Charles Lane

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

Perry Mason

The Andy Griffith Show

Lawman

Petticoat Junction

The Donna Reed Show

Green Acres

The Lucy Show

Little House on the Prairie

All Movies (221)

• The History of Hooterville2005 · as Self
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes1995 · as Regent Yarborough
• A Bewitched Christmas1994 · as Jesse Mortimer
• Acting on Impulse1993 · as Bellhop
• Date with an Angel1987 · as Father O'Shea
• When the Bough Breaks1986 · as Van der Graaf
• Murphy's Romance1985 · as Amos Abbott
• Sunset Limousine1983 · as Reinhammer
• Strange Invaders1983 · as Prof. Hollister
• Strange Behavior1981 · as Donovan
• The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies1981 · as Chief
• The Little Dragons1980 · as J.J.
• Movie Movie1978 · as Judge / Mr. Pennington
• Long Way Home1975
• Hitched1973 · as Round Tree
• Get to Know Your Rabbit1972 · as Mr. Beeman
• The Great Man's Whiskers1972 · as Philbrick
• The Aristocats1970 · as Lawyer (voice)
• My Dog, the Thief1969 · as Mr. Pfeiffer
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good?1968 · as Dr. Shapiro
• The Gnome-Mobile1967 · as Dr. Scoggins
• The Ugly Dachshund1966 · as Judge
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken1966 · as Whitlow
• Billie1965 · as Coach Jones
• John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965 · as Editor
• Rendezvous in Space1964 · as Interviewee
• Looking for Love1964 · as Director
• Good Neighbor Sam1964 · as Jack Bailey
• The New Interns1964 · as Connors
• The Carpetbaggers1964 · as Eugene Denby
• The Wheeler Dealers1963 · as Judge (uncredited)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · as Airport Manager
• Papa's Delicate Condition1963 · as Mr. Cosgrove
• The Music Man1962 · as Constable
• Alcatraz Express1961
• But Not for Me1959 · as Al Atwood
• The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock1959 · as Standard Bates
• The Mating Game1959 · as Inspector General Bigelow
• Teacher's Pet1958 · as Roy
• God Is My Partner1957 · as Judge Warner
• The Birds and the Bees1956 · as Charlie Jenkins
• The Affairs of Dobie Gillis1953 · as Prof. Obispo
• Remains to Be Seen1953 · as Delapp
• The Juggler1953 · as Rosenberg
• The Sniper1952 · as Loud Drunk at Club
• Here Comes the Groom1951 · as FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
• Criminal Lawyer1951 · as Frederick Waterman
• I Can Get It for You Wholesale1951 · as Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
• The Second Face1950 · as Mr. Westcott
• Riding High1950 · as Erickson
• The Yellow Cab Man1950 · as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
• Backfire1950 · as Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
• Miss Grant Takes Richmond1949 · as Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
• The House Across the Street1949 · as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
• You're My Everything1949 · as Mr. Eddie Pflum
• Mighty Joe Young1949 · as Producer (uncredited)
• The Boy with Green Hair1948
• Moonrise1948 · as Mr. Chandler
• Apartment for Peggy1948 · as Prof. Collins (uncredited)
• Out of the Storm1948 · as Mr. Evans
• Race Street1948 · as Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
• The Gentleman from Nowhere1948 · as Fenmore
• State of the Union1948 · as Blink Moran
• Smart Woman1948 · as Reporter
• Call Northside 7771948 · as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
• Intrigue1947 · as Hotel Desk Clerk
• Louisiana1947 · as McCormack
• Roses Are Red1947 · as Lipton
• Bury Me Dead1947 · as Brighton
• Living in a Big Way1947 · as Hawkins (uncredited)
• It Happened on Fifth Avenue1947 · as Landlord (uncredited)
• It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Real Estate Salesman
• The Invisible Informer1946 · as Nick Steele
• Mysterious Intruder1946 · as Detective Burns
• Just Before Dawn1946 · as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
• A Close Call for Boston Blackie1946 · as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
• Arsenic and Old Lace1944 · as Reporter at Marriage License Office
• Mission to Moscow1943 · as Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
• Flying Tigers1942 · as Repkin (uncredited)
• Pardon My Sarong1942 · as Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
• Friendly Enemies1942 · as Braun
• Lady in a Jam1942 · as Government Man (uncredited)
• Thru Different Eyes1942 · as Mott
• They All Kissed the Bride1942 · as Spotter
• The Mad Martindales1942 · as Virgil Hickling
• Broadway1942 · as Hungry Harry
• Sunday Punch1942 · as Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
• Broadway1942 · as Hungry Harry (uncredited)
• Tarzan's New York Adventure1942 · as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
• Home in Wyomin'1942 · as Newspaper Editor
• About Face1942 · as Rental Car Manager
• Obliging Young Lady1942 · as Private Detective Smith
• The Adventures of Martin Eden1942 · as Mr. White
• What's Cookin'?1942 · as K.D. Reynolds
• Born to Sing1942 · as Johnny
• The Lady Is Willing1942 · as K.K. Miller
• A Close Call for Ellery Queen1942 · as Coroner
• A Gentleman at Heart1942 · as Holloway
• Sealed Lips1942 · as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
• Ball of Fire1941 · as Larsen
• Ride 'Em Cowboy1941 · as Martin Manning (uncredited)
• Birth of the Blues1941 · as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
• I Wake Up Screaming1941 · as Keating- Florist
• The Great Man's Lady1941 · as Pierce (uncredited)
• New York Town1941 · as Census Taker (uncredited)
• Appointment for Love1941 · as Smith (uncredited)
• Three Girls About Town1941 · as Mortician
• Buy Me That Town1941 · as J. Montague Gainsborough
• Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime1941 · as Dr. Prouty (coroner)
• The Big Store1941 · as Finance Company Man (uncredited)
