Charles Lane
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.
319 acting credits
Acting · 319
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Bewitched
1964
Maverick
1957
Little House on the Prairie
1974
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Twilight Zone
1959
Get Smart
1965
Hunter
1984
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
L.A. Law
1986
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Untouchables
1959
Lawman
1958
I Love Lucy
1951
Green Acres
1965
The Lucy Show
1962
The Odd Couple
1970
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Rookies
1972
Lou Grant
1977
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Rhoda
1974
Mister Ed
1961
The Munsters
1964
One Day at a Time
1975
Soap
1977
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Surfside 6
1960
The Flying Nun
1967
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Real McCoys
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Studio 57
1954
Dennis the Menace
1959
Maude
1972
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Millionaire
1955
F Troop
1965
Mork & Mindy
1978
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Honey West
1965
Chico and the Man
1974
Bachelor Father
1957
The Doris Day Show
1968
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Temperatures Rising
1972
Pete and Gladys
1960
Legends
2006
The Aristocats
1970
Today
1952
The Winds of War
1983
The Thin Man
1957
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Restless Gun
1957
The Comedy Factory
1985
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
Topper
1953
Dark Shadows
1991
The Gale Storm Show
1956
Otherworld
1985
Whirlybirds
1957
He & She
1967
Shannon's Deal
1990
Adam's Rib
1973
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
The Cara Williams Show
1964
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Wendy and Me
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Love on a Rooftop
1966
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Weekend Special
1977
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Sybil
1976
The People's Choice
1955
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
The Ann Sothern Show
1958
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
The Bill Dana Show
1963
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Karen
1975
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
The Devlin Connection
1982
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Dear Phoebe
1954
The Family Holvak
1975
On Trial
1956
Star Stage
1955
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Ball of Fire
1941
The Music Man
1962
The Invisible Woman
1940
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Willy
1954
Date with an Angel
1987
42nd Street
1933
Call Northside 777
1948
Moonrise
1948
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Twentieth Century
1934
The New Bob Cummings Show
1961
The Mating Game
1959
Murphy's Romance
1985
The Sniper
1952
Nothing Sacred
1937
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Teacher's Pet
1958
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Blonde Crazy
1931
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
State of the Union
1948
Primrose Path
1940
Flying Tigers
1942
Golden Boy
1939
Edison, the Man
1940
Backfire
1950
Mission to Moscow
1943
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Let Us Live
1939
Private Detective 62
1933
Strange Invaders
1983
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
Joy of Living
1938
The Lady Is Willing
1942
City Girl
1930
Strange Behavior
1981
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Hitched
1973
Rhythm on the River
1940
Smart Money
1931
Blondie
1938
The Bowery
1933
Pardon My Sarong
1942
The Big Store
1941
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Union Depot
1932
City for Conquest
1940
Mysterious Intruder
1946
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
Fibber McGee & Molly
1959
The Great Man's Lady
1941
When the Bough Breaks
1986
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Movie Movie
1978
Broadway Bill
1934
The Florentine Dagger
1935
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Lady in a Jam
1942
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Professor Beware
1938
Smart Woman
1948
The Birds and the Bees
1956
My Woman
1933
Johnny Apollo
1940
Roses Are Red
1947
Miracles for Sale
1939
Riding High
1950
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Ginger
1935
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
Intrigue
1947
My Dog, the Thief
1969
Billie
1965
Woman Wanted
1935
The House Across the Street
1949
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
Let's Talk It Over
1934
Blessed Event
1932
Danger – Love at Work
1937
Boy Slaves
1939
Back Street
1941
Acting on Impulse
1993
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
Appointment for Love
1941
The Cat and the Canary
1939
The Milky Way
1936
But Not for Me
1959
Long Way Home
1975
The Juggler
1953
Here Comes the Band
1935
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1962
The Invisible Informer
1946
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Sea Devils
1937
Lucky Night
1939
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
About Face
1942
Criminal Lawyer
1951
Sealed Lips
1942
Looking for Love
1964
Out of the Storm
1948
Bury Me Dead
1947
Race Street
1948
Buy Me That Town
1941
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
Broadway
1942
The Great Profile
1940
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
The Mouthpiece
1932
The Road to Singapore
1931
Living in a Big Way
1947
New York Town
1941
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
You're My Everything
1949
Apartment for Peggy
1948
Manhattan Parade
1931
Hot Water
1937
Central Airport
1933
One Mile from Heaven
1937
News Is Made at Night
1939
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Kentucky
1938
Criminal Lawyer
1937
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Queen of the Mob
1940
Born Reckless
1937
The Leather Pushers
1940
A Wicked Woman
1934
We Who Are Young
1940
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Mr. Skitch
1933
The Mad Martindales
1942
One More Spring
1935
Barnacle Bill
1941
Grand Slam
1933
Looking for Trouble
1934
The Rage of Paris
1938
Cocoanut Grove
1938
Sunday Punch
1942
Birth of the Blues
1941
Two for Tonight
1935
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Television Spy
1939
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
The Crooked Road
1940
Dancing on a Dime
1940
What's Cookin'?
1942
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
They All Come Out
1939
The New Interns
1964
On Their Own
1940
Second Fiddle
1939
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
Just Before Dawn
1946
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Remains to Be Seen
1953
Born to Sing
1942
Obliging Young Lady
1942
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Bad Guy
1937
Lady Luck
1936
Home in Wyomin'
1942
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
I'll Fix It
1934
The Band Plays On
1934
Friendly Enemies
1942
Sunset Limousine
1983
She Had to Say Yes
1933
Beware Spooks!
1939
Employees' Entrance
1933
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
Repent at Leisure
1941
Venus Makes Trouble
1937
Blondie Johnson
1933
Three Girls About Town
1941
Inside Story
1939
It's a Date
1940
The History of Hooterville
2005
You're the One
1941
The Comedy Spot
1960
Sis Hopkins
1941
The Second Face
1950
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
The Little Dragons
1980
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
We're on the Jury
1937
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
Louisiana
1947
Big Business
1937
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
Trapped by G-Men
1937
Always in Trouble
1938
God Is My Partner
1957
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Thru Different Eyes
1942
Easy to Take
1936
A Bewitched Christmas
1994
Alcatraz Express
1961
I Want My Man
1925
The Show-Off
1934