2007-07-09
1905-01-26121 years, 9 months, and 8 days old
Place of birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
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.
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Best Credits: 341
| Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arsenic and Old Lace | Reporter at Marriage License Office | 7.6 | 1944-09-01 | 5.0958 | ||
It's a Wonderful Life | Real Estate Salesman | 8.279 | 1946-12-20 | 13.4147 | ||
Good Neighbor Sam | Jack Bailey | 6.6 | 1964-07-22 | 2.2185 | ||
42nd Street | Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited) | 6.963 | 1933-03-11 | 1.9772 | ||
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Nosey | 7.815 | 1939-10-19 | 4.0595 | ||
Blondie Johnson | Cashier (uncredited) | 6 | 1933-02-25 | 3.166 | ||
The Ugly Dachshund | Judge | 6.7 | 1966-02-16 | 1.9367 | ||
I Wake Up Screaming | Keating- Florist | 6.9 | 1941-10-31 | 1.8955 | ||
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Airport Manager | 7 | 1963-11-07 | 5.1618 | ||
Twentieth Century | Max Jacobs | 6.8 | 1934-05-11 | 1.086 |