Charles Lane
Known for: Acting
Born: January 26, 1905
Died: July 9, 2007
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 h…
Known for
The Little Dragons
1980
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
Twentieth Century
1934
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
The Juggler
1953
Billie
1965
God Is My Partner
1957
Repent at Leisure
1941
Venus Makes Trouble
1937
But Not for Me
1959
Lucky Night
1939
Boy Slaves
1939
My Woman
1933
The Crooked Road
1940
Thru Different Eyes
1942
The Mad Martindales
1942
Friendly Enemies
1942
The History of Hooterville
2005
Rendezvous in Space
1964
A Bewitched Christmas
1994
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Mysterious Intruder
1946
The Mating Game
1959
Teacher's Pet
1958
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
Roses Are Red
1947
Manhattan Parade
1931
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
Beware Spooks!
1939
When the Bough Breaks
1986
The Leather Pushers
1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
Long Way Home
1975
Criminal Lawyer
1937
Out of the Storm
1948
The Milky Way
1936
Intrigue
1947
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
Barnacle Bill
1941
Strange Behavior
1981
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
The Show-Off
1934
State of the Union
1948
The Invisible Informer
1946
I'll Fix It
1934
My Dog, the Thief
1969
I Want My Man
1925
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Bury Me Dead
1947
Strange Invaders
1983
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
Rhythm on the River
1940
They All Come Out
1939
Two for Tonight
1935
Mr. Skitch
1933
Dancing on a Dime
1940
Always in Trouble
1938
Looking for Trouble
1934
Apartment for Peggy
1948
The Great Profile
1940
News Is Made at Night
1939
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
She Had to Say Yes
1933
Home in Wyomin'
1942
Born Reckless
1937
Born to Sing
1942
Bad Guy
1937
Sealed Lips
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Trapped by G-Men
1937
Obliging Young Lady
1942
Sis Hopkins
1941
We're on the Jury
1937
Cocoanut Grove
1938
The Second Face
1950
Acting on Impulse
1993
Ginger
1935
About Face
1942
Sunset Limousine
1983
Easy to Take
1936
You're the One
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Murphy's Romance
1985
36 Hours to Kill
1936
The Rage of Paris
1938
The Cat and the Canary
1939
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Lady Luck
1936
Inside Story
1939
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Johnny Apollo
1940
The Sniper
1952
We Who Are Young
1940
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Smart Woman
1948
Hitched
1973
Alcatraz Express
1961
Date with an Angel
1987
The Invisible Woman
1940
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Broadway
1942
Sea Devils
1937
Looking for Love
1964
Remains to Be Seen
1953
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
The Birds and the Bees
1956
Kentucky
1938
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Buy Me That Town
1941
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Smart Money
1931
Central Airport
1933
Private Detective 62
1933
The House Across the Street
1949
Grand Slam
1933
The Lady Is Willing
1942
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
Louisiana
1947
It's a Date
1940
Sunday Punch
1942
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
The Bowery
1933
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
Criminal Lawyer
1951
The Music Man
1962
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Union Depot
1932
The Road to Singapore
1931
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
On Their Own
1940
Ball of Fire
1941
Primrose Path
1940
What's Cookin'?
1942
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Appointment for Love
1941
42nd Street
1933
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Back Street
1941
Three Girls About Town
1941
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Living in a Big Way
1947
You're My Everything
1949
Movie Movie
1978
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
The Aristocats
1970
Danger – Love at Work
1937
Backfire
1950
Here Comes the Band
1935
Let Us Live
1939
Just Before Dawn
1946
City Girl
1930
Employees' Entrance
1933
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
Moonrise
1948
Flying Tigers
1942
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Blessed Event
1932
Television Spy
1939
The Big Store
1941
Big Business
1937
Blonde Crazy
1931
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Band Plays On
1934
Nothing Sacred
1937
Call Northside 777
1948
Riding High
1950
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
The Florentine Dagger
1935
Blondie Johnson
1933
A Wicked Woman
1934
Blondie
1938
The Mouthpiece
1932
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
Miracles for Sale
1939
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Let's Talk It Over
1934
Birth of the Blues
1941
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
One Mile from Heaven
1937
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Queen of the Mob
1940
The New Interns
1964
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
Pardon My Sarong
1942
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Golden Boy
1939
Race Street
1948
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Woman Wanted
1935
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Hot Water
1937
Broadway Bill
1934
One More Spring
1935
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Lady in a Jam
1942
New York Town
1941
Professor Beware
1938
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Joy of Living
1938
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
Edison, the Man
1940
City for Conquest
1940
Second Fiddle
1939
Mission to Moscow
1943
St. Elsewhere
1982
Mister Ed
1961
Lou Grant
1977
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Burke's Law
1963
Love on a Rooftop
1966
The Rookies
1972
Rhoda
1974
F Troop
1965
L.A. Law
1986
Otherworld
1985
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Odd Couple
1970
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
The Munsters
1964
The Flying Nun
1967
Today
1952
The Lucy Show
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Chico and the Man
1974
Maude
1972
One Day at a Time
1975
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
I Love Lucy
1951
Petticoat Junction
1963
Mork & Mindy
1978
Surfside 6
1960
Perry Mason
1957
Bewitched
1964
Soap
1977
Hunter
1984
The Twilight Zone
1959
Weekend Special
1977
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
Dennis the Menace
1959
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Temperatures Rising
1972
Bachelor Father
1957
The Millionaire
1955
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
Adam's Rib
1973
The Thin Man
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
Karen
1975
The New Bob Cummings Show
1961
Pete and Gladys
1960
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Shannon's Deal
1990
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wendy and Me
1964
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Lawman
1958
Whirlybirds
1957
The Ann Sothern Show
1958
The Bill Dana Show
1963
The People's Choice
1955
The Cara Williams Show
1964
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Willy
1954
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Star Stage
1955
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1962
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
On Trial
1956
The Comedy Spot
1960
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Dear Phoebe
1954
The Family Holvak
1975
The Comedy Factory
1985
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
The Restless Gun
1957
Topper
1953
He & She
1967
The Wild Wild West
1965
Get Smart
1965
Honey West
1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
Sybil
1976
Fibber McGee & Molly
1959
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Gale Storm Show
1956
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Legends
2006
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Maverick
1957
The Doris Day Show
1968
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Green Acres
1965
Studio 57
1954
The Untouchables
1959
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Devlin Connection
1982
Dark Shadows
1991
The Winds of War
1983