Cast
Richard Lane
Acting
Cast
Richard Lane
Known for
Acting
Born
1899-05-27
From
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Died
1982-09-05
Also known as Dick Lane
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts. By his teenage years, he was doing an "iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring with a band in Australia. After the decline of vaudeville, Lane obtained extensive work in motion pictures and was best known at the time for playing Inspector John or William Faraday or Farraday (depending on the film) in all fourteen Boston Blackie Columbia Pictures features starring Chester Morris, starting with Meet Boston Blackie in 1941. During World War II, he appeared as emcee with USO troops entertaining G.I.s. His unit appeared at Fort MacArthur in September 1944. Lane also announced for the Jalopy Derby and Destruction Derby at Ascot Park, Gardena California. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of Boston Blackie, which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944.
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Devil Ship
as Capt. Biff Brown
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Pardon My Lamb Chop
as Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran
★10.0
MOVIE1947
Wedding Belle
as Dick Lane
★6.4
MOVIE1946
Monkey Businessmen
as Mr. Jordan (voice) (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Exposed
as Tony Mitchell
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
as Inspector Farraday
★9.0
MOVIE1946
Hot Water
as Dick
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Bermuda Mystery
as Detective Sergeant Donovan
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Union Pacific
as Sam Reed
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Pardon My Terror
as Dick
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Respect the Law
as George Johnson
★7.1
MOVIE1937
Wise Girl
as Detective
★7.2
MOVIE1941
Hellzapoppin'
as Director
★6.1
MOVIE1942
Time to Kill
as Lt. Breeze
MOVIE1937
Many Unhappy Returns
as Doctor
★4.8
MOVIE1939
It Could Happen to You
as District Attorney
★5.6
MOVIE1941
I Wanted Wings
as Flight Commander
★5.0
MOVIE1946
Talk About a Lady
as Duke Randall
★5.7
MOVIE1949
The Big Wheel
as Reno Riley
★6.7
MOVIE1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Michael Gihuly
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Boom Town
as Assistant D.A.
★7.1
MOVIE1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
as Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Main Street Lawyer
as Ballou, Marco's Lawyer
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Arabian Nights
as Corporal
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Go Chase Yourself
as Nails
★5.2
MOVIE1938
This Marriage Business
as Joe Selby
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Corvette K-225
as Vice Admiral
★6.2
MOVIE1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Phillips
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
as Dick Lane
★5.5
MOVIE1942
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Lieutenant
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Air Force
as Maj. W.G. Roberts
★6.6
MOVIE1940
Brother Orchid
as Mugsy O'Day
★6.4
MOVIE1950
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Marty Gruber
★8.0
MOVIE1947
Training for Trouble
as Richard Lane
★10.0
MOVIE1948
Two Nuts in a Rut
as Richard Lane, producer
★5.6
MOVIE1937
Super-Sleuth
as Barker
★4.8
MOVIE1941
Navy Blues
as 'Rocky' Anderson
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Hired Wife
as McNab
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Police Commissioner Gordon
★5.4
MOVIE1943
Gung Ho!
as Capt. Dunphy
★5.8
MOVIE1972
Kansas City Bomber
as Len
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Bride Wore Crutches
as Bill Daly
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Girl on the Spot
as Weepy McGurk
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Quicksand
as Lt. Nelson
★6.1
MOVIE1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Pete Conway (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Gilbert
★6.0
MOVIE1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Reagan (uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE1938
The Last Warning
as Richard Lane
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Barney Johnson (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1976
The Shaggy D.A.
as Roller Rink Announcer
★5.2
MOVIE1944
Brazil
as Edward Graham
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Ramsey Firpo
★6.7
MOVIE1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Insp. John Farraday
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Two Girls on Broadway
as Buddy Bartell
★6.6
MOVIE1947
Song of Scheherazade
as Lieutenant
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Everybody's Doing It
as Steve Devers
★6.2
MOVIE1944
One Mysterious Night
as Inspector Farraday
★6.5
MOVIE1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Street Vendor
★5.6
MOVIE1943
Fired Wife
as Orin Tracy
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Assistant Coach Jones
★7.0
MOVIE1941
San Antonio Rose
as Charles J. Willoughby
★6.6
MOVIE1938
The Saint in New York
as Dispatcher (Uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1945
High Blood Pleasure
as Dick
★7.0
MOVIE1939
For Love or Money
as Foster
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Joe Arnold
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Crazy House
as S. E. Hanley
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Crashing Hollywood
as Hugo Wells
★6.9
MOVIE1943
Don't Be a Sucker!
