Charles Lane
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.
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- Perry Mason (1957) as Dr. Williams
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Mr. Frisby
- Maverick (1957) as Proprietor
- Lawman (1958)
- Little House on the Prairie (1974)
- Petticoat Junction (1963) as Homer Bedloe
- Bewitched (1964) as Mr. Cushman
- Bewitched (1964) as Jessie Mortimer
- Bewitched (1964) as Mr. Roland
- Bewitched (1964) as Ed Hotchkiss
- Bewitched (1964) as Shotwell
- Bewitched (1964) as George Meiklejohn
- Bewitched (1964) as Mr. Harmon
- Bewitched (1964) as Harold Jameson
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Mr. Peckinpaugh
- L.A. Law (1986) as Walter Graf
- Green Acres (1965) as Mr. Wilson
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) as Foster Phinney
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) as Billy Hacker
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) as Homer Bedloe
- The Wild Wild West (1965) as Roger Creed
- Get Smart (1965) as Uncle Abner
- The Lucy Show (1962) as Mr. Barnsdahl