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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: San Francisco, California, USA, 1905-01-26

Died: 2007-07-09

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	City Girl	Man at Train Station (uncredited)	74
2	1931	Smart Money	Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)	69
3	1931	The Road to Singapore	Desk Clerk at Club	56
4	1931	Blonde Crazy	Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)	70
5	1931	Manhattan Parade	Desk clerk	20
6	1932	Union Depot	Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)	61
7	1932	The Mouthpiece	Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)	59
8	1932	Blessed Event	Kane	65
9	1933	Employees' Entrance	Shoe Salesman (uncredited)	63
10	1933	Grand Slam	Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant	37
11	1933	Blondie Johnson	Cashier (uncredited)	61
12	1933	42nd Street	Playwright (uncredited)	69
13	1933	Central Airport	Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)	61
14	1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	Society Reporter (uncredited)	72
15	1933	Private Detective 62	Process Server (Uncredited)	61
16	1933	She Had to Say Yes	Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)	58
17	1933	My Woman	Conn	37
18	1933	The Bowery	Doctor (uncredited)	51
19	1933	Broadway Thru a Keyhole	Columnist #2	57
20	1933	Advice to the Lovelorn		70
21	1933	Mr. Skitch	Hotel Clerk	60
22	1934	The Show-Off	Mr. Weitzenkorn	57
23	1934	Looking for Trouble	Switchboard Operator	62
24	1934	Twentieth Century	Max Jacobs	68
25	1934	Twenty Million Sweethearts	Reporter (uncredited)	60
26	1934	Let's Talk It Over	Reporter	0
27	1934	I'll Fix It	Al Nathan	0
28	1934	Broadway Bill	Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)	60
29	1934	A Wicked Woman	Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)	50
30	1934	The Band Plays On	Shyster Lawyer	85
31	1935	One More Spring	Representative	58
32	1935	The Florentine Dagger	Man in Front Row (archive footage)	57
33	1935	Ginger	Judge (uncredited)	47
34	1935	Woman Wanted	Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)	63
35	1935	Here Comes the Band	Mr. Scurry	50
36	1935	Two for Tonight	Writer	65
37	1936	The Adventures of Frank Merriwell	Man in Front Row (archive footage)	40
38	1936	The Milky Way	Willard	60
39	1936	The Milky Way		60
40	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Hallor (uncredited)	75
41	1936	36 Hours to Kill	Lawyer Rickert	53
42	1936	Two-Fisted Gentleman	Joe Gordon	0
43	1936	Lady Luck	Feinberg	50
44	1936	Easy to Take	Skip	0
45	1937	Criminal Lawyer	Attorney (uncredited)	59
46	1937	We're on the Jury	Horace Smith	58
47	1937	Sea Devils	Judge (uncredited)	57
48	1937	Internes Can't Take Money	Grote	63
49	1937	Venus Makes Trouble	District Attorney	35
50	1937	Big Business	Webster - Bank Representative	50
51	1937	Born Reckless	Barnes's lawyer	55
52	1937	One Mile from Heaven	Webb	67
53	1937	Bad Guy	Attorney	60
54	1937	Trapped by G-Men	Fingers	0
55	1937	Hot Water	Grayson (uncredited)	50
56	1937	Danger – Love at Work	Gilroy, an attorney	73
57	1937	Ali Baba Goes to Town	Doctor	59
58	1937	Nothing Sacred	Rubenstein (uncredited)	62
59	1938	Joy of Living	Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)	57
60	1938	Cocoanut Grove	Weaver	0
61	1938	The Rage of Paris	Department Head (uncredited)	58
62	1938	Professor Beware	Joe - Photographer	61
63	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Henderson	75
64	1938	Three Loves Has Nancy	Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)	42
65	1938	Always in Trouble	Donald Gower	60
66	1938	Blondie	Furniture Salesman (uncredited)	71
67	1938	Kentucky	Auctioneer	58
68	1939	Boy Slaves	Albee	68
69	1939	Inside Story	District Attorney	0
70	1939	Let Us Live	Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)	68
71	1939	Lucky Night	Carpenter	66
72	1939	Rose of Washington Square	Sam Kress	58
73	1939	Second Fiddle	Studio Chief	49
74	1939	News Is Made at Night	District Attorney Rufe Reynolds	45
