
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Gerstle Levison (January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007), better known as Charles Lane, was an American character actor seen in many movies and TV shows, and at the time of his death may have been the oldest living professional American actor. 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) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Lane (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Film | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | 1995-01-18 | |
Film | Acting on Impulse | Bellhop | 1993-07-10 |
Film | Posse | Weezie | 1993-05-14 |
Film | True Identity | Duane | 1991-07-23 |
Serial | Shannon's Deal | Unknown | 1990-04-16 |
Film | Sidewalk Stories | Artist | 1989-09-15 |
Serial | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Film | Murphy's Romance | Amos Abbott | 1985-12-25 |
Serial | Otherworld | Unknown | 1985-01-26 |
Serial | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Film | Strange Invaders | Prof. Hollister | 1983-09-16 |
Serial | The Winds of War | Adm. William Standley | 1983-02-06 |
Serial | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
Film | Strange Behavior | Donovan | 1981-10-16 |
Film | The Little Dragons | J.J. | 1980-07-18 |
Film | Movie Movie | Judge | 1978-11-01 |
Serial | Mork & Mindy | Unknown | 1978-09-14 |
Serial | Lou Grant | Unknown | 1977-09-20 |
Serial | Soap | Unknown | 1977-09-13 |
Film | Sybil | Dr. Quinoness | 1976-11-14 |
Serial | Sybil | Dr. Quinoness | 1976-11-14 |
Serial | One Day at a Time | Unknown | 1975-12-16 |
Serial | Chico and the Man | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Serial | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Serial | Rhoda | Unknown | 1974-09-09 |
Serial | Maude | Unknown | 1972-09-12 |
Serial | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Serial | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
Serial | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
Serial | The Debbie Reynolds Show | Unknown | 1969-09-16 |
Serial | The Flying Nun | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Film | The Gnome-Mobile | Dr. Scoggins | 1967-07-17 |
Serial | Love on a Rooftop | Unknown | 1966-09-06 |
Film | The Ugly Dachshund | Judge | 1966-02-16 |
Film | The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Whitlow | 1966-01-20 |
Film | Billie | Coach Jones | 1965-12-13 |
Serial | Get Smart | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
Serial | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Serial | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Serial | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Serial | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Film | The Carpetbaggers | Denby | 1964-04-08 |
Film | Good Neighbor Sam | Jack Bailey | 1964-07-22 |
Film | Looking For Love | Screen test director | 1964-08-05 |
Serial | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Serial | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1964-09-22 |
Serial | The Munsters | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Serial | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Unknown | 1964-09-25 |
Film | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Airport Manager | 1963-11-07 |
Serial | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Serial | The Bill Dana Show | Unknown | 1963-09-22 |
Serial | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Serial | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Film | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Cosgrove | 1963-03-06 |
Film | The Wheeler Dealers | Judge | 1963-01-01 |
Serial | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Serial | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Film | The Music Man | Constable | 1962-06-19 |
Serial | Mister Ed | Unknown | 1961-01-05 |
Serial | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
Serial | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
