It's a Wonderful Life1946
As Real Estate Salesman
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Charles Lane
Born
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.
Filmography (220)
The Aristocats1970
As Lawyer (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963
As Airport Manager
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939
As Nosey
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Arsenic and Old Lace1944
As Reporter at Marriage License Office
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Date with an Angel1987
As Father O'Shea
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mighty Joe Young1949
As Producer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
42nd Street1933
As Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Gnome-Mobile1967
As Dr. Scoggins
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936
As Hallor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Ugly Dachshund1966
As Judge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Music Man1962
As Constable
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken1966
As Whitlow
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Sniper1952
As Loud Drunk at Club
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Good Neighbor Sam1964
As Jack Bailey
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Gold Diggers of 19331933
As Society Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
You Can't Take It with You1938
As Henderson
TMDb 7.5 / 10
State of the Union1948
As Blink Moran
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Flying Tigers1942
As Repkin (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
City Girl1930
As Man at Train Station (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Carpetbaggers1964
As Eugene Denby
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Big Store1941
As Finance Company Man (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tarzan's New York Adventure1942
As Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ball of Fire1941
As Larsen
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Teacher's Pet1958
As Roy
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes1995
As Regent Yarborough
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Johnny Apollo1940
As Assistant D.A.
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Call Northside 7771948
As Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies1981
As Chief
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Blondie1938
As Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Movie Movie1978
As Judge / Mr. Pennington
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I Wake Up Screaming1941
As Keating- Florist
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Edison, the Man1940
As Second Lecturer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sealed Lips1942
As Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Murphy's Romance1985
As Amos Abbott
TMDb 6.2 / 10
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965
As Editor
TMDb 3.8 / 10
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?1968
As Dr. Shapiro
TMDb 6.7 / 10
But Not for Me1959
As Al Atwood
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Billie1965
As Coach Jones
TMDb 5.0 / 10
It Happened on Fifth Avenue1947
As Landlord (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Strange Invaders1983
As Prof. Hollister
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Twentieth Century1934
As Max Jacobs
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Invisible Woman1940
As Growley
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Backfire1950
As Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Juggler1953
As Rosenberg
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Strange Behavior1981
As Donovan
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Beware Spooks!1939
As Moore (uncredited)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Blonde Crazy1931
As Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Golden Boy1939
As Reporter Drake
TMDb 6.5 / 10
My Woman1933
As Conn
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Remains to Be Seen1953
As Delapp
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Boy with Green Hair1948
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rose of Washington Square1939
As Sam Kress
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Smart Money1931
As Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Mating Game1959
As Bigelow
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Blondie Johnson1933
As Cashier (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Cat and the Canary1939
As Reporter
TMDb 6.9 / 10
City for Conquest1940
As Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Let Us Live1939
As Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Nothing Sacred1937
As Rubenstein (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Wheeler Dealers1963
As Judge (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
My Dog, the Thief1969
As Mr. Pfeiffer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ride 'Em Cowboy1941
As Martin Manning (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Pardon My Sarong1942
As Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Living in a Big Way1947
As Hawkins (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Union Depot1932
As Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Birds and the Bees1956
As Charlie Jenkins
TMDb 7.4 / 10
About Face1942
As Rental Car Manager
TMDb 6.6 / 10
When the Bough Breaks1986
As Van der Graaf
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Acting on Impulse1993
As Bellhop
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Mission to Moscow1943
As Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Back Street1941
As Reporter for Associated News
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Bowery1933
As Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Here Comes the Groom1951
As FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
You're My Everything1949
As Mr. Eddie Pflum
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Second Fiddle1939
As Studio Chief
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Mr. Skitch1933
As Hotel Clerk
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Let's Talk It Over1934
As Reporter
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Fifth Avenue Girl1939
As Union Representative (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Central Airport1933
As Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Rage of Paris1938
As Department Head (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Joy of Living1938
As Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
They All Kissed the Bride1942
As Spotter
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Boy Slaves1939
As Albee
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Louisiana1947
As McCormack
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Criminal Lawyer1951
As Frederick Waterman
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Lady Is Willing1942
As K.K. Miller
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime1941
As Dr. Prouty (coroner)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Great Man's Whiskers1972
As Philbrick
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Broadway Bill1934
As Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Riding High1950
As Erickson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Get to Know Your Rabbit1972
As Mr. Beeman
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Miss Grant Takes Richmond1949
As Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Sis Hopkins1941
As Mayor's aide
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Broadway Thru a Keyhole1933
As Columnist #2
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Doctor Takes a Wife1940
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
36 Hours to Kill1936
As Lawyer Rickert
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Danger – Love at Work1937
As Gilroy, an attorney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
It's a Date1940
As Mr. Horner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ali Baba Goes to Town1937
As Doctor
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I Can Get It for You Wholesale1951
As Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The New Interns1964
As Connors
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Obliging Young Lady1942
As Private Detective Smith
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Great Profile1940
As Director
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis1953
As Prof. Obispo
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Papa's Delicate Condition1963
As Mr. Cosgrove
TMDb 5.5 / 10
We Who Are Young1940
As Perkins
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Buck Benny Rides Again1940
As Charlie Graham
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Band Plays On1934
As Shyster Lawyer
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Primrose Path1940