75	1939	They All Come Out	Psychiatrist	56
76	1939	Miracles for Sale	Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk	64
77	1939	Golden Boy	Reporter Drake	65
78	1939	Fifth Avenue Girl	Union Representative (uncredited)	70
79	1939	Honeymoon in Bali	Photographer (uncredited)	62
80	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Nosey	79
81	1939	Television Spy	Mr. Adler	50
82	1939	Beware Spooks!	Moore (uncredited)	70
83	1939	The Cat and the Canary	Reporter	70
84	1939	Charlie McCarthy, Detective	Charlie's Doctor	60
85	1940	It's a Date	Mr. Horner (uncredited)	64
86	1940	Primrose Path	Mr. Smith (uncredited)	65
87	1940	Johnny Apollo	Assistant D.A.	68
88	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Reporter (uncredited)	64
89	1940	The Crooked Road	Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney	55
90	1940	Edison, the Man	Second Lecturer	66
91	1940	On Their Own	Johnson	0
92	1940	You Can't Fool Your Wife	Salesman	45
93	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	Charlie Graham	0
94	1940	Queen of the Mob	Horace Grimley	45
95	1940	We Who Are Young	Perkins	58
96	1940	Rhythm on the River	Bernard Schwartz	60
97	1940	The Great Profile	Director	63
98	1940	The Leather Pushers	Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell	0
99	1940	City for Conquest	Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)	68
100	1940	Blondie Plays Cupid	Train Conductor (uncredited)	67
101	1940	Dancing on a Dime	Freeman Taylor	50
102	1940	Ellery Queen, Master Detective	Dr. Prouty	57
103	1940	The Texas Rangers Ride Again	Train Passenger (uncredited)	55
104	1940	The Invisible Woman	Growley	57
105	1941	Back Street	Reporter for Associated News	72
106	1941	You're the One	Announcer	10
107	1941	Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery	Doc Prouty	53
108	1941	Repent at Leisure	Clarence Morgan	57
109	1941	Barnacle Bill	Auctioneer	77
110	1941	Sis Hopkins	Mayor's aide	60
111	1941	The Big Store	Finance Company Man (uncredited)	62
112	1941	Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime	Dr. Prouty (coroner)	58
113	1941	Buy Me That Town	J. Montague Gainsborough	60
114	1941	Three Girls About Town	Mortician	53
115	1941	I Wake Up Screaming	Keating- Florist	69
116	1941	The Great Man's Lady	Pierce (uncredited)	63
117	1941	New York Town	Census Taker (uncredited)	100
118	1941	Appointment for Love	Smith (uncredited)	57
119	1941	Birth of the Blues	Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)	55
120	1941	Ball of Fire	Larsen	74
121	1942	Sealed Lips	Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon	58
122	1942	A Gentleman at Heart	Holloway	60
123	1942	A Close Call for Ellery Queen	Coroner	52
124	1942	The Lady Is Willing	K.K. Miller	66
125	1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Martin Manning (uncredited)	58
126	1942	Born to Sing	Johnny	50
127	1942	What's Cookin'?	K.D. Reynolds	55
128	1942	The Adventures of Martin Eden	Mr. White	60
129	1942	Obliging Young Lady	Private Detective Smith	50
130	1942	About Face	Rental Car Manager	60
131	1942	Home in Wyomin'	Newspaper Editor	80
132	1942	Tarzan's New York Adventure	Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton	64
133	1942	Broadway	Hungry Harry	55
134	1942	Sunday Punch	Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)	50
135	1942	Broadway	Hungry Harry (uncredited)	55
136	1942	The Mad Martindales	Virgil Hickling	50
137	1942	They All Kissed the Bride	Spotter	58
138	1942	Lady in a Jam	Government Man (uncredited)	55
139	1942	Thru Different Eyes	Mott	0
140	1942	Friendly Enemies	Braun	57
141	1942	Pardon My Sarong	Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)	65
142	1942	Flying Tigers	Repkin (uncredited)	61
143	1943	Mission to Moscow	Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)	53
144	1944	Arsenic and Old Lace	Reporter at Marriage License Office	76
145	1946	A Close Call for Boston Blackie	Hack Hagen (uncredited)	49
146	1946	Just Before Dawn	Dr. Steiner (uncredited)	63
147	1946	Mysterious Intruder	Detective Burns	59
