Charles Lane
Acting
Born January 26, 1905 · San Francisco, California, USA
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 se…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
Hunter
The Donna Reed Show
The Andy Griffith Show
The Real McCoys
The Twilight Zone
Maverick
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Lucy Show
Little House on the Prairie
One Day at a Time
Bewitched
The Wild Wild West
Lawman
St. Elsewhere
Get Smart
The Beverly Hillbillies
I Love Lucy
L.A. Law
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
Burke's Law
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Untouchables
Today
Lou Grant
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Surfside 6
Maude
Mister Ed
The Odd Couple
Dennis the Menace
It's a Wonderful Life
The Millionaire
The Rookies
The Munsters
77 Sunset Strip
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Rhoda
The Flying Nun