Charles Lane
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.
Filmography (16)
Acting on Impulse
Date with an Angel
The Aristocats
The Gnome-Mobile
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mighty Joe Young
State of the Union
It's a Wonderful Life
Arsenic and Old Lace
Pardon My Sarong
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Nothing Sacred
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Twentieth Century