As Mr. Smith (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
They All Come Out1939
As Psychiatrist
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Moonrise1948
As Mr. Chandler
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The House Across the Street1949
As Apartment Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Lucky Night1939
As Carpenter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A Wicked Woman1934
As Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
One Mile from Heaven1937
As Webb
TMDb 6.6 / 10
News Is Made at Night1939
As District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Looking for Love1964
As Director
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Queen of the Mob1940
As Horace Grimley
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Three Loves Has Nancy1938
As Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 4.2 / 10
A Gentleman at Heart1942
As Holloway
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The History of Hooterville2005
As Self
Out of the Storm1948
As Mr. Evans
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery1941
As Doc Prouty
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Race Street1948
As Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rendezvous in Space1964
As Interviewee
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rhythm on the River1940
As Bernard Schwartz
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Long Way Home1975
New York Town1941
As Census Taker (uncredited)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Sunday Punch1942
As Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Three Girls About Town1941
As Mortician
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Mouthpiece1932
As Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Alcatraz Express
Alcatraz Express1961
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Milky Way1936
As Willard
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Intrigue1947
As Hotel Desk Clerk
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Road to Singapore1931
As Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Appointment for Love1941
As Smith (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell1936
As Man in Front Row (archive footage)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
God Is My Partner1957
As Judge Warner
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Woman Wanted1935
As Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Big Business1937
As Webster - Bank Representative
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Yellow Cab Man1950
As L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Hitched1973
As Round Tree
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Easy to Take1936
As Skip
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Blessed Event1932
As Kane
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Adventures of Martin Eden1942
As Mr. White
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Birth of the Blues1941
As Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Close Call for Ellery Queen1942
As Coroner
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Internes Can't Take Money1937
As Grote
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Broadway1942
As Hungry Harry, Hungry Harry (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ellery Queen, Master Detective1940
As Dr. Prouty
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Grand Slam1933
As Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock1959
As Standard Bates
TMDb 5.6 / 10
What's Cookin'?1942
As K.D. Reynolds
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Texas Rangers Ride Again1940
As Train Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Little Dragons1980
As J.J.
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Sunset Limousine1983
As Reinhammer
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Mysterious Intruder1946
As Detective Burns
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Bury Me Dead1947
As Brighton
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Lady in a Jam1942
As Government Man (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Roses Are Red1947
As Lipton
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Born Reckless1937
As Barnes's lawyer
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Looking for Trouble1934
As Switchboard Operator
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Kentucky1938
As Auctioneer
TMDb 6.1 / 10
You're the One1941
As Announcer
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Smart Woman1948
As Reporter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Trapped by G-Men1937
As Fingers
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Professor Beware1938
As Joe - Photographer
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Show-Off1934
As Mr. Weitzenkorn
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Born to Sing1942
As Johnny
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Close Call for Boston Blackie1946
As Hack Hagen (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bad Guy1937
As Attorney
TMDb 8.0 / 10
She Had to Say Yes1933
As Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Hot Water1937
As Grayson (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Gentleman from Nowhere1948
As Fenmore
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Inside Story1939
As District Attorney
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Great Man's Lady1941
As Pierce (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Thru Different Eyes1942
As Mott
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Cocoanut Grove1938
As Weaver
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Miracles for Sale1939
As Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Florentine Dagger1935
As Man in Front Row (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Advice to the Lovelorn1933
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Twenty Million Sweethearts1934
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Lady Luck1936
As Feinberg
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Home in Wyomin'1942
As Newspaper Editor
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Second Face1950
As Mr. Westcott
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Employees' Entrance1933
As Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
You Can't Fool Your Wife1940
As Salesman
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Criminal Lawyer1937
As Attorney (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Television Spy1939
As Mr. Adler
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Honeymoon in Bali1939
As Photographer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Charlie McCarthy, Detective1939
As Charlie's Doctor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Bewitched Christmas1994
As Jesse Mortimer
Here Comes the Band1935
As Mr. Scurry
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sea Devils1937
As Judge (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Manhattan Parade1931
As Desk clerk
TMDb 3.2 / 10
Two for Tonight1935
As Writer
TMDb 7.7 / 10
On Their Own1940
As Johnson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Mad Martindales1942
As Virgil Hickling
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Buy Me That Town1941
As J. Montague Gainsborough
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Apartment for Peggy1948
As Prof. Collins (uncredited)
TMDb 8.2 / 10
For Heaven's Sake1950
As Arthur Crane
TMDb 7.0 / 10
I Want My Man1925
As French Doctor
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Always in Trouble1938
As Donald Gower
TMDb 7.3 / 10
We're on the Jury1937
As Horace Smith
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Dancing on a Dime1940
As Freeman Taylor
TMDb 5.0 / 10
I'll Fix It1934
As Al Nathan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Private Detective 621933
As Process Server (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Crooked Road1940
As Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Barnacle Bill1941
As Auctioneer
TMDb 7.8 / 10
One More Spring1935
As Representative
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ginger1935
As Judge (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Venus Makes Trouble
Venus Makes Trouble1937
As District Attorney
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Friendly Enemies1942
As Braun
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Leather Pushers1940
As Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Just Before Dawn1946
As Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Invisible Informer1946
As Nick Steele
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Blondie Plays Cupid1940
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Two-Fisted Gentleman1936
As Joe Gordon
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Repent at Leisure1941
As Clarence Morgan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb