Charles Lane
Birthday: 1905-01-26
Deathday: 2007-07-09
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 77 years. Lane gave his last performance at the age of 101 as a narrator in 2006. 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.
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| Year | Title | Character | |
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1995-01-18 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Regent Yarborough |
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1993-07-10 | Acting on Impulse | Bellhop |
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1986-10-12 | When the Bough Breaks | Van der Graaf |
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1985-12-25 | Murphy's Romance | Amos Abbott |
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1983-10-12 | Sunset Limousine | Reinhammer |
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1983-09-16 | Strange Invaders | Prof. Hollister |
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1981-10-16 | Strange Behavior | Donovan |
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1981-10-06 | The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies | Chief |
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1980-07-18 | The Little Dragons | J.J. |
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1978-11-01 | Movie Movie | Judge / Mr. Pennington |
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1975-09-07 | Long Way Home | |
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1972-06-07 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Beeman |
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1972-05-02 | The Great Man's Whiskers | Philbrick |
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1971-03-31 | Hitched | Round Tree |
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1970-12-24 | The Aristocats | Lawyer (voice) |
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1969-09-21 | My Dog, the Thief | Mr. Pfeiffer |
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1968-05-24 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Dr. Shapiro |
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1967-07-19 | The Gnome-Mobile | Dr. Scoggins |
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1966-02-16 | The Ugly Dachshund | Judge |
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1966-01-20 | The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Whitlow |
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1965-12-13 | Billie | Coach Jones |
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1965-03-24 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Editor |
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1964-09-10 | Rendezvous in Space | Interviewee |
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1964-08-05 | Looking for Love | Director |
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1964-07-22 | Good Neighbor Sam | Jack Bailey |
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1964-06-01 | The New Interns | Connors |
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1964-04-08 | The Carpetbaggers | Eugene Denby |
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1963-11-14 | The Wheeler Dealers | Judge (uncredited) |
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1963-11-07 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Airport Manager |
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1963-03-06 | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Cosgrove |
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1962-06-19 | The Music Man | Constable |
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1959-08-19 | But Not for Me | Al Atwood |
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1959-08-06 | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Standard Bates |
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1959-04-29 | The Mating Game | Inspector General Bigelow |
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1958-04-01 | Teacher's Pet | Roy |
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1957-07-01 | God Is My Partner | Judge Warner |
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1956-05-11 | The Birds and the Bees | Charlie Jenkins |
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1953-08-14 | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | Prof. Obispo |
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1953-05-15 | Remains to Be Seen | Delapp |
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1953-05-11 | The Juggler | Rosenberg |
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1952-05-09 | The Sniper | Loud Drunk at Club |
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1951-09-20 | Here Comes the Groom | FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited) |
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1951-08-23 | Criminal Lawyer | Frederick Waterman |
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1951-04-05 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited) |
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1950-12-01 | The Second Face | Mr. Westcott |
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1950-04-12 | Riding High | Erickson |
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1950-03-25 | The Yellow Cab Man | L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited) |
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1950-01-26 | Backfire | Dr. Nolan (uncredited) |
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1949-10-20 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Mr. Woodruff (uncredited) |
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1949-09-10 | The House Across the Street | Apartment Manager (uncredited) |
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1949-07-27 | Mighty Joe Young | Producer (uncredited) |
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1949-07-22 | You're My Everything | Mr. Eddie Pflum |
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1948-10-01 | Moonrise | Mr. Chandler |
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1948-09-30 | Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Collins (uncredited) |
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1948-09-11 | Out of the Storm | Mr. Evans |
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1948-09-11 | Race Street | Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited) |
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1948-09-09 | The Gentleman from Nowhere | Fenmore |
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1948-04-30 | State of the Union | Blink Moran |
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1948-04-30 | Smart Woman | Reporter |
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1948-02-13 | Call Northside 777 | Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) |
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1947-12-06 | Intrigue | Hotel Desk Clerk |
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1947-11-15 | Louisiana | McCormack |
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1947-11-10 | Roses Are Red | Lipton |
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1947-10-18 | Bury Me Dead | Brighton |
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1947-06-10 | Living in a Big Way | Hawkins (uncredited) |
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1947-04-17 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Landlord (uncredited) |
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1946-12-20 | It's a Wonderful Life | Real Estate Salesman |
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1946-08-19 | The Invisible Informer | Nick Steele |
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1946-04-11 | Mysterious Intruder | Detective Burns |
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1946-03-07 | Just Before Dawn | Dr. Steiner (uncredited) |
