Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 26, 1905
Died
Jul 09, 2007
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
319 titles
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
Filmography
Legends
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The History of Hooterville
Self
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Regent Yarborough
A Bewitched Christmas
Jesse Mortimer
Acting on Impulse
Bellhop
Dark Shadows
Antique Dealer
Shannon's Deal
Date with an Angel
Father O'Shea
When the Bough Breaks
Van der Graaf
L.A. Law
Walter Graf
Murphy's Romance
Amos Abbott
The Comedy Factory
George McCloskey
Otherworld
Velcrows Widley
Hunter
Motel Owner
Sunset Limousine
Reinhammer
Strange Invaders
Prof. Hollister
The Winds of War
William Standley
St. Elsewhere
Richard Welte
The Devlin Connection
Strange Behavior
Donovan
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Chief
The Little Dragons
J.J.
Movie Movie
Judge / Mr. Pennington
Mork & Mindy
Lou Grant
Soap
Judge Petrillo
Weekend Special
Sybil
Dr. Quinoness
One Day at a Time
The Family Holvak
Long Way Home
Karen
Chico and the Man
Little House on the Prairie
Rhoda
Adam's Rib
Mayor
Hitched
Round Tree
The Sandy Duncan Show
Maude
Temperatures Rising
Fulton Briggs
The Rookies
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Beeman
The Great Man's Whiskers
Philbrick
The Aristocats
Lawyer (voice)
The Odd Couple
Sid
Nanny and the Professor
My Dog, the Thief
Mr. Pfeiffer
The Debbie Reynolds Show
The Doris Day Show
Judge Carter