Charles Lane


Charles Lane

About

Also Known As
Charles D. Lane, Charles Levison, Charles L. Lane, Charles Levinson Lane, Charles Levinson
Birth Place
San Francisco, California
Born
January 26, 1905
Died
July 09, 2007

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
Regent Yarborough
Acting on Impulse (1993)
The Hit Man (1991)
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
Professor Van Der Graff
Murphy's Romance (1985)
Sunset Limousine (1983)
Strange Invaders (1983)
Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
The Little Dragons (1980)
Jj
Movie Movie (1978)
Hitched (1973)
Roundtree
The Great Man's Whiskers (1973)
Philbrick
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Mr. Beeman
The Aristocats (1970)
Lawyer
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
Dr. Shapiro
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? (1968)
Mr. Duckworth
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Dr. Scroggins
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Judge
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Whitlow
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
Editor
Billie (1965)
Coach Jones
The NEW Interns (1964)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Denby
Looking for Love (1964)
Director
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
Jack Bailey
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Hiram Cosgrove
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Airport manager
The Music Man (1962)
Constable Locke
The Mating Game (1959)
[Inspector General] Bigelow
The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
Stanford Bates
But Not for Me (1959)
Miles Atwood
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Roy
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Bill Hadley
God Is My Partner (1957)
Judge Warner
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
Charlie Jenkins, bartender in Hamilton's house
The Juggler (1953)
Rosenberg
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Prof. Obispo
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
Examiner Delapp
The Sniper (1952)
Man requesting song in bar
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
Herman Pulvermacher
Criminal Lawyer (1951)
Frederick Waterman
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Burchard, FBI agent
The Du Pont Story (1951)
Lammot du Pont
Riding High (1950)
Jackson
Love That Brute (1950)
Cigar store owner
Rookie Fireman (1950)
Loan shark
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Tax agent
The Second Face (1950)
Mr. West
Borderline (1950)
Peterson
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Insurance man
You're My Everything (1949)
Eddie Pflum
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Woodruff
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
Mr. De Haven, examiner
The House Across the Street (1949)
Manager
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Producer
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Prosecuting attorney
Moonrise (1948)
Man in black
State of the Union (1948)
Blink Moran
The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
Fenmore
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Prof. Collins
Out of the Storm (1948)
Mr. Evans
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Passerby
Smart Woman (1948)
Reporter
Race Street (1948)
Desk clerk at Robbie's apartment
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Jackson
Louisiana (1947)
John McCormack
Living in a Big Way (1947)
Hawkins
Swell Guy (1947)
Ben Tilwell
Roses Are Red (1947)
Lipton
Intrigue (1947)
Hotel clerk
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Landlord
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Real estate salesman
The Show-Off (1946)
Quizmaster
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Hagen
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
Detective Burns
The Invisible Informer (1946)
Nick Steele
Just Before Dawn (1946)
Dr. Steiner
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Reporter
Flying Tigers (1942)
Repkin, airport manager
Lady in a Jam (1942)
Government man
Born to Sing (1942)
Press agent
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Superintendent
Ball of Fire (1942)
Larsen
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
Holloway
Yokel Boy (1942)
Cynic
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
Pierce
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
K. K. Miller
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Martin Manning
The Mad Martindales (1942)
Virgil Hickling
Thru Different Eyes (1942)
Mott
Home in Wyomin' (1942)
Editor
Friendly Enemies (1942)
Braun
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
Detective [Smith]
Sealed Lips (1942)
[Emanuel "Manny"] Dixon
What's Cookin'? (1942)
[K. D.] Reynolds
About Face (1942)
Garage manager
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Gould Beaton
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
Mr. Brooks
Broadway (1942)
Hungry Harry
Almost Married (1942)
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Mr. White
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Spotter
The Big Store (1941)
Man who repossesses car
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Mortician
Back Street (1941)
Blake
Barnacle Bill (1941)
Auctioneer
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Club secretary
Footlight Fever (1941)
Mr. Link
New York Town (1941)
Census taker
Repent at Leisure (1941)
Mr. Morgan
You're the One (1941)
Announcer
Appointment for Love (1941)
Smith
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Ryan
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
Doc Prouty
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Florist [Keating]
Buy Me That Town (1941)
J. Montague Gainsborough
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
Prouty
Sis Hopkins (1941)
Mayor's aide
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Theater manager
Blondie in Society (1941)
Salesman
The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)
Reporter
Edison, the Man (1940)
Second lecturer
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Train conductor
Alias the Deacon (1940)
Supervisor
Queen of the Mob (1940)
Horace Grimley
On Their Own (1940)
Johnson
It's a Date (1940)
Horner
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Grawley
Rhythm on the River (1940)
Bernard Schwartz
Dancing on a Dime (1940)
Freeman Taylor
The Crooked Road (1940)
Phil
The Leatherpushers (1940)
Mitchell
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
Dr. Prouty
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
Salesman
The Great Profile (1940)
Director
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Assistant district attorney
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Charlie Graham
We Who Are Young (1940)
Perkins
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
Stafford
Parole Fixer (1940)
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Credit manager
Beware, Spooks! (1939)
Credit man
The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
D. W. O'Connor
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Sam Kress
Unexpected Father (1939)
Health officer
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Doctor
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Nosey
Miracles for Sale (1939)
Hotel clerk
Golden Boy (1939)
Drake
Thunder Afloat (1939)
Captain Sabin
Lucky Night (1939)
Carpenter
Boy Slaves (1939)
Albee
News Is Made at Night (1939)
[District Attorney] Rufe Reynolds
They All Come Out (1939)
Psychiatrist
Inside Story (1939)
District Attorney
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
First reporter
Second Fiddle (1939)
Voice of chief
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Photographer
Let Us Live (1939)
Auto salesman
Television Spy (1939)
Adler
In Old Chicago (1938)
Booking agent
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
[Wilbur G.] Henderson
Blondie (1938)
Furniture salesman
Professor Beware (1938)
Photographer
Joy of Living (1938)
Fan
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Manager of cleaning establishment
Kentucky (1938)
Auctioneer
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
Weaver
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Dr. Olson
City Girl (1938)
Dr. Abbott
Always in Trouble (1938)
Donald Gower
The Rage of Paris (1938)
Department head
Hot Water (1937)
Grayson
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Webb
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Rubenstein
Danger - Love at Work (1937)
Gilroy
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Doctor
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
Defense attorney
Bad Guy (1937)
Lucky's attorney
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
Grote
Born Reckless (1937)
Barnes's lawyer
Fit for a King (1937)
Spears
Trapped by G-Men (1937)
Fingers
We're on the Jury (1937)
Horace Smith
Sea Devils (1937)
Judge
Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
District Attorney
Partners in Crime (1937)
Druggist
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Hallor
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
Judge
Ticket to Paradise (1936)
Shyster
Three Men on a Horse (1936)
Cleaner
The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Defense attorney [James Bernard]
The Milky Way (1936)
Willard
Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
Joe Gordon
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
Rickert
Lady Luck (1936)
It Had to Happen (1936)
Hilburn, state examiner
Come Closer, Folks (1936)
Prosecutor
Born to Dance (1936)
Stage manager
Easy to Take (1936)
Reporter
Princess O'Hara (1935)
Morris Goldberg
Here Comes the Band (1935)
Scurry
Ginger (1935)
Judge
Two for Tonight (1935)
Author
One More Spring (1935)
Representative
Looking for Trouble (1934)
Operator
I'll Fix It (1934)
Al Nathan
Twentieth Century (1934)
[Max] Jacobs
A Wicked Woman (1934)
Defense attorney, Mr. Beardsley
The Show-Off (1934)
Weitzenkorn
Broadway Bill (1934)
Morgan's henchman
The Band Plays On (1934)
Shyster lawyer
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Reporter
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Society reporter
Central Airport (1933)
Radio operators
42nd Street (1933)
Playwright
Mr. Skitch (1933)
Hotel clerk
The Bowery (1933)
Doctor
My Woman (1933)
Agent
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
Circulation manager
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
2nd columnist
Grand Slam (1933)
Ivan
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Mr. Bernstein
Blessed Event (1932)
Kane
Smart Money (1931)
Desk clerk
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Four-eyes, desk clerk
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Charles Spotswoode
Saturday's Children (1929)
Mr. Halvey
Sadie Thompson (1928)
Dr. McPhail
Service for Ladies (1927)
Robert Foster
The Music Master (1927)
Richard Stanton
Barbed Wire (1927)
The Commandant
The Whirlwind of Youth (1927)
Jim Hawthorne
Married Alive (1927)
Mr. Fountain
The Mystery Club (1926)
John Cranahan
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Jefferson Worth
"Marriage License?" (1926)
Sir John
The Outsider (1926)
Sir Jasper Sturdee
Padlocked (1926)
Monte Hermann
The Blind Goddess (1926)
Judge
The Marriage Whirl (1925)
Reuben Hale
Romola (1925)
Baldassarre Calvo
The Dark Angel (1925)
Sir Hubert Vane
The Pearl of Love (1925)
Captain Pinnel
I Want My Man (1925)
French doctor
Second Youth (1924)
Weeks Twombly
The White Sister (1923)
Prince Chiaromonte
The Tents of Allah (1923)
Commander Millgrate
Fascination (1922)
Eduardo de Lisa, her father
Broadway Rose (1922)
Peter Thompson
How Women Love (1922)
Ogden Wardrobe
Without Limit (1921)
Clement Palter
If Women Only Knew (1921)
Dr. John Strong
Love's Penalty (1921)
Rev. John Kirchway
The Restless Sex (1920)
John Cleland
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dr. Richard Lanyon
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
Mr. Thorne
Guilty of Love (1920)
Goddard Townsend
The Branded Woman (1920)
Herbert Averill
Wanted -Xxx a Husband (1919)
Tom Harmon
Ruggles of Red Gap (1918)
Earl of Brinstead
Mrs. Black Is Back (1914)
Professor Newton Black

