Charles Lane
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Legends
2006
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
A Bewitched Christmas
1994
Acting on Impulse
1993
Dark Shadows
1991
Shannon's Deal
1990
Date with an Angel
1987
When the Bough Breaks
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Murphy's Romance
1985
The Comedy Factory
1985
Otherworld
1985
Hunter
1984
Sunset Limousine
1983
Strange Invaders
1983
The Winds of War
1983
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Devlin Connection
1982
Strange Behavior
1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
The Little Dragons
1980
Movie Movie
1978
Mork & Mindy
1978
Lou Grant
1977
Soap
1977
Weekend Special
Weekend Special
1977
Sybil
1976
One Day at a Time
1975
Long Way Home
1975
The Family Holvak
The Family Holvak
1975
Karen
Karen
1975
Chico and the Man
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Rhoda
1974
Adam's Rib
1973
Hitched
1973
The Sandy Duncan Show
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
Maude
1972
Temperatures Rising
1972
The Rookies
1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
The Aristocats
1970
The Odd Couple
1970
Nanny and the Professor
1970
My Dog, the Thief
1969
The Debbie Reynolds Show
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
The Doris Day Show
1968
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Flying Nun
1967
He & She
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Love on a Rooftop
1966
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Billie
1965
Get Smart
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Honey West
1965
Green Acres
1965
F Troop
1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Munsters
1964
The Cara Williams Show
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Bewitched
1964
Wendy and Me
1964
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Looking for Love
1964
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
The New Interns
1964
The Carpetbaggers
1964
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963