Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
214
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 26, 1905 ( 102 years old )
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Charles Gerstle Levison
Charles L. Lane
Charlie Lane
Charles Levinson
Charles Levison
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.
Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944-09-01It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20Good Neighbor Sam
1964-07-2242nd Street
1933-03-11Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19Blondie Johnson
1933-02-25The Ugly Dachshund
1966-02-16I Wake Up Screaming
1941-10-31It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07Twentieth Century
1934-05-11