Charles Lane
ActingAlso 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
(219 total)
The Aristocats
as Lawyer (voice)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Real Estate Salesman
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Airport Manager
You Can't Take It with You
as Henderson
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Hallor (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
as Larsen
42nd Street
as Playwright (uncredited)
The Music Man
as Constable
The Ugly Dachshund
as Judge
Call Northside 777
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Society Reporter (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
as Producer (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
as Max Jacobs
Nothing Sacred
as Rubenstein (uncredited)
City Girl
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
as Roy
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Whitlow
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
TV Shows
(117 total)
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Peckinpaugh
Bewitched
as Mr. Cushman
Bewitched
as Jessie Mortimer
Bewitched
as Mr. Roland
Bewitched
as Mr. Harmon
Bewitched
as Harold Jameson
Bewitched
as Ed Hotchkiss
Bewitched
as George Meiklejohn
Bewitched
as Shotwell
Get Smart
as Uncle Abner
I Love Lucy
as Mr. Stanley
I Love Lucy
as Passport Office Clerk
I Love Lucy
as Casting Director
I Love Lucy
as Mr. Hickox
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. Frisby
Perry Mason
as Dr. Williams
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Foster Phinney