Charles Lane
Birthday: 1905-01-26 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USAFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Prof. Hollister
as Donovan
as Dr. Quinoness
as Dr. Scoggins
as Judge
as Whitlow
as Coach Jones
as Jack Bailey
as Al Atwood
as Inspector General Bigelow
as Roy
as Prof. Obispo
as Rosenberg
as Ralph Burchard
as Blink Moran
as Mr. Evans
as Prof. Collins (uncredited)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
as Detective Burns
as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
as Government Man
as Johnny
as Newspaper Editor
as Doc Prouty
as Dr. Prouty
as Freeman Taylor
as Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
as Carpenter
