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Charles Lane
Age: 102 (passed away Jul. 9th, 2007)
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Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Born: Jan. 26th, 1905
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Charles Lane's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Skinny, hatchet-faced, bespectacled American character actor, ubiquitous in literally hundreds of films. With his prominent nose, his rimless eyeglasses and his permanent scowl, he typically portrayed short-tempered and often loudmouthed bureaucrats, yes-men and other minor minions, principally in lighter fare.
TRIVIA:
- For prime displays of Lane's acting forte, one may see him as the stage manager (billed as "Charles Levison") in 'Howard Hawks' (qv)' _Twentieth Century (1934)_ (qv), in which he played with 'John Barrymore (I)' (qv), or as the tax assessor in 'Frank Capra' (qv)'s _You Can't Take It with You (1938)_ (qv), pitted against - coincidentally enough - 'Lionel Barrymore' (qv). Thus may one learn who ordinarily got the better (or the worst) of whom! Years later Lane would again star with Lionel in _It's a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv), as mean Mr. Potter's rent collector.
- Began his acting career performing Chekhov, Shakespeare and Noel Coward at the Pasadena Playhouse during the 1930s.
- He was one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
- Starting on the stage in the late 1920s, he was a founding member of SAG at its first public meeting on October 8, 1933.
- January 30th was named "Charles Lane Day" by the Screen Actors Guild in 2005.
- Was honored on March 16, 2005, at the TVLand Awards for his long career and his 100th birthday. When he received his award, he said in his still-booming voice, "In case anyone's interested, I'm still available!"
- Survived by his son, Tom; his daughter, Alice; and granddaughter, Lucy.
- One of the founders of the television academy, he was honored at the Emmy Awards in 2005, on the occasion of his 100th birthday, as being its oldest surviving member.
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