Film | But Not for Me | Al Atwood | 1959-08-19 |
Film | The Mating Game | Inspector general Bigelow | 1959-04-29 |
Film | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Standard Bates | 1959-08-06 |
Serial | Dennis, The Menace | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Serial | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
Serial | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Peckinpaugh | 1959-10-02 |
Serial | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
Serial | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Serial | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Serial | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Serial | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
Film | Teacher's Pet | Roy | 1958-04-01 |
Serial | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Serial | Whirlybirds | Unknown | 1957-02-04 |
Film | God Is My Partner | Judge Warner | 1957-07-01 |
Serial | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Serial | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1957-11-06 |
Serial | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Serial | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Serial | Topper | Unknown | 1953-10-09 |
Film | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | Prof. Obispo | 1953-08-14 |
Film | Remains to Be Seen | Delapp (examiner) | 1953-05-15 |
Film | The Juggler | Rosenberg | 1953-05-11 |
Film | The Sniper | Loud Drunk at Paper Doll Club | 1952-05-09 |
Serial | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
Serial | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Film | Here Comes the Groom | Ralph Burchard | 1951-09-20 |
Film | I Can Get it For You Wholesale | Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited) | 1951-04-05 |
Film | The Yellow Cab Man | L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited) | 1950-04-07 |
Film | The Second Face | Mr. Westcott | 1950-12-01 |
Film | Riding High | Erickson | 1950-04-12 |
Film | Mighty Joe Young | Producer (uncredited) | 1949-07-27 |
Film | You're My Everything | Mr. Eddie Pflum (uncredited) | 1949-06-29 |
Film | The House Across the Street | Apartment Manager | 1949-09-10 |
Film | Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Collins (uncredited) | 1948-09-30 |
Film | Out of the Storm | Mr. Evans | 1948-09-11 |
Film | State of the Union | Blink Moran | 1948-04-30 |
Film | Smart Woman | Reporter | 1948-04-30 |
Film | Call Northside 777 | Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) | 1948-02-13 |
Film | Living in a Big Way | Hawkins (uncredited) | 1947-06-10 |
Film | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Landlord (uncredited) | 1947-04-19 |
Film | Bury Me Dead | Brighton | 1947-10-18 |
Film | Roses Are Red | Lipton | 1947-11-10 |
Film | Intrigue | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1947-12-06 |
Film | It's a Wonderful Life | Real Estate Salesman | 1946-12-20 |
Film | The Invisible Informer | Nick Steele | 1946-08-19 |
Film | Mysterious Intruder | Detective Burns | 1946-04-11 |
Film | Just Before Dawn | Dr. Steiner (uncredited) | 1946-03-07 |
Film | A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Hack Hagen (uncredited) | 1946-01-24 |
Film | Arsenic and Old Lace | Reporter at Marriage License Office | 1944-09-23 |
Film | Sealed Lips | Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon | 1942-01-02 |
Film | A Gentleman at Heart | Holloway | 1942-01-16 |
Film | About Face | Rental Car Manager | 1942-04-16 |
Film | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Martin Manning (uncredited) | 1942-02-13 |
Film | Born to Sing | Johnny | 1942-02-18 |
Film | What's Cookin'? | K.D. Reynolds | 1942-02-20 |
Film | Obliging Young Lady | Private Detective Smith | 1942-04-01 |
Film | A Close Call for Ellery Queen | Coroner | 1942-01-27 |
Film | Home in Wyomin' | Newspaper Editor | 1942-04-29 |
Film | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Gould Beaton, Sargent's Lawyer | 1942-05-01 |
