Richard Lane

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts. By his teenage years, he was doing an "iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring with a band in Australia. After the decline of vaudeville, Lane obtained extensive work in motion pictures and was best known at the time for playing Inspector John or William Faraday or Farraday (depending on the film) in all fourteen Boston Blackie Columbia Pictures features starring Chester Morris, starting with Meet Boston Blackie in 1941. During World War II, he appeared as emcee with USO troops entertaining G.I.s. His unit appeared at Fort MacArthur in September 1944. Lane also announced for the Jalopy Derby and Destruction Derby at Ascot Park, Gardena California. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of Boston Blackie, which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944.

Known For: Acting

Born: Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA, 1899-05-27

Died: 1982-09-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	For the Love of Pete	McSwat's Cornerman	0
2	1936	Punch and Beauty	Russ Biff	0
3	1936	Shake, Mr. Shakespeare	Mr. Smith	50
4	1937	The Woman I Love	Florence's Boyfriend	0
5	1937	The Outcasts of Poker Flat	High-Grade	60
6	1937	You Can't Buy Luck	Det. McGrath	45
7	1937	There Goes My Girl	Tim J. Whelan	0
8	1937	New Faces of 1937	Broker	40
9	1937	Super-Sleuth	Barker	50
10	1937	Flight from Glory	Mr. Hanson	55
11	1937	The Life of the Party	Hotel Manager	52
12	1937	Should Wives Work?		63
13	1937	Saturday's Heroes	Red Watson	70
14	1937	Many Unhappy Returns	Doctor	0
15	1937	Danger Patrol	Bill	53
16	1937	Wise Girl	Detective	70
17	1938	Crashing Hollywood	Hugo Wells	58
18	1938	The Dummy Owner		0
19	1938	Everybody's Doing It	Steve Devers	50
20	1938	Ears of Experience	The Boss	0
21	1938	Radio City Revels	Crane	80
22	1938	This Marriage Business	Joe Selby	48
23	1938	Go Chase Yourself	Nails	45
24	1938	Joy of Living	Harvey (Uncredited)	57
25	1938	Blind Alibi	Bowers	58
26	1938	The Saint in New York	Dispatcher (Uncredited)	62
27	1938	The Jitters	Dance Studio Manager	60
28	1938	I'm from the City	Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch	50
29	1938	Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	Assistant Coach Jones	90
30	1938	Exposed	Tony Mitchell	50
31	1938	His Exciting Night	Homer Carslake	30
32	1938	The Last Warning	Richard Lane	70
33	1938	Charlie Chan in Honolulu	Joe Arnold	64
34	1939	Mr. Moto in Danger Island	Police Commissioner Gordon	70
35	1939	For Love or Money	Foster	0
36	1939	Union Pacific	Sam Reed	65
37	1939	It Could Happen to You	District Attorney	15
38	1939	Unexpected Father	Leo Murphy - Booking Agent	0
39	1939	Stronger Than Desire	Jerry Brody	58
40	1939	News Is Made at Night	Barney Basely	45
41	1939	Mutiny on the Blackhawk	Kit Carson	0
42	1939	The Day the Bookies Wept	Ramsey Firpo	50
43	1939	The Escape	David Clifford	55
44	1939	Hero for a Day	Abbott	0
45	1939	Sued for Libel	Smiley Dugan	54
46	1939	Drunk Driving	Rick	53
47	1939	Main Street Lawyer	Ballou, Marco's Lawyer	20
48	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Reagan (uncredited)	58
49	1939	Nick Carter, Master Detective	Sam Vaughn	57
50	1940	City of Chance	Marty Connors	52
51	1940	Free, Blonde and 21	Lieutenant Lake	80
52	1940	Two Girls on Broadway	Buddy Bartell	68
53	1940	Sandy Is a Lady	Philip Jarvis	0
54	1940	The Biscuit Eater	Harvey McNeil	63
55	1940	Brother Orchid	Mugsy O'Day	64
56	1940	Boom Town	Assistant D.A.	69
57	1940	Hired Wife	McNab	68
58	1940	Youth Will Be Served	Mr. Hewitt	10
59	1941	Respect the Law	George Johnson	60
60	1941	Ride, Kelly, Ride	Dan Thomas	0
61	1941	Meet Boston Blackie	Inspector Faraday	63
62	1941	The Penalty	Craig	60
63	1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Recruiting Officer	47
64	1941	I Wanted Wings	Flight Commander	51
65	1941	The Cowboy and the Blonde	Gilbert	0
66	1941	Time Out for Rhythm	Mike Armstrong	62
67	1941	For Beauty's Sake	Mr. Jackman	0
68	1941	San Antonio Rose	Charles J. Willoughby	70
