Charles Lane
Biography
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.
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Movie Appearances
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
1944
It's a Wonderful Life
as Real Estate Salesman
1946
Good Neighbor Sam
as Jack Bailey
1964
42nd Street
as Playwright (uncredited)
1933
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Nosey
1939
Blondie Johnson
as Cashier (uncredited)
1933
The Ugly Dachshund
as Judge
1966
I Wake Up Screaming
as Keating- Florist
1941
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Airport Manager
1963
Twentieth Century
as Max Jacobs
1934
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Hallor (uncredited)
1936
The Gnome-Mobile
as Dr. Scoggins
1967
Criminal Lawyer
as Attorney (uncredited)
1937
Sealed Lips
as Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
1942
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Whitlow
1966
Murphy's Romance
as Amos Abbott
1985
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
1942
The Music Man
as Constable
1962
The Invisible Woman
as Growley
1940