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1946-01-24 | A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Hack Hagen (uncredited) |
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1944-09-01 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Reporter at Marriage License Office |
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1943-04-29 | Mission to Moscow | Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited) |
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1942-10-08 | Flying Tigers | Repkin (uncredited) |
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1942-08-07 | Pardon My Sarong | Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited) |
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1942-06-21 | Friendly Enemies | Braun |
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1942-06-19 | Lady in a Jam | Government Man (uncredited) |
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1942-06-19 | Thru Different Eyes | Mott |
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1942-06-11 | They All Kissed the Bride | Spotter |
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1942-05-15 | The Mad Martindales | Virgil Hickling |
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1942-05-08 | Broadway | Hungry Harry |
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1942-05-08 | Sunday Punch | Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited) |
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1942-05-08 | Broadway | Hungry Harry (uncredited) |
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1942-05-01 | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton |
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1942-04-29 | Home in Wyomin' | Newspaper Editor |
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1942-04-16 | About Face | Rental Car Manager |
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1942-04-01 | Obliging Young Lady | Private Detective Smith |
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1942-02-26 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Mr. White |
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1942-02-20 | What's Cookin'? | K.D. Reynolds |
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1942-02-18 | Born to Sing | Johnny |
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1942-02-13 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Martin Manning (uncredited) |
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1942-02-12 | The Lady Is Willing | K.K. Miller |
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1942-01-29 | A Close Call for Ellery Queen | Coroner |
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1942-01-16 | A Gentleman at Heart | Holloway |
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1942-01-02 | Sealed Lips | Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon |
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1941-12-02 | Ball of Fire | Larsen |
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1941-11-07 | Birth of the Blues | Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited) |
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1941-10-31 | I Wake Up Screaming | Keating- Florist |
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1941-10-31 | The Great Man's Lady | Pierce (uncredited) |
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1941-10-31 | New York Town | Census Taker (uncredited) |
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1941-10-31 | Appointment for Love | Smith (uncredited) |
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1941-10-23 | Three Girls About Town | Mortician |
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1941-10-03 | Buy Me That Town | J. Montague Gainsborough |
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1941-08-14 | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Dr. Prouty (coroner) |
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1941-06-20 | The Big Store | Finance Company Man (uncredited) |
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1941-04-12 | Sis Hopkins | Mayor's aide |
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1941-04-07 | Barnacle Bill | Auctioneer |
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1941-04-04 | Repent at Leisure | Clarence Morgan |
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1941-03-24 | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Doc Prouty |
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1941-02-07 | Back Street | Reporter for Associated News |
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1940-12-28 | The Invisible Woman | Growley |
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1940-12-13 | The Texas Rangers Ride Again | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
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1940-11-30 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Dr. Prouty |
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1940-11-01 | Dancing on a Dime | Freeman Taylor |
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1940-10-31 | Blondie Plays Cupid | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
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1940-09-21 | City for Conquest | Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited) |
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1940-09-13 | The Leather Pushers | Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell |
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1940-08-30 | The Great Profile | Director |
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1940-08-28 | Rhythm on the River | Bernard Schwartz |
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1940-07-19 | We Who Are Young | Perkins |
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1940-06-28 | Queen of the Mob | Horace Grimley |
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1940-05-31 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Charlie Graham |
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1940-05-21 | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Salesman |
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1940-05-17 | On Their Own | Johnson |
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1940-05-10 | The Crooked Road | Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney |
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1940-05-10 | Edison, the Man | Second Lecturer |
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1940-04-25 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Reporter (uncredited) |
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1940-04-19 | Johnny Apollo | Assistant D.A. |
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1940-03-22 | It's a Date | Mr. Horner (uncredited) |
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1940-03-22 | Primrose Path | Mr. Smith (uncredited) |
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1939-12-22 | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Charlie's Doctor |
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1939-10-27 | The Cat and the Canary | Reporter |
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1939-10-24 | Beware Spooks! | Moore (uncredited) |
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1939-10-20 | Television Spy | Mr. Adler |
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1939-10-19 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Nosey |
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1939-09-29 | Honeymoon in Bali | Photographer (uncredited) |
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1939-09-22 | Fifth Avenue Girl | Union Representative (uncredited) |
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1939-09-05 | Golden Boy | Reporter Drake |