69	1941	Navy Blues	'Rocky' Anderson	40
70	1941	Riders of the Purple Sage	Steve Oldring	0
71	1941	Confessions of Boston Blackie	Inspector John Farraday	61
72	1941	Hellzapoppin'	Director	71
73	1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Pete Conway (uncredited)	58
74	1942	Butch Minds the Baby	Harry the Horse	0
75	1942	Alias Boston Blackie	Inspector Farraday	55
76	1942	Dr. Broadway	Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle	50
77	1942	Drums of the Congo	Coutlass	0
78	1942	A-Haunting We Will Go	Phillips	60
79	1942	Dead End Kids Go To War	Don Ames	0
80	1942	Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood	Inspector Farraday	50
81	1942	To the Shores of Tripoli	Lieutenant	51
82	1942	Time to Kill	Lt. Breeze	55
83	1942	Arabian Nights	Corporal	59
84	1943	It Ain't Hay	Slicker	64
85	1943	After Midnight with Boston Blackie	Inspector Farraday	57
86	1943	Air Force	Maj. W.G. Roberts	64
87	1943	Swing Your Partner	Mr. Lane	0
88	1943	Don't Be a Sucker!	Soapbox Orator	68
89	1943	Fired Wife	Orin Tracy	48
90	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Barney Johnson (uncredited)	61
91	1943	Corvette K-225	Vice Admiral	62
92	1943	Crazy House	S. E. Hanley	50
93	1943	The Chance of a Lifetime	Insp. John Farraday	62
94	1943	Gung Ho!	Capt. Dunphy	53
95	1944	Slightly Terrific	Mike Hamilyon	45
96	1944	Bermuda Mystery	Detective Sergeant Donovan	60
97	1944	Take It Big	Eddie Hampton	0
98	1944	Louisiana Hayride	J. Huntington McMasters	60
99	1944	Mr. Winkle Goes to War	Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski	62
100	1944	A Wave, a WAC and a Marine	Marty Allen	65
101	1944	One Mysterious Night	Inspector Farraday	60
102	1944	Bowery to Broadway	Walter Rogers	0
103	1944	Brazil	Edward Graham	52
104	1945	Here Come the Co-eds	Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom	57
105	1945	What a Blonde	Pomeroy	35
106	1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Al Haley	61
107	1945	The Bullfighters	'Hot Shot' Coleman	58
108	1945	Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion	Insp. John Farraday	55
109	1945	Wonder Man	Assistant District Attorney	66
110	1945	Boston Blackie's Rendezvous	Inspector Farraday	47
111	1945	High Blood Pleasure	Dick	0
112	1946	Girl on the Spot	Weepy McGurk	0
113	1946	A Close Call for Boston Blackie	Inspector Farraday	49
114	1946	Talk About a Lady	Duke Randall	30
115	1946	The Phantom Thief	Inspector John Farraday	53
116	1946	Ain't Love Cuckoo?	Dick Lane	0
117	1946	Hot Water	Dick	0
118	1946	Pardon My Terror	Dick	0
119	1946	Gentleman Joe Palooka	Phillips	0
120	1946	Sioux City Sue	Jefferson Lang	0
121	1946	Boston Blackie and the Law	Inspector Farraday	60
122	1947	Song of Scheherazade	Lieutenant	58
123	1947	Out of the Blue	Detective Noonan	66
124	1947	Training for Trouble	Richard Lane	0
125	1947	Wedding Belle	Dick Lane	0
126	1948	Two Nuts in a Rut	Richard Lane, producer	0
127	1948	Tenth Avenue Angel	Street Vendor	61
128	1948	The Return of the Whistler	Gaylord Traynor	59
129	1948	Trapped by Boston Blackie	Insp. William R. Farraday	65
130	1948	Pardon My Lamb Chop	Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran	0
131	1948	The Creeper	Insp. Fenwick	45
132	1948	The Babe Ruth Story	Boston Braves' coach	58
133	1949	He's in Again	Dick	0
134	1949	Miss Mink of 1949	Herbert Pendelton	0
135	1949	Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture	Inspector William R. Farraday	56
136	1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Michael Gihuly	67
137	1949	Flung by a Fling	Sgt. Dick Lane	0
138	1949	The Big Wheel	Reno Riley	58
139	1949	There's a Girl in My Heart	Sergeant Mullin	0
140	1950	Quicksand	Lt. Nelson	61
141	1950	Everybody's Dancin'	Colonel Ed Harrison	0
142	1950	The Jackie Robinson Story	Hopper	64
143	1950	The Admiral Was a Lady	Marty Gruber	61
144	1951	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Kelley	58
145	1972	Kansas City Bomber	Len	59
146	1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Roller Rink Announcer	58

Television

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