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.
Reporter at Marriage License Office
Arsenic and Old Lace
Real Estate Salesman
It's a Wonderful Life
Jack Bailey
Good Neighbor Sam
Playwright (uncredited)
42nd Street
Nosey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Cashier (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Judge
The Ugly Dachshund
Keating- Florist
I Wake Up Screaming
Airport Manager
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Max Jacobs
Twentieth Century
Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Hallor (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Dr. Scoggins
The Gnome-Mobile
Attorney (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
Sealed Lips
Whitlow
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Amos Abbott
Murphy's Romance
Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Constable
The Music Man
Growley
The Invisible Woman
Mr. Evans
Out of the Storm
Willard
The Milky Way
Detective Burns
Mysterious Intruder
Brighton
Bury Me Dead
Inspector General Bigelow
The Mating Game
Roy
Teacher's Pet
Kane
Blessed Event
Lawyer Rickert
36 Hours to Kill
Department Head (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Hotel Desk Clerk
Intrigue
Prof. Hollister
Strange Invaders
Fenmore
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Coroner
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Dr. Prouty (coroner)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Dr. Prouty
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Doc Prouty
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Reporter
The Cat and the Canary
Landlord (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Broadway Bill
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
Pierce (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Photographer (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
Hungry Harry
Broadway
Al Atwood
But Not for Me
Doctor
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Lawyer (voice)
The Aristocats
Judge (uncredited)
Sea Devils
Reporter for Associated News
Back Street
Erickson
Riding High
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
The Mouthpiece
Standard Bates
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Bernard Schwartz
Rhythm on the River
Dr. Shapiro
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Lipton
Roses Are Red
Gilroy, an attorney
Danger – Love at Work
Fingers
Trapped by G-Men
Joe Gordon
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Private Detective Smith
Obliging Young Lady
Mayor's aide
Sis Hopkins
Mr. Chandler
Moonrise
Auctioneer
Barnacle Bill
Carpenter
Lucky Night
Desk clerk
Manhattan Parade
Director
Looking for Love
Regent Yarborough
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Prof. Obispo
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Feinberg
Lady Luck
Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
Backfire
Moore (uncredited)
Beware Spooks!
McCormack
Louisiana
J.J.
The Little Dragons
Psychiatrist
They All Come Out
Writer
Two for Tonight
Horace Smith
We're on the Jury
Delapp
Remains to Be Seen
Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Skitch
Weaver
Cocoanut Grove
Freeman Taylor
Dancing on a Dime
Henderson
You Can't Take It with You
Donald Gower
Always in Trouble
Mortician
Three Girls About Town
Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
Union Depot
L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
The Yellow Cab Man
Donovan
Strange Behavior
Albee
Boy Slaves
Desk Clerk at Club
The Road to Singapore
Mr. Westcott
The Second Face
Rosenberg
The Juggler
Mr. Beeman
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Charlie Jenkins
The Birds and the Bees
Mr. Adler
Television Spy
Switchboard Operator
Looking for Trouble
District Attorney
Inside Story
Conn
My Woman
Van der Graaf
When the Bough Breaks
Judge (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
Auctioneer
Kentucky
Sam Kress
Rose of Washington Square
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Call Northside 777
Prof. Collins (uncredited)
Apartment for Peggy
Director
The Great Profile
Mr. Cosgrove
Papa's Delicate Condition
Coach Jones
Billie
Repkin (uncredited)
Flying Tigers
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
It's a Date
Mr. Weitzenkorn
The Show-Off
Chief
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Judge Warner
God Is My Partner
Shyster Lawyer
The Band Plays On
Eugene Denby
The Carpetbaggers
Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
Blondie
Representative
One More Spring
Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
Martin Manning (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Hawkins (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
Finance Company Man (uncredited)
The Big Store
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
Producer (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Mr. Scurry
Here Comes the Band
The Milky Way
Clarence Morgan
Repent at Leisure
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Let Us Live
Union Representative (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Studio Chief
Second Fiddle
Reporter Drake
Golden Boy
District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
News Is Made at Night
Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
Miracles for Sale
Columnist #2
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Joe - Photographer
Professor Beware
Charlie's Doctor
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Philbrick
The Great Man's Whiskers
Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
The Crooked Road
Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
Race Street
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Johnson
On Their Own
Government Man (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Blondie Plays Cupid
Larsen
Ball of Fire
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Primrose Path
Second Lecturer
Edison, the Man
K.D. Reynolds
What's Cookin'?
Holloway
A Gentleman at Heart
Assistant D.A.
Johnny Apollo
Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
Loud Drunk at Club
The Sniper
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
The Leather Pushers
J. Montague Gainsborough
Buy Me That Town
Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn
Perkins
We Who Are Young
Mott
Thru Different Eyes
Grote
Internes Can't Take Money
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Charlie Graham
Buck Benny Rides Again
Society Reporter (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Smart Money
FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
The Florentine Dagger
Reporter (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Webb
One Mile from Heaven
Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Bellhop
Acting on Impulse
Rubenstein (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Blink Moran
State of the Union
Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
Central Airport
Doctor (uncredited)
The Bowery
Mr. Eddie Pflum
You're My Everything
Reporter (uncredited)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Webster - Bank Representative
Big Business
Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
She Had to Say Yes
Nick Steele
The Invisible Informer
Judge (uncredited)
Ginger
Newspaper Editor
Home in Wyomin'
Barnes's lawyer
Born Reckless
Salesman
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Judge / Mr. Pennington
Movie Movie
Process Server (Uncredited)
Private Detective 62
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Blonde Crazy
Census Taker (uncredited)
New York Town
Rental Car Manager
About Face
Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman
Reporter
Smart Woman
Virgil Hickling
The Mad Martindales
District Attorney
Venus Makes Trouble
Johnny
Born to Sing
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
The House Across the Street
Braun
Friendly Enemies
Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
Grand Slam
Grayson (uncredited)
Hot Water
Editor
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
City Girl
Attorney
Bad Guy
Long Way Home
Spotter
They All Kissed the Bride
Reporter
Let's Talk It Over
Reinhammer
Sunset Limousine
Skip
Easy to Take
Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
Joy of Living
Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Al Nathan
I'll Fix It
K.K. Miller
The Lady Is Willing
Self
The History of Hooterville
Smith (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
Mr. White
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Horace Grimley
Queen of the Mob
Interviewee
Rendezvous in Space
Mr. Pfeiffer
My Dog, the Thief
Connors
The New Interns
Frederick Waterman
Criminal Lawyer
Round Tree
Hitched
Hungry Harry (uncredited)
Broadway
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
214
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-01-26
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Charles Gerstle Levison