Charles Lane
Charles Lane was born in San Francisco, California, United States on January 26th, 1905 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 102, Charles Lane biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Career
Before appearing on the Pasadena Playhouse, Lane spent a short time as an insurance salesman. In 1929, actor/director Irving Pichel suggested that Lane begin acting, and four years later, Lane became a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He became a favorite of director Frank Capra, who used him in several films. Lane played a lovable rent collector in It's a Wonderful Life. Lane appeared in the film Mighty Joe Young (1949) as one of the reporters chastising Max O'Hara (Robert Armstrong) for details about the identity of "Mr. Joseph Young," the persona given featured billing on the front of the building on opening night.
Lane played Mr. Fosdick in Dear Phoebe, a comedy that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1955. In the comedy Petticoat Junction, he also portrayed mean-spirited railroad executive Homer Bedloe. As well as ABC's Guestward, Ho!, starring Joanne Dru, and The Bing Crosby Show, as well as the American Civil War's syndicated drama The Gray Ghost, he appeared on such series as ABC's Guestward, Ho!, as well as the syndicated drama The Gray Ghost.
He was a good friend of Lucille Ball and his speciality in playing scowling, short-tempered, no-nonsense professionals provided the perfect antidote to Ball's scatterbrained television personality. He appeared in several guest appearances on I Love Lucy, including an appearance in the episode "Lucy Goes To the Hospital," in which he is seated in the waiting room with Ricky while Lucy gives birth to their son. In addition, he appeared in "The Business Manager," the casting director in "Lucy Tells The Truth," and "Staten Island Ferry" as the passport clerk. Lane appeared in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour twice. Mr. Finch on Dennis the Menace, and playing banker Mr. Barnsdahl in the first season (1962–1963). Lane was allowed to leave because he had trouble reciting his lines correctly, according to Geoffrey Fidelman's book The Lucy Book. However, Lane was in fact a placeholder for Ball's original pick, Gale Gordon, who joined the scheme in 1963 as Mr. Mooney after being free from other contractual obligations.
Lane appeared in the classic film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World, as the airport boss. "You do not have a comedy unless you have Charles Lane in it," historian Michael Schlesinger wryly stated.) In 2006's The Night Before Christmas, he appeared in his final acting role. When he appeared in the 1995 Disney TV remake of its 1970 teen comedy The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes with Kirk Cameron, his last television appearance was at the age of 90. The TV Land Awards in 2005 paid tribute to Lane by commemorating his 100th birthday. Lane was presented with his award by Haley Joel Osment, who was sitting in a wheelchair in the audience, who had sung "Happy Birthday" and then announced, "I'm still available [for work]!" The audience gave him a standing ovation.
Lane appeared in more than 250 films and hundreds of television shows, and in some of them, she was uncredited. Lane said on his busiest days, he often played more than one role, getting to costume and filming his two to three lines, then rushing off to a new set or studio for a different costume and a different role. Lane characterized it as "a pain in the ass." since being typecast. And the photos were fantastic, so you did something that was really good. However, you were led by pedigree to this particular role, which I also found to be ignorant and unfair. I didn't have a chance, but it made the casting process much more convenient for the studio." Lane has been known as appearing in sixty-seven parts in a span of just two years, 1940 to 1942.