Film | Sunday Punch | Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
Film | Broadway | Hungry Harry | 1942-05-08 |
Film | Thru Different Eyes | Mott | 1942-06-19 |
Film | Lady in a Jam | Government Man | 1942-06-19 |
Film | Friendly Enemies | Braun | 1942-06-21 |
Film | The Great Man's Lady | Pierce (uncredited) | 1942-04-29 |
Film | The Big Store | Finance Company Man (uncredited) | 1941-06-21 |
Film | Back Street | Reporter for Associated News | 1941-02-07 |
Film | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Doc Prouty | 1941-03-24 |
Film | Repent at Leisure | Clarence Morgan | 1941-04-04 |
Film | Barnacle Bill | Auctioneer | 1941-04-07 |
Film | Sis Hopkins | Mayor's aide | 1941-04-12 |
Film | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Dr. Prouty (coroner) | 1941-08-14 |
Film | Buy Me That Town | J. Montague Gainsborough | 1941-10-02 |
Film | Three Girls About Town | Mortician | 1941-10-23 |
Film | New York Town | Census Taker | 1941-10-31 |
Film | I Wake Up Screaming | Keating- Florist | 1941-10-31 |
Film | Birth of the Blues | Wilbur - Theater Manager (uncredited) | 1941-11-07 |
Film | Ball of Fire | Larsen | 1941-12-02 |
Film | Buck Benny Rides Again | Charlie Graham | 1940-05-31 |
Film | Primrose Path | Mr. 'Smitty' Smith / Hawkins (uncredited) | 1940-03-22 |
Film | It's a Date | Mr. Horner (uncredited) | 1940-03-22 |
Film | Johnny Apollo | Assistant D.A. | 1940-04-19 |
Film | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Reporter | 1940-04-25 |
Film | Edison, the Man | Second Lecturer | 1940-05-10 |
Film | The Crooked Road | Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney | 1940-05-10 |
Film | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Salesman | 1940-05-21 |
Film | Rhythm on the River | Bernard Schwartz | 1940-08-28 |
Film | We Who Are Young | Perkins | 1940-07-18 |
Film | Dancing on a Dime | Freeman Taylor | 1940-11-01 |
Film | The Invisible Woman | Growley | 1940-12-27 |
Film | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Dr. Prouty | 1940-11-30 |
Film | The Texas Rangers Ride Again | Train Passenger | 1940-12-13 |
Film | Blondie Plays Cupid | Train Conductor | 1940-10-31 |
Film | City for Conquest | Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited) | 1940-09-21 |
Film | The Leather Pushers | Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell | 1940-09-13 |
Film | The Great Profile | Director | 1940-08-30 |
Film | They All Come Out | Psychiatrist | 1939-08-04 |
Film | Boy Slaves | Albee | 1939-02-02 |
Film | Inside Story | District Attorney | 1939-03-10 |
Film | Let Us Live | Auto Salesman | 1939-03-29 |
Film | Lucky Night | Carpenter | 1939-05-05 |
Film | Rose of Washington Square | Sam Kress | 1939-05-05 |
Film | Second Fiddle | Studio Chief | 1939-06-30 |
Film | News Is Made at Night | District Attorney Rufe Reynolds | 1939-07-20 |
Film | Honeymoon in Bali | Photographer | 1939-09-29 |
Film | Miracles For Sale | Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk | 1939-08-14 |
Film | Golden Boy | Reporter Drake | 1939-09-05 |
Film | 5th Ave Girl | Union Representative | 1939-09-22 |
Film | Television Spy | Mr. Adler | 1939-10-19 |
Film | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Nosey Newsman | 1939-10-19 |
Film | Beware Spooks! | Moore | 1939-10-24 |
Film | The Cat and the Canary | Reporter | 1939-11-10 |
Film | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Charlie's Doctor | 1939-12-22 |
Film | Professor Beware | Joe - Photographer | 1938-07-29 |
Film | Cocoanut Grove | Weaver | 1938-05-20 |
Film | The Rage of Paris | Department Head (uncredited) | 1938-06-09 |
Film | In Old Chicago | Booking Agent (scenes deleted) | 1938-04-15 |
Film | You Can't Take It with You | Henderson | 1938-08-23 |
Film | Kentucky | Auctioneer | 1938-12-30 |
Film | Three Loves Has Nancy | Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited) | 1938-09-02 |
Film | Blondie | Furniture Salesman | 1938-11-30 |
Film | Always in Trouble | Donald Gower | 1938-10-28 |
Film | Nothing Sacred | Rubenstein (uncredited) | 1937-11-25 |
