Most Recent Role: Himself on The Today Show
Alias Name(s): Charles Levison, Charles Levinson
Gender: Male
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: 1-26-1905
Birth Name: Charles Gerstle Levison
Date of Death: 7-9-2007
Cause of Death: Natural Causes (Brentwood, CA)
Alias Name(s): Charles Levison, Charles Levinson
Gender: Male
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: 1-26-1905
Birth Name: Charles Gerstle Levison
Date of Death: 7-9-2007
Cause of Death: Natural Causes (Brentwood, CA)
Charles Lane, a prolific character actor, sold insurance for a living until his friend, actor Irving Pichel, urged him to try acting. The two friends moved to the Los Angeles area and joined the Pasadena Playhouse. In the 1930s Lane began to take on small roles in movies. His long career included countless roles in movies and television. Lane's last on-camera role was in a TV movie in 1995,...
Most Recent Appearance
February 23, 2005
Wednesday 23 February 2005 on NBC
Featuring guest appearances by Scott Hamilton, Heidi Klum and Charles Lane.
Lane was one of last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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Lane was the father of actor Tom Lane.
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Before becoming a actor, Lane was a insurance salesman.
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Lane has appeared in over 250 films.
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Charles Lane's role as rent collecter in the movie It's a Wonderful Life inspired the snide humorless chracter known as Blue-Haired Lawyer on The Simpsons.
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Other Appearances
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Dear Phoebe
Mr. Fosdick |
Karen (1975)
Dale Busch |
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The Lucy Show
Mr. Barnsdahl (1962-1963) |
The Pruitts of Southampton
Maxwell |
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Bewitched
Cushman |
Dennis the Menace
Mr. Finch |
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Petticoat Junction
Homer Bedloe |
Soap
Judge Anthony Petrillo |
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The Beverly Hillbillies
Foster Phinney |
The Lucy Show
Mr. Barnsdahl |
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77 Sunset Strip
The Tarnished Idol Henry Distal |
Adam's Rib
Katey at the Bat Commissioner |
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Alcoa Theatre
Lady Bug Adam |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Dear Deductible Charles Eckhardt |
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Burke's Law
Who Killed Harris Crown? Dr. Lusk |
Chico and the Man
Old is Gold Cripps |
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Stars In
Dear Phoebe
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The Lucy Show
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Also Known as:The Phyllis Diller Show ABC Broadcast History September 1966-January 1967----Tuesday 9:00-9:30 January 1967-September 1967----Friday 9:30-10:00] Phyliss Diller stars as Phyliss... more
In this comedy, Peter Lawford plays a college instructor named Bill Hastings who gave up teaching to become the writer of the advice-to-the-lovelorn column in the Los Angeles Daily Star. Bill... more Karen (1975)
Karen was a sitcom about a brash, overanxious young woman who worked for a citizen lobby group called Open America. Broadcast History January 30, 1975 to May 8, 1975 ABC Thursdays at... more
The Lucy ShowThe Lucy Show was Ms. Ball's follow-up series to her classic I Love Lucy and subsequent Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour series of specials. To insure its success, she brought along many crew members... more The Pruitts of Southampton
Also Known as:The Phyllis Diller Show ABC Broadcast History September 1966-January 1967----Tuesday 9:00-9:30 January 1967-September 1967----Friday 9:30-10:00] Phyliss Diller stars as Phyliss... more