as Soapbox Orator
★6.0
MOVIE1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Kelley
★6.3
MOVIE1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Hopper
★6.6
MOVIE1945
Wonder Man
as Assistant District Attorney
★5.9
MOVIE1945
The Bullfighters
as 'Hot Shot' Coleman
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Butch Minds the Baby
as Harry the Horse
★5.5
MOVIE1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Recruiting Officer
★10.0
MOVIE1944
Bowery to Broadway
as Walter Rogers
★4.8
MOVIE1939
News Is Made at Night
as Barney Basely
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Sam Vaughn
★6.4
MOVIE1947
Out of the Blue
as Detective Noonan
★6.2
MOVIE1939
The Escape
as David Clifford
★10.0
MOVIE1949
Flung by a Fling
as Sgt. Dick Lane
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Dr. Broadway
as Patrick Doyle
★5.6
MOVIE1940
City of Chance
as Marty Connors
★7.0
MOVIE1949
There's a Girl in My Heart
as Sergeant Mullin
★5.9
MOVIE1943
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
★4.0
MOVIE1940
Youth Will Be Served
as Mr. Hewitt
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Sued for Libel
as Smiley Dugan
★6.2
MOVIE1937
The Life of the Party
as Hotel Manager
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Inspector John Farraday
★10.0
MOVIE1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Mr. Jackman
MOVIE1946
Gentleman Joe Palooka
as Phillips
★6.3
MOVIE1945
Two O'Clock Courage
as Al Haley
★5.0
MOVIE1945
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Inspector Farraday
★5.8
MOVIE1939
Drunk Driving
as Rick
★6.5
MOVIE1943
It Ain't Hay
as Slicker
★5.9
MOVIE1938
Joy of Living
as Harvey (Uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Danger Patrol
as Bill
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Alias Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
★5.4
MOVIE1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
★6.9
MOVIE1948
Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Insp. William R. Farraday
★5.7
MOVIE1949
Miss Mink of 1949
as Herbert Pendelton
★6.1
MOVIE1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Inspector William R. Farraday
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Time Out for Rhythm
as Mike Armstrong
★9.0
MOVIE1944
Take It Big
as Eddie Hampton
★10.0
MOVIE1940
Yesterday's Heroes
as Cleats Slater
★5.0
MOVIE1948
The Creeper
as Insp. Fenwick
★7.4
MOVIE1941
The Penalty
as Craig
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Should Wives Work?
★8.0
MOVIE1949
He's in Again
as Dick
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Meet Boston Blackie
as Inspector Faraday
MOVIE1942
Dead End Kids Go To War
as Don Ames
★6.1
MOVIE1948
The Babe Ruth Story
as Boston Braves' coach
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Saturday's Heroes
as Red Watson
★5.3
MOVIE1937
New Faces of 1937
as Broker
★6.2
MOVIE1938
Blind Alibi
as Bowers
★4.3
MOVIE1945
What a Blonde
as Pomeroy
★7.5
MOVIE1944
Louisiana Hayride
as J. Huntington McMasters
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Steve Oldring
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Stronger Than Desire
as Jerry Brody
★6.2
MOVIE1937
Flight from Glory
as Mr. Hanson
★10.0
MOVIE1943
Swing Your Partner
as Mr. Lane
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Free, Blonde and 21
as Lieutenant Lake
★6.4
MOVIE1946
The Phantom Thief
as Inspector John Farraday
★6.3
MOVIE1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as High-Grade
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Hero for a Day
as Abbott
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Insp. John Farraday
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Dummy Owner
★10.0
MOVIE1950
Everybody's Dancin'
as Colonel Ed Harrison
★5.0
MOVIE1944
Slightly Terrific
as Mike Hamilyon
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Unexpected Father
as Leo Murphy - Booking Agent
★6.0
MOVIE1948
The Return of the Whistler
as Gaylord Traynor
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Sioux City Sue
as Jefferson Lang
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Drums of the Congo
as Coutlass
★6.6
MOVIE1946
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Inspector Farraday
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Sandy Is a Lady
as Philip Jarvis
★7.7
MOVIE1938
Radio City Revels
as Crane
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Ride, Kelly, Ride
as Dan Thomas
★4.7
MOVIE1937
You Can't Buy Luck
as Det. McGrath
★7.3
MOVIE1944
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
as Marty Allen
★7.0
MOVIE1937
The Woman I Love
as Florence's Boyfriend
★6.5
MOVIE1940
The Biscuit Eater
as Harvey McNeil
★7.5
MOVIE1937
There Goes My Girl
as Tim J. Whelan
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Kit Carson
★7.0
MOVIE1938
I'm from the City
as Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch
★9.0
MOVIE1936
For the Love of Pete
as McSwat's Cornerman
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
as Mr. Smith
★4.3
MOVIE1938
His Exciting Night
as Homer Carslake
★6.5
MOVIE1938
The Jitters
as Dance Studio Manager
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Punch and Beauty
as Russ Biff
★10.0
MOVIE1938
Ears of Experience
as The Boss