Known For
Acting
Born
May 27, 1899
Died
Sep 05, 1982
Place of Birth
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Credits
150 titles
Richard 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Shaggy D.A.
Roller Rink Announcer
Kansas City Bomber
Len
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Kelley
The Admiral Was a Lady
Marty Gruber
The Jackie Robinson Story
Hopper
Everybody's Dancin'
Colonel Ed Harrison
Quicksand
Lt. Nelson
There's a Girl in My Heart
Sergeant Mullin
The Big Wheel
Reno Riley
Flung by a Fling
Sgt. Dick Lane
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Michael Gihuly
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Inspector William R. Farraday
Miss Mink of 1949
Herbert Pendelton
He's in Again
Dick
The Babe Ruth Story
Boston Braves' coach
The Creeper
Insp. Fenwick
Pardon My Lamb Chop
Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Insp. William R. Farraday
The Return of the Whistler
Gaylord Traynor
Tenth Avenue Angel
Street Vendor
Two Nuts in a Rut
Richard Lane, producer
Devil Ship
Capt. Biff Brown
Wedding Belle
Dick Lane
Training for Trouble
Richard Lane
Out of the Blue
Detective Noonan
Song of Scheherazade
Lieutenant
Boston Blackie and the Law
Inspector Farraday
Sioux City Sue
Jefferson Lang
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Phillips
Pardon My Terror
Dick
Hot Water
Dick
Monkey Businessmen
Mr. Jordan (voice) (uncredited)
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
Dick Lane
The Phantom Thief
Inspector John Farraday
Talk About a Lady
Duke Randall
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Inspector Farraday
Girl on the Spot
Weepy McGurk
High Blood Pleasure
Dick
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Inspector Farraday
Wonder Man
Assistant District Attorney
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Insp. John Farraday
The Bullfighters
'Hot Shot' Coleman
Two O'Clock Courage
Al Haley
What a Blonde
Pomeroy
Here Come the Co-Eds
Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom
Brazil
Edward Graham
Bowery to Broadway
Walter Rogers
One Mysterious Night
Inspector Farraday
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
Marty Allen
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski