Richard Lane

Richard Lane

Acting

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Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts.

By his teenage years, he was doing an "iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring with a band in Australia. After the decline of…

Filmography

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The Shaggy D.A. ★ 5.8 The Shaggy D.A. 1976 Kansas City Bomber ★ 5.8 Kansas City Bomber 1972 I Can Get It for You Wholesale ★ 6.0 I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1951 The Admiral Was a Lady ★ 6.4 The Admiral Was a Lady 1950 The Jackie Robinson Story ★ 6.3 The Jackie Robinson Story 1950 Everybody's Dancin' ★ 10.0 Everybody's Dancin' 1950 Quicksand ★ 6.1 Quicksand 1950 There's a Girl in My Heart ★ 9.0 There's a Girl in My Heart 1949 The Big Wheel ★ 5.7 The Big Wheel 1949 Flung by a Fling ★ 10.0 Flung by a Fling 1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game ★ 6.7 Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture ★ 6.2 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949 Miss Mink of 1949 ★ 5.7 Miss Mink of 1949 1949 He's in Again ★ 8.0 He's in Again 1949 The Babe Ruth Story ★ 6.1 The Babe Ruth Story 1948 The Creeper ★ 5.0 The Creeper 1948 Pardon My Lamb Chop ★ 7.0 Pardon My Lamb Chop 1948 Trapped by Boston Blackie ★ 7.1 Trapped by Boston Blackie 1948 The Return of the Whistler ★ 6.0 The Return of the Whistler 1948 Tenth Avenue Angel ★ 6.5 Tenth Avenue Angel 1948 Two Nuts in a Rut ★ 10.0 Two Nuts in a Rut 1948 Devil Ship ★ 6.5 Devil Ship 1947 Wedding Belle ★ 10.0 Wedding Belle 1947 Training for Trouble ★ 8.0 Training for Trouble 1947 Out of the Blue ★ 6.4 Out of the Blue 1947 Song of Scheherazade ★ 6.6 Song of Scheherazade 1947 Boston Blackie and the Law ★ 6.7 Boston Blackie and the Law 1946 Sioux City Sue ★ 10.0 Sioux City Sue 1946 Gentleman Joe Palooka Gentleman Joe Palooka 1946 Pardon My Terror ★ 7.0 Pardon My Terror 1946 Hot Water ★ 9.0 Hot Water 1946 Monkey Businessmen ★ 6.3 Monkey Businessmen 1946 Ain't Love Cuckoo? ★ 7.0 Ain't Love Cuckoo? 1946 The Phantom Thief ★ 6.5 The Phantom Thief 1946 Talk About a Lady ★ 5.0 Talk About a Lady 1946 A Close Call for Boston Blackie ★ 5.4 A Close Call for Boston Blackie 1946 Girl on the Spot ★ 10.0 Girl on the Spot 1946 High Blood Pleasure ★ 9.0 High Blood Pleasure 1945 Boston Blackie's Rendezvous ★ 5.0 Boston Blackie's Rendezvous 1945 Wonder Man ★ 6.6 Wonder Man 1945 Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion ★ 5.8 Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion 1945 The Bullfighters ★ 5.9 The Bullfighters 1945 Two O'Clock Courage ★ 6.3 Two O'Clock Courage 1945 What a Blonde ★ 4.3 What a Blonde 1945 Here Come the Co-Eds ★ 5.8 Here Come the Co-Eds 1945 Brazil ★ 5.2 Brazil 1944 Bowery to Broadway ★ 10.0 Bowery to Broadway 1944 One Mysterious Night ★ 6.2 One Mysterious Night 1944 A Wave, a WAC and a Marine ★ 7.3 A Wave, a WAC and a Marine 1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War ★ 6.8 Mr. Winkle Goes to War 1944 Louisiana Hayride ★ 7.5 Louisiana Hayride 1944 Take It Big ★ 9.0 Take It Big 1944 Bermuda Mystery ★ 8.0 Bermuda Mystery 1944 Slightly Terrific ★ 5.0 Slightly Terrific 1944 Gung Ho! ★ 5.5 Gung Ho! 1943 The Chance of a Lifetime ★ 6.8 The Chance of a Lifetime 1943 Crazy House ★ 6.0 Crazy House 1943 Corvette K-225 ★ 6.2 Corvette K-225 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars ★ 6.2 Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 Fired Wife ★ 5.6 Fired Wife 1943 Don't Be a Sucker! ★ 6.9 Don't Be a Sucker! 1943 Swing Your Partner ★ 10.0 Swing Your Partner 1943 Air Force ★ 6.5 Air Force 1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie ★ 5.9 After Midnight with Boston Blackie 1943 It Ain't Hay ★ 6.5 It Ain't Hay 1943 Arabian Nights ★ 6.0 Arabian Nights 1942 Time to Kill ★ 6.1 Time to Kill 1942 To the Shores of Tripoli ★ 5.5 To the Shores of Tripoli 1942 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood ★ 5.5 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood 1942 Dead End Kids Go To War Dead End Kids Go To War 1942 A-Haunting We Will Go ★ 6.2 A-Haunting We Will Go 1942 Drums of the Congo ★ 10.0 Drums of the Congo 1942 Dr. Broadway ★ 6.0 Dr. Broadway 1942 Alias Boston Blackie ★ 5.6 Alias Boston Blackie 1942 Butch Minds the Baby ★ 8.0 Butch Minds the Baby 1942 Hellzapoppin' ★ 7.2 Hellzapoppin' 1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie ★ 6.4 Confessions of Boston Blackie 1941 Ride 'Em Cowboy ★ 6.0 Ride 'Em Cowboy 1941 Riders of the Purple Sage ★ 7.0 Riders of the Purple Sage 1941 Navy Blues ★ 4.8 Navy Blues 1941