148	1946	The Invisible Informer	Nick Steele	60
149	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Real Estate Salesman	83
150	1947	It Happened on Fifth Avenue	Landlord (uncredited)	70
151	1947	Living in a Big Way	Hawkins (uncredited)	50
152	1947	Bury Me Dead	Brighton	48
153	1947	Roses Are Red	Lipton	55
154	1947	Louisiana	McCormack	0
155	1947	Intrigue	Hotel Desk Clerk	50
156	1948	Call Northside 777	Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)	66
157	1948	State of the Union	Blink Moran	67
158	1948	Smart Woman	Reporter	55
159	1948	The Gentleman from Nowhere	Fenmore	60
160	1948	Out of the Storm	Mr. Evans	65
161	1948	Race Street	Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)	58
162	1948	Apartment for Peggy	Prof. Collins (uncredited)	78
163	1948	Moonrise	Mr. Chandler	63
164	1949	You're My Everything	Mr. Eddie Pflum	38
165	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Producer (uncredited)	64
166	1949	The House Across the Street	Apartment Manager (uncredited)	45
167	1949	Miss Grant Takes Richmond	Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)	54
168	1950	Backfire	Dr. Nolan (uncredited)	59
169	1950	The Yellow Cab Man	L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)	63
170	1950	Riding High	Erickson	58
171	1950	The Second Face	Mr. Westcott	68
172	1951	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)	58
173	1951	Criminal Lawyer	Frederick Waterman	68
174	1951	Here Comes the Groom	FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)	52
175	1952	The Sniper	Loud Drunk at Club	67
176	1953	The Juggler	Rosenberg	65
177	1953	Remains to Be Seen	Delapp	57
178	1953	The Affairs of Dobie Gillis	Prof. Obispo	55
179	1956	The Birds and the Bees	Charlie Jenkins	68
180	1957	God Is My Partner	Judge Warner	50
181	1958	Teacher's Pet	Roy	68
182	1959	The Mating Game	Inspector General Bigelow	59
183	1959	The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock	Standard Bates	59
184	1959	But Not for Me	Al Atwood	60
185	1962	The Music Man	Constable	71
186	1963	Papa's Delicate Condition	Mr. Cosgrove	54
187	1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Airport Manager	70
188	1963	The Wheeler Dealers	Judge (uncredited)	62
189	1964	The Carpetbaggers	Eugene Denby	58
190	1964	The New Interns	Connors	50
191	1964	Good Neighbor Sam	Jack Bailey	65
192	1964	Looking for Love	Director	50
193	1964	Rendezvous in Space	Interviewee	0
194	1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Editor	34
195	1965	Billie	Coach Jones	50
196	1966	The Ghost & Mr. Chicken	Whitlow	67
197	1966	The Ugly Dachshund	Judge	66
198	1967	The Gnome-Mobile	Dr. Scoggins	62
199	1968	What's So Bad About Feeling Good?	Dr. Shapiro	66
200	1969	My Dog, the Thief	Mr. Pfeiffer	67
201	1970	The Aristocats	Lawyer (voice)	73
202	1971	Hitched	Round Tree	60
203	1972	The Great Man's Whiskers	Philbrick	0
204	1972	Get to Know Your Rabbit	Mr. Beeman	51
205	1975	Long Way Home		0
206	1978	Movie Movie	Judge / Mr. Pennington	58
207	1980	The Little Dragons	J.J.	47
208	1981	The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies	Chief	50
209	1981	Strange Behavior	Donovan	54
210	1983	Strange Invaders	Prof. Hollister	48
211	1983	Sunset Limousine	Reinhammer	40
212	1985	Murphy's Romance	Amos Abbott	61
213	1986	When the Bough Breaks	Van der Graaf	55
214	1993	Acting on Impulse	Bellhop	38
215	1995	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Regent Yarborough	45
216	2005	The History of Hooterville	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Walter Medford	63
2	1951	I Love Lucy	Mr. Stanley	79
3	1951	I Love Lucy	Casting Director	79
4	1951	I Love Lucy	Passport Office Clerk	79
5	1951	I Love Lucy	Mr. Hickox	79
6	1952	Today	Self	58
7	1953	Topper	Mr. Kittler	60
8	1954	Dear Phoebe	Mr. Fosdick	0
9	1954	Willy		0
10	1954	Studio 57	Henry	0
11	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Mr. Pfeiffer	78
12	1955	The Millionaire	Simon Whipple	50
13	1955	Star Stage		0
14	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse		65
15	1955	The People's Choice		55
16	1956	On Trial		50
