Charles Lane

Biography

Charles Willis Lane (January 25, 1869–October 17, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, active in movies from 1914 to 1929. Like many film performers born before 1900, Lane had extensive prior Broadway stage or regional theatrical experience. Lane can be seen in silent films usually as a silver-haired other man or confidant. Two of his best-known roles are Dr. Lanyon in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and Dr. Angus McPhail in Sadie Thompson (1928).

Known For

War and Remembrance

The Winning of Barbara Worth

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The White Sister

Guilty of Love

Stella Dallas

The Canary Murder Case

Sadie Thompson

All Movies (36)

• Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde2015 · as Dr. Richard Lanyon
• Love Nest1975 · as Ned
• Broadway Scandals1929 · as Manager
• Saturday's Children1929 · as Mr. Henry Halevy
• The Canary Murder Case1929 · as Charles Spottswoode
• Sadie Thompson1928 · as Dr. Angus McPhail
• Barbed Wire1927 · as Colonel Duval
• Service for Ladies1927 · as Robert Foster, Elizabeth's father
• Married Alive1927 · as Mr. Fountain
• The Whirlwind of Youth1927 · as Jim Hawthorne
• The Music Master1927 · as Richard Stanton
• The Winning of Barbara Worth1926 · as Jefferson Worth
• Marriage License?1926 · as Sir John
• The Mystery Club1926 · as John Cranahan
• Padlocked1926 · as Monte Hermann
• The Blind Goddess1926 · as Judge
• The Outsider1926 · as Sir Jasper Sturdee
• Pearl of Love1925 · as Captain Pinnel
• Stella Dallas1925 · as Stephen Dallas, Sr.
• The Dark Angel1925 · as Sir Hubert Vane
• The Marriage Whirl1925 · as Rueben Hale
• Romola1924 · as Baldassar Calvo
• Second Youth1924 · as Weeks Twombly
• The White Sister1923 · as Prince Chiaromonte
• How Women Love1922 · as Ogden Ward
• Broadway Rose1922 · as Peter Thompson
• Fascination1922 · as Eduardo de Lisa (her father)
• Without Limit1921 · as Clement Palter
• The Great Adventure1921 · as Charles Oxford
• The Restless Sex1920 · as John Cleland
• The Branded Woman1920 · as Herbert Averill
• Guilty of Love1920 · as Goddard Townsend
• Away Goes Prudence1920 · as Mr. Thorne
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1920 · as Dr. Richard Lanyon
• Wanted: A Husband1919 · as Tom Harmon
• Ruggles of Red Gap1918 · as Earl of Brinstead

All TV Shows (1)

• War and Remembrance1988 · as William Standley