Film | Ali Baba Goes To Town | Doctor | 1937-10-29 |
Film | Danger - Love at Work | Gilroy, an attorney | 1937-09-30 |
Film | Trapped by G-Men | Fingers | 1937-09-09 |
Film | One Mile From Heaven | Webb | 1937-08-18 |
Film | Born Reckless | Barnes's lawyer | 1937-07-09 |
Film | Big Business | Webster - Bank Representative | 1937-06-18 |
Film | Venus Makes Trouble | District Attorney | 1937-05-14 |
Film | Internes Can't Take Money | Grote | 1937-04-16 |
Film | We're on the Jury | Horace Smith | 1937-02-12 |
Film | Hot Water | Grayson | 1937-09-24 |
Film | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Man in Front Row (archive footage) | 1936-01-13 |
Film | The Milky Way | Willard | 1936-02-07 |
Film | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Hallor (uncredited) | 1936-04-12 |
Film | 36 Hours to Kill | Lawyer Rickert | 1936-07-24 |
Film | Lady Luck | Feinberg | 1936-09-13 |
Film | Two for Tonight | Writer | 1935-09-27 |
Film | Here Comes the Band | Mr. Scurry | 1935-08-30 |
Film | Woman Wanted | Defense Attorney Herman | 1935-08-02 |
Film | Ginger | Judge | 1935-07-04 |
Film | The Florentine Dagger | Man in Front Row (archive footage) | 1935-03-30 |
Film | One More Spring | Representative | 1935-02-15 |
Film | Twentieth Century | Max Jacobs | 1934-05-11 |
Film | The Show-Off | Mr. Weitzenkorn | 1934-03-09 |
Film | Looking for Trouble | Switchboard Operator | 1934-03-28 |
Film | A Wicked Woman | Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited) | 1934-12-07 |
Film | Twenty Million Sweethearts | Reporter (uncredited) | 1934-05-26 |
Film | Broadway Bill | Morgan's Henchman (uncredited) | 1934-11-30 |
Film | The Bands Plays On | Shyster Lawyer | 1934-12-21 |
Film | Central Airport | Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1933-04-15 |
Film | Employees' Entrance | Shoe Salesman (uncredited) | 1933-02-11 |
Film | Blondie Johnson | Cashier (uncredited) | 1933-02-25 |
Film | 42nd Street | Playwright of "Pretty Lady" | 1933-03-11 |
Film | Grand Slam | Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant | 1933-03-18 |
Film | Mr. Skitch | Hotel Clerk | 1933-12-22 |
Film | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Society Reporter (uncredited) | 1933-05-27 |
Film | Private Detective 62 | Process Server (uncredited) | 1933-06-10 |
Film | She Had to Say Yes | Mr. Bernstein (uncredited) | 1933-07-15 |
Film | My Woman | Conn | 1933-10-04 |
Film | The Bowery | Doctor (uncredited) | 1933-10-07 |
Film | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Columnist #2 | 1933-11-02 |
Film | Blessed Event | Kane | 1932-09-10 |
Film | The Mouthpiece | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1932-05-07 |
Film | Union Depot | Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited) | 1932-01-30 |
Film | Manhattan Parade | Desk clerk | 1931-12-24 |
Film | Blonde Crazy | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1931-12-03 |
Film | The Road to Singapore | Desk Clerk at Club | 1931-10-10 |
Film | Smart Money | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1931-07-11 |
Film | The Canary Murder Case | Charles Spottswoode | 1929-02-16 |
Film | Saturday's Children | Mr. Henry Halevy | 1929-03-10 |
Film | Broadway Scandals | Manager | 1929-11-10 |
Film | Sadie Thompson | Dr. Angus McPhail | 1928-01-07 |
Film | Barbed Wire | Colonel Duval | 1927-09-09 |
Film | Service for Ladies | Elizabeth's father | 1927-08-06 |
Film | Married Alive | Mr. Fountain | 1927-07-17 |
Film | The Winning of Barbara Worth | Jefferson Worth | 1926-10-14 |
Film | Stella Dallas | Stephen Dallas, Sr. | 1925-11-16 |
Film | The Dark Angel | Sir Hubert Vane | 1925-09-27 |
Film | Romola | Baldassar Calvo | 1924-12-06 |
Film | The White Sister | Prince Chiaromonte | 1923-09-05 |
Film | Broadway Rose | Peter Thompson | 1922-09-22 |
Film | The Restless Sex | John Cleland | 1920-11-12 |
Film | The Branded Woman | Herbert Averill | 1920-09-05 |
Film | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Richard Lanyon | 1920-03-18 |