (Uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1933

as Society Reporter (uncredited)

Central Airport

as Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)

as Playwright (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

as Cashier (uncredited)

as Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant

Employees' Entrance

as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

as Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)

as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)

Manhattan Parade

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Road to Singapore

as Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

as French Doctor