Charles Lane (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Lane (actor)

American actor

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1905

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Death: 09-Jul-2007

Profession: actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 72 years.
Lane gave his last performance at the age of 95 as a narrator in 2000.
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.