Cast
Charles Lane
Acting
Cast
Charles Lane
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-01-26
From
San Francisco, California, USA
Died
2007-07-09
Also known as Charles Gerstle Levison, Charles L. Lane, Charlie 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.
★8.3
MOVIE1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Real Estate Salesman
★7.3
MOVIE1970
The Aristocats
as Lawyer (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Airport Manager
★7.8
MOVIE1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Nosey
★6.3
MOVIE1948
Moonrise
as Mr. Chandler
★7.6
MOVIE1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Mighty Joe Young
as Producer (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1967
The Gnome-Mobile
as Dr. Scoggins
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Date with an Angel
as Father O'Shea
★7.1
MOVIE1962
The Music Man
as Constable
★6.9
MOVIE1933
42nd Street
as Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Henderson
★6.2
MOVIE1942
Flying Tigers
as Repkin (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1964
The Carpetbaggers
as Eugene Denby
★7.2
MOVIE1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Society Reporter (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1938
Blondie
as Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Central Airport
as Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Cocoanut Grove
as Weaver
★7.5
MOVIE1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Hallor (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1948
Call Northside 777
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1983
Sunset Limousine
as Reinhammer
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Johnny Apollo
as Assistant D.A.
★4.6
MOVIE1933
Grand Slam
as Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
★6.6
MOVIE1964
Good Neighbor Sam
as Jack Bailey
★4.2
MOVIE1933
My Woman
as Conn
★6.7
MOVIE1940
Primrose Path
as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Beeman
★5.0
MOVIE1965
Billie
as Coach Jones
★4.2
MOVIE1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1948
State of the Union
as Blink Moran
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Woman Wanted
as Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Nothing Sacred
as Rubenstein (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1932
Union Depot
as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1966
The Ugly Dachshund
as Judge
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Appointment for Love
as Smith (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1963
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Cosgrove
★7.3
MOVIE1973
Hitched
as Round Tree
★5.5
MOVIE1948
Smart Woman
as Reporter
★7.4
MOVIE1941
Ball of Fire
as Larsen
★5.9
MOVIE1933
Blondie Johnson
as Cashier (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1983
Strange Invaders
as Prof. Hollister
★5.9
MOVIE1950
Backfire
as Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1935
Ginger
as Judge (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1958
Teacher's Pet
as Roy
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Three Girls About Town
as Mortician
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Rhythm on the River
as Bernard Schwartz
★6.1
MOVIE1938
Kentucky
as Auctioneer
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Easy to Take
as Skip
★4.7
MOVIE1995
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Regent Yarborough
★6.7
MOVIE1952
The Sniper
as Loud Drunk at Club
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Lady Luck
as Feinberg
★6.2
MOVIE1985
Murphy's Romance
as Amos Abbott
★7.1
MOVIE1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Landlord (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Private Detective 62
as Process Server (Uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Riding High
as Erickson
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Twentieth Century
as Max Jacobs
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Second Fiddle
as Studio Chief
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
★4.8
MOVIE1993
Acting on Impulse
as Bellhop
★7.0
MOVIE1931
Blonde Crazy
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
The Lady Is Willing
as K.K. Miller
★6.2
MOVIE1941
The Big Store
as Finance Company Man (uncredited)
★3.8
MOVIE1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Editor
★5.8
MOVIE1964
Looking for Love
as Director
★6.8
MOVIE1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Whitlow
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Golden Boy
as Reporter Drake
★5.7
MOVIE1940
The Invisible Woman
as Growley
★7.5
MOVIE1930
City Girl
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Doctor
★6.5
MOVIE1942
About Face
as Rental Car Manager
★5.4
MOVIE1933
The Bowery
as Doctor (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1978
Movie Movie
as Judge / Mr. Pennington
★6.1
MOVIE1932
The Mouthpiece
as Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Boy Slaves
as Albee
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Edison, the Man
as Second Lecturer
★6.9
MOVIE1940
City for Conquest
as Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Sea Devils
as Judge (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1963
The Wheeler Dealers
as Judge (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1969
My Dog, the Thief
as Mr. Pfeiffer
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Sunday Punch
as Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1947
Intrigue
as Hotel Desk Clerk
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Television Spy
as Mr. Adler
★5.3
MOVIE1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1938
Joy of Living
as Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1968
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Dr. Shapiro
★8.5
MOVIE1941
New York Town
as Census Taker (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1942
They All Kissed the Bride
as Spotter
★6.9
MOVIE1941
I Wake Up Screaming
as Keating- Florist
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Mission to Moscow
as Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1948
The Boy with Green Hair
★4.7
MOVIE1947
Bury Me Dead
as Brighton
★6.4
MOVIE1959
The Mating Game
as Inspector General Bigelow
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Obliging Young Lady
as Private Detective Smith
★5.5
MOVIE1981
Strange Behavior
as Donovan
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Pardon My Sarong
as Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1953
The Juggler
as Rosenberg
★5.8
MOVIE1938
The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1947
Louisiana
as McCormack
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Doc Prouty
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Martin Manning (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Standard Bates
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Trapped by G-Men
as Fingers
★6.3
MOVIE1959
But Not for Me
as Al Atwood
★5.7
MOVIE1947
Roses Are Red
as Lipton
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Rose of Washington Square
as Sam Kress
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Criminal Lawyer
as Attorney (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1939
The Cat and the Canary
as Reporter
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Race Street
as Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1956
The Birds and the Bees
as Charlie Jenkins
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Danger – Love at Work
as Gilroy, an attorney
★5.4
MOVIE1951
Here Comes the Groom
as FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1931
Smart Money
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Government Man (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1937
Born Reckless
as Barnes's lawyer
★4.8
MOVIE1949
You're My Everything
as Mr. Eddie Pflum
MOVIE1975
Long Way Home
★8.5
MOVIE1942
Home in Wyomin'
as Newspaper Editor
★6.6
MOVIE1934
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Queen of the Mob
as Horace Grimley
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Back Street
as Reporter for Associated News
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Sealed Lips
as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
★5.8
MOVIE1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Chief
★6.1
MOVIE1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
as Prof. Obispo
★6.0
MOVIE1947
Living in a Big Way
as Hawkins (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1936
The Milky Way
as Willard
★6.1
MOVIE1936
The Milky Way
★7.4
MOVIE1951
Criminal Lawyer
as Frederick Waterman
★5.8
MOVIE1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Dr. Prouty
★5.6
MOVIE1940
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Reporter (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1946
Mysterious Intruder
as Detective Burns
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Miracles for Sale
as Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Broadway Bill
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Union Representative (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1935
Two for Tonight
as Writer
★8.5
MOVIE1939
Beware Spooks!
