Acting credits
301
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Charles Lane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 215Series: 86
TMDB ID: 29579
IMDb ID: nm0485272
Known for: Acting
Born: January 26, 1905
Died: July 9, 2007
Age: 102
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1925 - 2006
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q634150
Also known as
Charles Gerstle Levison • Charles L. Lane • Charlie Lane • Charles Levinson • Charles Levison
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Charles Lane.
The History of Hooterville
as Self
2005 Movie
4.5
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Regent Yarborough
1995 Movie
A Bewitched Christmas
as Jesse Mortimer
1994 Movie
3.8
Acting on Impulse
as Bellhop
1993 Movie
5.5
When the Bough Breaks
as Van der Graaf
1986 Movie
6.1
Murphy's Romance
as Amos Abbott
1985 Movie
4.0
Sunset Limousine
as Reinhammer
1983 Movie
4.8
Strange Invaders
as Prof. Hollister
1983 Movie
5.5
Strange Behavior
as Donovan
1981 Movie
4.8
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Chief
1981 Movie
4.7
The Little Dragons
as J.J.
1980 Movie
6.0
Movie Movie
as Judge / Mr. Pennington
1978 Movie
Long Way Home
1975 Movie
6.0
Hitched
as Round Tree
1973 Movie
4.8
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Beeman
1972 Movie
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Philbrick
1972 Movie
7.3
The Aristocats
as Lawyer (voice)
1970 Movie
6.7
My Dog, the Thief
as Mr. Pfeiffer
1969 Movie
6.6
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Dr. Shapiro
1968 Movie
6.2
The Gnome-Mobile
as Dr. Scoggins
1967 Movie
6.7
The Ugly Dachshund
as Judge
1966 Movie
6.7
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Whitlow
1966 Movie
4.7
Billie
as Coach Jones
1965 Movie
3.1
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Editor
1965 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Charles Lane.
5.0
Legends
as Roy (archive footage) (uncredited) • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.0
Shannon's Deal
1 eps
1990 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Walter Graf • 1 eps
1986 Series
The Comedy Factory
as George McCloskey • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.4
Otherworld
as Velcrows Widley • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.1
Hunter
as Motel Owner • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.2
The Winds of War
as Adm. William Standley • 7 eps
1983 Series
5.6
St. Elsewhere
as Richard Welte • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.0
The Devlin Connection
1 eps
1982 Series
7.0
Mork & Mindy
1 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Lou Grant
1 eps
1977 Series
7.3
Soap
as Judge Petrillo • 7 eps
1977 Series
7.4
Sybil
as Dr. Quinoness • 2 eps
1976 Series
6.7
One Day at a Time
1 eps
1975 Series
5.8
Chico and the Man
1 eps
1974 Series
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1 eps
1974 Series
6.2
Rhoda
1 eps
1974 Series
5.0
Adam's Rib
as Mayor • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.8
Maude
1 eps
1972 Series
5.0
Temperatures Rising
as Fulton Briggs • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.8
The Rookies
1 eps
1972 Series
7.8
The Odd Couple
as Sid • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.0
Nanny and the Professor
2 eps
1970 Series
5.8
The Doris Day Show
as Judge Carter • 1 eps
1968 Series