Charles Lane
Birthday: 1905-01-26 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USAFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Regent Yarborough
as Van der Graaf
as Prof. Hollister
as Reinhammer
as Donovan
as Dr. Quinoness
as Dr. Quinoness
as Mr. Pfeiffer
as Dr. Shapiro
as Dr. Scoggins
as Judge
as Whitlow
as Coach Jones
as Interviewee
as Jack Bailey
as Mr. Cosgrove
