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.

Cast

Arsenic and Old Lace

Reporter at Marriage License Office

It's a Wonderful Life

Real Estate Salesman

Good Neighbor Sam

Playwright (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Blondie Johnson

Cashier (uncredited)

The Ugly Dachshund

I Wake Up Screaming

Keating- Florist

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Airport Manager

Twentieth Century

Three Loves Has Nancy

Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Hallor (uncredited)

The Gnome-Mobile

Criminal Lawyer

Attorney (uncredited)

Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Murphy's Romance

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton

The Invisible Woman

Out of the Storm

Willard, Unknown

Mysterious Intruder

Detective Burns

The Mating Game

Inspector General Bigelow

36 Hours to Kill

The Rage of Paris

Department Head (uncredited)

Hotel Desk Clerk

Strange Invaders

Prof. Hollister

The Gentleman from Nowhere

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

Hack Hagen (uncredited)

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Dr. Prouty (coroner)

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

The Cat and the Canary

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Landlord (uncredited)

Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Birth of the Blues

Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

Pierce (uncredited)

Honeymoon in Bali

Photographer (uncredited)

Hungry Harry, Hungry Harry (uncredited)

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Judge (uncredited)

Reporter for Associated News

Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

Rhythm on the River

Bernard Schwartz

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

Danger – Love at Work

Gilroy, an attorney

Trapped by G-Men

Two-Fisted Gentleman

Obliging Young Lady

Private Detective Smith

Manhattan Parade

Looking for Love

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Regent Yarborough

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

Dr. Nolan (uncredited)

Moore (uncredited)

The Little Dragons

They All Come Out

Two for Tonight

We're on the Jury

Remains to Be Seen

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)

Dancing on a Dime

You Can't Take It with You

Always in Trouble

Three Girls About Town

Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)

The Yellow Cab Man

L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)

Strange Behavior

The Road to Singapore

Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)

The Second Face

Get to Know Your Rabbit

The Birds and the Bees

Charlie Jenkins

Looking for Trouble

Switchboard Operator

District Attorney

When the Bough Breaks

The Wheeler Dealers

Judge (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square

Call Northside 777

Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Apartment for Peggy

Prof. Collins (uncredited)

The Great Profile

Papa's Delicate Condition

Repkin (uncredited)

Mr. Horner (uncredited)

Mr. Weitzenkorn

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

God Is My Partner

The Band Plays On

The Carpetbaggers

Furniture Salesman (uncredited)

One More Spring

Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Martin Manning (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way

Hawkins (uncredited)

Finance Company Man (uncredited)

Employees' Entrance

Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young

Producer (uncredited)

Here Comes the Band

Repent at Leisure

Clarence Morgan

Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)

Fifth Avenue Girl

Union Representative (uncredited)

News Is Made at Night

District Attorney Rufe Reynolds

Miracles for Sale

Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Professor Beware

Joe - Photographer

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Charlie's Doctor

The Great Man's Whiskers

The Crooked Road

Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney

Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Man in Front Row (archive footage)

Government Man (uncredited)

Blondie Plays Cupid

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Mr. Smith (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

Second Lecturer

What's Cookin'?

A Gentleman at Heart

Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)

Loud Drunk at Club

The Leather Pushers

Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell

Buy Me That Town

J. Montague Gainsborough

Just Before Dawn

Dr. Steiner (uncredited)

We Who Are Young

Thru Different Eyes

Internes Can't Take Money

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Buck Benny Rides Again

Gold Diggers of 1933

Society Reporter (uncredited)

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Here Comes the Groom

FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)

The Florentine Dagger

Man in Front Row (archive footage)

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Reporter (uncredited)

One Mile from Heaven

City for Conquest

Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)

Acting on Impulse

Rubenstein (uncredited)

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)

State of the Union

Central Airport

Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

You're My Everything

Mr. Eddie Pflum

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Reporter (uncredited)

Webster - Bank Representative

She Had to Say Yes

Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)

The Invisible Informer

Judge (uncredited)

Home in Wyomin'

Newspaper Editor

Barnes's lawyer

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Judge / Mr. Pennington

Private Detective 62

Process Server (Uncredited)

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Census Taker (uncredited)

Rental Car Manager

Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)

The Mad Martindales

Virgil Hickling

Venus Makes Trouble

District Attorney

The House Across the Street

Apartment Manager (uncredited)

Friendly Enemies

Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant

Grayson (uncredited)

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Mission to Moscow

Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)

Man at Train Station (uncredited)

They All Kissed the Bride

Let's Talk It Over

Sunset Limousine

Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong

Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)

The Lady Is Willing

The History of Hooterville

Appointment for Love

Smith (uncredited)

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Queen of the Mob

Rendezvous in Space

My Dog, the Thief

The New Interns

Criminal Lawyer

Frederick Waterman

Advice to the Lovelorn

A Bewitched Christmas