Charles Lane
Actor
- Born
- January 26, 1905 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- July 9, 2007 (age 102)
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.
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Known for
The Aristocats
December 24, 1970
It's a Wonderful Life
December 20, 1946
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
October 19, 1939
Arsenic and Old Lace
September 1, 1944
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
November 7, 1963
You Can't Take It with You
September 1, 1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
April 9, 1936
Ball of Fire
December 2, 1941
42nd Street
March 11, 1933
The Music Man
June 19, 1962
The Ugly Dachshund
February 16, 1966
Gold Diggers of 1933
May 27, 1933
Acting220
- 2005The History of Hooterville as Self
- 1995The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Regent Yarborough
- 1994A Bewitched Christmas as Jesse Mortimer
- 1993Acting on Impulse as Bellhop
- 1987Date with an Angel as Father O'Shea
- 1986When the Bough Breaks as Van der Graaf
- 1985Murphy's Romance as Amos Abbott
- 1983Sunset Limousine as Reinhammer
- 1983Strange Invaders as Prof. Hollister
- 1981Strange Behavior