• Sis Hopkins1941 · as Mayor's aide
• Barnacle Bill1941 · as Auctioneer
• Repent at Leisure1941 · as Clarence Morgan
• Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery1941 · as Doc Prouty
• You're the One1941 · as Announcer
• Back Street1941 · as Reporter for Associated News
• The Invisible Woman1940 · as Growley
• The Texas Rangers Ride Again1940 · as Train Passenger (uncredited)
• Ellery Queen, Master Detective1940 · as Dr. Prouty
• Dancing on a Dime1940 · as Freeman Taylor
• Blondie Plays Cupid1940 · as Train Conductor (uncredited)
• City for Conquest1940 · as Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
• The Leather Pushers1940 · as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
• The Great Profile1940 · as Director
• Rhythm on the River1940 · as Bernard Schwartz
• We Who Are Young1940 · as Perkins
• Queen of the Mob1940 · as Horace Grimley
• Buck Benny Rides Again1940 · as Charlie Graham
• You Can't Fool Your Wife1940 · as Salesman
• On Their Own1940 · as Johnson
• The Crooked Road1940 · as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
• Edison, the Man1940 · as Second Lecturer
• The Doctor Takes a Wife1940 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Johnny Apollo1940 · as Assistant D.A.
• It's a Date1940 · as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
• Primrose Path1940 · as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
• Charlie McCarthy, Detective1939 · as Charlie's Doctor
• The Cat and the Canary1939 · as Reporter
• Beware Spooks!1939 · as Moore (uncredited)
• Television Spy1939 · as Mr. Adler
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 · as Nosey
• Honeymoon in Bali1939 · as Photographer (uncredited)
• Fifth Avenue Girl1939 · as Union Representative (uncredited)
• Golden Boy1939 · as Reporter Drake
• Miracles for Sale1939 · as Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
• They All Come Out1939 · as Psychiatrist
• News Is Made at Night1939 · as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
• Second Fiddle1939 · as Studio Chief
• Lucky Night1939 · as Carpenter
• Rose of Washington Square1939 · as Sam Kress
• Let Us Live1939 · as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
• Inside Story1939 · as District Attorney
• Boy Slaves1939 · as Albee
• Kentucky1938 · as Auctioneer
• Blondie1938 · as Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
• Always in Trouble1938 · as Donald Gower
• Three Loves Has Nancy1938 · as Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
• You Can't Take It with You1938 · as Henderson
• Professor Beware1938 · as Joe - Photographer
• The Rage of Paris1938 · as Department Head (uncredited)
• Cocoanut Grove1938 · as Weaver
• Joy of Living1938 · as Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
• Nothing Sacred1937 · as Rubenstein (uncredited)
• Ali Baba Goes to Town1937 · as Doctor
• Danger – Love at Work1937 · as Gilroy, an attorney
• Hot Water1937 · as Grayson (uncredited)
• Trapped by G-Men1937 · as Fingers
• Bad Guy1937 · as Attorney
• One Mile from Heaven1937 · as Webb
• Born Reckless1937 · as Barnes's lawyer
• Big Business1937 · as Webster - Bank Representative
• Venus Makes Trouble1937 · as District Attorney
• Internes Can't Take Money1937 · as Grote
• Sea Devils1937 · as Judge (uncredited)
• We're on the Jury1937 · as Horace Smith
• Criminal Lawyer1937 · as Attorney (uncredited)
• Easy to Take1936 · as Skip
• Lady Luck1936 · as Feinberg
• Two-Fisted Gentleman1936 · as Joe Gordon
• 36 Hours to Kill1936 · as Lawyer Rickert
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 · as Hallor (uncredited)
• The Milky Way1936 · as Willard
• The Milky Way1936
• The Adventures of Frank Merriwell1936 · as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
• Two for Tonight1935 · as Writer
• Here Comes the Band1935 · as Mr. Scurry
• Woman Wanted1935 · as Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
• Ginger1935 · as Judge (uncredited)
• The Florentine Dagger1935 · as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
• One More Spring1935 · as Representative
• The Band Plays On1934 · as Shyster Lawyer
• A Wicked Woman1934 · as Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
• Broadway Bill1934 · as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
• I'll Fix It1934 · as Al Nathan
• Let's Talk It Over1934 · as Reporter
• Twenty Million Sweethearts1934 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Twentieth Century1934 · as Max Jacobs
• Looking for Trouble1934 · as Switchboard Operator
• The Show-Off1934 · as Mr. Weitzenkorn
• Mr. Skitch1933 · as Hotel Clerk
• Advice to the Lovelorn1933
• Broadway Thru a Keyhole1933 · as Columnist #2
• The Bowery1933 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• My Woman1933 · as Conn
• She Had to Say Yes1933 · as Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
• Private Detective 621933 · as Process Server (Uncredited)
• Gold Diggers of 19331933 · as Society Reporter (uncredited)
• Central Airport1933 · as Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
• 42nd Street1933 · as Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
• Blondie Johnson1933 · as Cashier (uncredited)
• Grand Slam1933 · as Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
• Employees' Entrance1933 · as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
• Blessed Event1932 · as Kane
• The Mouthpiece1932 · as Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
• Union Depot1932 · as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
• Manhattan Parade1931 · as Desk clerk
• Blonde Crazy1931 · as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• The Road to Singapore1931 · as Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
• Smart Money1931 · as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• City Girl1930 · as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
• I Want My Man1925 · as French Doctor