17	1956	The Gale Storm Show	Pierce	55
18	1957	Whirlybirds		55
19	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited)	62
20	1957	Bachelor Father		60
21	1957	The Thin Man		76
22	1957	Perry Mason	Dr. Williams	77
23	1957	Maverick	Proprietor	68
24	1957	The Restless Gun	Mayor Peter Mercer	37
25	1957	The Real McCoys		56
26	1957	The Real McCoys	Mr. Leland	56
27	1957	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Claims Clerk (uncredited)	86
28	1957	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Customs Officer (uncredited)	86
29	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
30	1958	Lawman		56
31	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
32	1958	The Ann Sothern Show		65
33	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
34	1959	Fibber McGee & Molly	Salesman	50
35	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Dr. Shelley	63
36	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		58
37	1959	The Twilight Zone	Mr. Peckinpaugh	85
38	1959	Dennis the Menace		65
39	1959	Dennis the Menace	Lawrence Finch	65
40	1959	The Untouchables	Alcatraz Official (uncredited)	79
41	1960	The Comedy Spot		0
42	1960	The Tab Hunter Show		50
43	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
44	1960	Guestward, Ho!		40
45	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Mr. Frisby	76
46	1960	Surfside 6		50
47	1961	Mister Ed		68
48	1961	The Wonderful World of Disney		80
49	1961	The New Bob Cummings Show		0
50	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Foster Phinney	69
51	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Billy Hacker	69
52	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Homer Bedloe	69
53	1962	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington		90
54	1962	The Lucy Show	Mr. Barnsdahl	70
55	1963	Burke's Law	Dr. Lusk	60
56	1963	The Farmer's Daughter		50
57	1963	The Bill Dana Show		60
58	1963	Petticoat Junction	Homer Bedloe	58
59	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Charles Eckhardt	57
60	1964	Wendy and Me		0
61	1964	The Bing Crosby Show		50
62	1964	Bewitched	Mr. Cushman	79
63	1964	Bewitched	Jessie Mortimer	79
64	1964	Bewitched	Mr. Roland	79
65	1964	Bewitched	Harold Jameson	79
66	1964	Bewitched	Ed Hotchkiss	79
67	1964	Bewitched	Mr. Harmon	79
68	1964	Bewitched	Shotwell	79
69	1964	Bewitched	George Meiklejohn	79
70	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.		72
71	1964	The Cara Williams Show		50
72	1964	The Munsters		79
73	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
74	1965	F Troop		62
75	1965	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	Man	66
76	1965	Green Acres	Mr. Wilson	73
77	1965	The Wild Wild West	Roger Creed	75
78	1965	Honey West	Ash	70
79	1965	Get Smart	Uncle Abner	79
80	1966	Love on a Rooftop		50
81	1966	The Pruitts of Southampton	Maxwell	53
82	1967	He & She	Mr. Simpson	47
83	1967	The Flying Nun		63
84	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
85	1968	The Doris Day Show	Judge Carter	53
86	1969	The Debbie Reynolds Show		70
87	1970	Nanny and the Professor		60
88	1970	The Odd Couple	Sid	78
89	1972	The Rookies		68
90	1972	Maude		68
91	1972	Temperatures Rising	Fulton Briggs	50
92	1972	The Sandy Duncan Show		0
93	1973	Adam's Rib	Mayor	50
94	1974	Rhoda		63
95	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
96	1974	Chico and the Man		58
97	1975	Karen		50
98	1975	The Family Holvak		0
99	1975	One Day at a Time		67
100	1976	Sybil	Dr. Quinoness	74
101	1977	Weekend Special		76
102	1977	Soap	Judge Petrillo	73
103	1977	Lou Grant		73
104	1977	Lou Grant	Mort Farber	73
105	1978	Mork & Mindy		71
106	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
107	1983	The Winds of War	Adm. William Standley	73
108	1984	Hunter	Motel Owner	72
109	1985	Otherworld	Velcrows Widley	50
110	1985	The Comedy Factory	George McCloskey	0
111	1986	L.A. Law	Walter Graf	71
112	1990	Shannon's Deal		80
113	2003	TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV		0
114	2006	Legends	Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)	50