Charles Lane
Actor
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.
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Filmography
It's a Wonderful Life
as Real Estate Salesman 1946
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Nosey 1939
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reporter at Marriage License Office 1944
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Airport Manager 1963
You Can't Take It with You
as Henderson 1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Hallor (uncredited) 1936
Ball of Fire
as Larsen 1941
42nd Street
as Playwright (uncredited) 1933
The Music Man
as Constable 1962
The Ugly Dachshund
as Judge 1966
Call Northside 777
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) 1948
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Society Reporter (uncredited) 1933
Mighty Joe Young
as Producer (uncredited) 1949
Twentieth Century
as Max Jacobs 1934
Nothing Sacred
as Rubenstein (uncredited) 1937
City Girl
as Man at Train Station (uncredited) 1930