Writer (Feature Film)

Love at First Sight (1930)
Dial
Love at First Sight (1930)
Story

Music (Feature Film)

Ladies in Love (1930)
Composer
Love at First Sight (1930)
Composer

Cast (Special)

Side By Side (1984)
George Mccloskey
The $1000 Bill (1978)
Walter Becker
Love Nest (1975)
Ned Cooper
Mr. Bevis (1960)
Mr Peckinpaugh
Tom and Jerry (1955)
Garrity

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

War and Remembrance (1988)
The Winds of War (1983)
Sybil (1976)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Sadie Thompson (1928) -- (Movie Clip) It's Bound To Be Worse Tomorrow The quick pictorial introductions of the key characters, Lionel Barrymore and Blanche Frederici as the puritanical Davidsons, Charles Lane the more worldly MacPhail, then Gloria Swanson, the producer in the title role, in the first feature based on the provocative Somerset Maugham story, co-starring and directed by Raoul Walsh, Sadie Thompson, 1928.
You Can't Take It With You (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Father Makes Fireworks Taxman Henderson (Charles Lane) and Grandpa Sycamore (Lionel Barrymore) lead off this mayhem as Tony (James Stewart) collects Alice (Jean Arthur) for a date. with Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Dub Taylor, and Mischa Auer, in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You, 1938.
Bride Walks Out, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Unfair To Chorus Girls Part-time model Carolyn (Barbara Stanwyck) has just caved and married striving Michael (Gene Raymond), pal Ned Sparks their witness, when he slugs a cop (Edgar Deering), resulting in their meeting bon vivant Hugh (Robert Young) in court, in RKO's The Bride Walks Out, 1936.
Winning Of Barbara Worth, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) An Unholy Calm Vilma Banky, title character, plays her own mother in prologue, in a sandstorm, saving young Carmencita Johnson, later rescued by settler Jefferson Worth (Charles Lane) and posse (Erwin Connelly, Clyde Cook et al), in The Winning Of Barbara Worth, 1926, with Ronald Colman and Gary Cooper.
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1920) -- (Movie Clip) Tampering With The Supernatural Opening introducing the morally sound Jekyll (John Barrymore), with fancy science, still provoking a warning from mentor Lanyon (Charles Lane), and evoking 19th century London society, in Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, 1920.
Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Mortimer Me! The opening introducing Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane as the marrying couple, written by Julius and Philip Epstein as a preamble to their adaptation of the Joseph Kesselring play, Frank Capra directing, the held-for-release 1944 hit Arsenic And Old Lace.
Farmer's Daughter, The -- (Movie Clip) Otto K. Schmidlap The new maid Katie (Loretta Young) impresses Congressman Morley (Joseph Cotten) and assembled guests (Ethel Barrymore, John Gallaudet, Rose Hobart, Charles Lane) with her political acumen in The Farmer's Daughter, 1947.
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington -- (Movie Clip) Senator Foley Dead Director Frank Capra's opening salvo, news that the sitting senator has died, relayed through Senator Paine (Claude Raines), Governor Hopper (Guy Kibbee), his boss Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), whose aide Chick (Eugene Pallette) stands by, in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, 1939.
Boy Slaves -- (Movie Clip) Your Credit Is Always Good Just arrived at the labor camp, the kids (Walter Ward, Charles Powers, Johnny Fitzgerald) meet proprietor Albee (Charles Lane) but Jesse (Roger Daniel) heeds a warning from Anne (Anne Shirley), making her first appearance, in Boy Slaves, 1939.

Bibliography