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1939-08-10 | Miracles for Sale | Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk |
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1939-08-04 | They All Come Out | Psychiatrist |
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1939-07-20 | News Is Made at Night | District Attorney Rufe Reynolds |
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1939-06-30 | Second Fiddle | Studio Chief |
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1939-05-05 | Lucky Night | Carpenter |
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1939-05-05 | Rose of Washington Square | Sam Kress |
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1939-03-29 | Let Us Live | Auto Show Salesman (uncredited) |
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1939-03-10 | Inside Story | District Attorney |
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1939-02-02 | Boy Slaves | Albee |
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1938-12-30 | Kentucky | Auctioneer |
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1938-11-30 | Blondie | Furniture Salesman (uncredited) |
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1938-10-28 | Always in Trouble | Donald Gower |
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1938-09-02 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited) |
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1938-09-01 | You Can't Take It with You | Henderson |
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1938-07-29 | Professor Beware | Joe - Photographer |
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1938-06-09 | The Rage of Paris | Department Head (uncredited) |
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1938-05-20 | Cocoanut Grove | Weaver |
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1938-05-06 | Joy of Living | Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited) |
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1937-11-25 | Nothing Sacred | Rubenstein (uncredited) |
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1937-10-29 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Doctor |
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1937-09-30 | Danger – Love at Work | Gilroy, an attorney |
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1937-09-24 | Hot Water | Grayson (uncredited) |
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1937-09-09 | Trapped by G-Men | Fingers |
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1937-08-27 | Bad Guy | Attorney |
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1937-08-18 | One Mile from Heaven | Webb |
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1937-06-25 | Born Reckless | Barnes's lawyer |
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1937-06-18 | Big Business | Webster - Bank Representative |
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1937-05-14 | Venus Makes Trouble | District Attorney |
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1937-04-16 | Internes Can't Take Money | Grote |
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1937-02-19 | Sea Devils | Judge (uncredited) |
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1937-02-12 | We're on the Jury | Horace Smith |
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1937-01-29 | Criminal Lawyer | Attorney (uncredited) |
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1936-11-06 | Easy to Take | Skip |
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1936-09-13 | Lady Luck | Feinberg |
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1936-08-15 | Two-Fisted Gentleman | Joe Gordon |
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1936-07-24 | 36 Hours to Kill | Lawyer Rickert |
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1936-04-09 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Hallor (uncredited) |
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1936-02-07 | The Milky Way | Willard |
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1936-02-07 | The Milky Way | |
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1935-09-12 | Two for Tonight | Writer |
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1935-08-30 | Here Comes the Band | Mr. Scurry |
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1935-08-02 | Woman Wanted | Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited) |
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1935-07-04 | Ginger | Judge (uncredited) |
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1935-02-15 | One More Spring | Representative |
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1934-12-21 | The Band Plays On | Shyster Lawyer |
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1934-12-07 | A Wicked Woman | Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited) |
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1934-11-30 | Broadway Bill | Morgan's Henchman (uncredited) |
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1934-11-10 | I'll Fix It | Al Nathan |
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1934-06-01 | Let's Talk It Over | Reporter |
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1934-05-26 | Twenty Million Sweethearts | Reporter (uncredited) |
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1934-05-11 | Twentieth Century | Max Jacobs |
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1934-03-28 | Looking for Trouble | Switchboard Operator |
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1934-03-09 | The Show-Off | Mr. Weitzenkorn |
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1933-12-22 | Mr. Skitch | Hotel Clerk |
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1933-11-02 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Columnist #2 |
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1933-10-07 | The Bowery | Doctor (uncredited) |
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1933-10-04 | My Woman | Conn |
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1933-07-15 | She Had to Say Yes | Mr. Bernstein (uncredited) |
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1933-06-10 | Private Detective 62 | Process Server (Uncredited) |
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1933-05-27 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Society Reporter (uncredited) |
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1933-04-15 | Central Airport | Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited) |
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1933-03-11 | 42nd Street | Playwright (uncredited) |
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1933-02-25 | Blondie Johnson | Cashier (uncredited) |
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1933-02-22 | Grand Slam | Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant |
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1933-02-11 | Employees' Entrance | Shoe Salesman (uncredited) |
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1932-09-10 | Blessed Event | Kane |
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1932-03-21 | The Mouthpiece | Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited) |
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1932-01-14 | Union Depot | Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited) |
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1931-12-24 | Manhattan Parade | Desk clerk |
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1931-09-16 | Blonde Crazy | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
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1931-09-02 | The Road to Singapore | Desk Clerk at Club |
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1931-06-11 | Smart Money | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
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1930-01-12 | City Girl | Man at Train Station (uncredited) |