All TV Shows (118)

• Legends2006 · as Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
• TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV2003
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Antique Dealer
• Shannon's Deal1990
• L.A. Law1986 · as Walter Graf
• The Comedy Factory1985 · as George McCloskey
• Otherworld1985 · as Velcrows Widley
• Hunter1984 · as Motel Owner
• The Winds of War1983 · as William Standley
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Richard Welte
• The Devlin Connection1982
• Mork & Mindy1978
• Lou Grant1977
• Lou Grant1977 · as Mort Farber
• Soap1977 · as Judge Petrillo
• Weekend Special1977
• Sybil1976 · as Dr. Quinoness
• One Day at a Time1975
• The Family Holvak1975
• Karen1975
• Chico and the Man1974
• Little House on the Prairie1974
• Rhoda1974
• Adam's Rib1973 · as Mayor
• The Sandy Duncan Show1972
• Maude1972
• Temperatures Rising1972 · as Fulton Briggs
• The Rookies1972
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Sid
• Nanny and the Professor1970
• The Debbie Reynolds Show1969
• The Doris Day Show1968 · as Judge Carter
• Judd, for the Defense1967
• The Flying Nun1967
• He & She1967 · as Mr. Simpson
• Love on a Rooftop1966
• The Pruitts of Southampton1966 · as Maxwell
• Get Smart1965 · as Uncle Abner
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Roger Creed
• Honey West1965 · as Ash
• Green Acres1965 · as Mr. Wilson
• F Troop1965
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies1965 · as Man
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1964 · as Charlie
• The Munsters1964
• The Cara Williams Show1964
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Ralph Harrison
• Bewitched1964 · as Mr. Cushman
• Bewitched1964 · as Jessie Mortimer
• Bewitched1964 · as Mr. Roland
• Bewitched1964 · as Mr. Harmon
• Bewitched1964 · as Harold Jameson
• Bewitched1964 · as Ed Hotchkiss
• Bewitched1964 · as George Meiklejohn
• Bewitched1964 · as Shotwell
• Wendy and Me1964
• The Bing Crosby Show1964
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Charles Eckhardt
• Petticoat Junction1963 · as Homer Bedloe
• The Bill Dana Show1963
• Burke's Law1963 · as Dr. Lusk
• The Farmer's Daughter1963
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Mr. Barnsdahl
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1962
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Foster Phinney
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Billy Hacker
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Homer Bedloe
• The New Bob Cummings Show1961
• The Wonderful World of Disney1961
• Mister Ed1961
• Surfside 61960
• Surfside 61960 · as Cyrus Radford
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Mr. Frisby
• Guestward, Ho!1960
• Pete and Gladys1960
• The Tab Hunter Show1960
• The Comedy Spot1960
• The Untouchables1959 · as Alcatraz Official (uncredited)
• Dennis the Menace1959
• Dennis the Menace1959 · as Lawrence Finch
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Mr. Peckinpaugh
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959 · as Chester L. Wayzack, Esq.
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Dr. Shelley
• Fibber McGee & Molly1959 · as Salesman
• 77 Sunset Strip1958
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• The Ann Sothern Show1958
• Lawman1958
• The Donna Reed Show1958
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour1957 · as Claims Clerk (uncredited)
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour1957 · as Customs Officer (uncredited)
• The Real McCoys1957
• The Real McCoys1957 · as Mr. Leland
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Mayor Peter Mercer
• Maverick1957 · as Proprietor
• Perry Mason1957 · as Dr. Williams
• The Thin Man1957
• Bachelor Father1957
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited)
• Whirlybirds1957
• The Gale Storm Show1956 · as Pierce
• On Trial1956
• The People's Choice1955
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955
• Star Stage1955
• The Millionaire1955 · as Simon Whipple
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Mr. Pfeiffer
• Studio 571954 · as Henry
• Willy1954
• Dear Phoebe1954 · as Mr. Fosdick
• Topper1953 · as Mr. Kittler
• Today1952 · as Self
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Mr. Stanley
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Passport Office Clerk
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Casting Director
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Mr. Hickox
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Walter Medford