as Moore (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1932
Blessed Event
as Kane
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Let Us Live
as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
Professor Beware
as Joe - Photographer
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Thru Different Eyes
as Mott
★9.0
MOVIE1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman
as Joe Gordon
★6.4
MOVIE1940
It's a Date
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1980
The Little Dragons
as J.J.
★7.8
MOVIE1941
Barnacle Bill
as Auctioneer
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Remains to Be Seen
as Delapp
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Sis Hopkins
as Mayor's aide
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Lucky Night
as Carpenter
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Repent at Leisure
as Clarence Morgan
★6.0
MOVIE1940
The Crooked Road
as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Broadway
as Hungry Harry
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Broadway
as Hungry Harry (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Coroner
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Birth of the Blues
as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1939
News Is Made at Night
as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Employees' Entrance
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1937
One Mile from Heaven
as Webb
★5.9
MOVIE1939
They All Come Out
as Psychiatrist
★6.3
MOVIE1941
The Great Man's Lady
as Pierce (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1942
Born to Sing
as Johnny
★7.3
MOVIE1948
Out of the Storm
as Mr. Evans
★8.0
MOVIE1946
The Invisible Informer
as Nick Steele
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Here Comes the Band
as Mr. Scurry
MOVIE1964
Rendezvous in Space
as Interviewee
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Hot Water
as Grayson (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Friendly Enemies
as Braun
★6.8
MOVIE1940
The Great Profile
as Director
★6.4
MOVIE1986
When the Bough Breaks
as Van der Graaf
★7.0
MOVIE1950
The Second Face
as Mr. Westcott
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1942
A Gentleman at Heart
as Holloway
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Charlie Graham
★9.0
MOVIE1939
Inside Story
as District Attorney
★8.3
MOVIE1934
The Band Plays On
as Shyster Lawyer
★7.0
MOVIE1933
Mr. Skitch
as Hotel Clerk
MOVIE2005
The History of Hooterville
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1933
She Had to Say Yes
as Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1940
On Their Own
as Johnson
★6.3
MOVIE1940
We Who Are Young
as Perkins
★5.0
MOVIE1934
A Wicked Woman
as Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1957
God Is My Partner
as Judge Warner
★6.9
MOVIE1950
The Yellow Cab Man
as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Dr. Prouty (coroner)
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Internes Can't Take Money
as Grote
★5.6
MOVIE1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Salesman
★8.0
MOVIE1972
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Philbrick
★9.0
MOVIE1934
I'll Fix It
as Al Nathan
★4.8
MOVIE1964
The New Interns
as Connors
★6.2
MOVIE1935
One More Spring
as Representative
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Buy Me That Town
as J. Montague Gainsborough
★5.4
MOVIE1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Columnist #2
★7.5
MOVIE1942
The Mad Martindales
as Virgil Hickling
★7.0
MOVIE1925
I Want My Man
as French Doctor
★8.0
MOVIE1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Mr. White
★6.2
MOVIE1937
We're on the Jury
as Horace Smith
★5.7
MOVIE1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
★8.2
MOVIE1948
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Collins (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1931
The Road to Singapore
as Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1949
The House Across the Street
as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1946
Just Before Dawn
as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
What's Cookin'?
as K.D. Reynolds
★7.3
MOVIE1933
Advice to the Lovelorn
★10.0
MOVIE1934
Let's Talk It Over
as Reporter
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Bad Guy
as Attorney
★6.7
MOVIE1934
Looking for Trouble
as Switchboard Operator
★6.8
MOVIE1935
The Florentine Dagger
as Man in Front Row (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Honeymoon in Bali
as Photographer (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1948
The Gentleman from Nowhere
as Fenmore
★6.1
MOVIE1936
36 Hours to Kill
as Lawyer Rickert
★3.2
MOVIE1931
Manhattan Parade
as Desk clerk
★7.5
MOVIE1937
Big Business
as Webster - Bank Representative
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Venus Makes Trouble
as District Attorney
★4.7
MOVIE1941
You're the One
as Announcer
★8.0
MOVIE1940
The Leather Pushers
as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Dancing on a Dime
as Freeman Taylor
★6.0
MOVIE1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1934
The Show-Off
as Mr. Weitzenkorn
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Alcatraz Express
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Charlie's Doctor
MOVIE1994
A Bewitched Christmas
as Jesse Mortimer
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Always in Trouble
as Donald Gower