charles lane

right Charles Lane (born January 26, 1905 in San Francisco, California as Charles Gerstle Levinson) is a American character actor. He appeared in most Frank Capra films, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace, and It's a Wonderful Life. Among his many roles as a character actor, Lane is perhaps most widely remembered for his portrayal of J. Homer Bedlow on Petticoat Junction. Bedlow was a mean-spirited, yet somehow also gentle, railroad executive who visited the Shady Rest Hotel periodically attempting to find justification for ending the train service of the Hooterville Cannonball (and never succeeding).

Television appearances

Lane has appeared in episodes of many television shows including:

Notable movie roles

Strange Invaders (1983) as Prof. Hollister
Movie Movie (1978) as a judge and Mr. Pennington
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) as Dr. Shapiro
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) as Whitlow
The Ugly Dachshund (1966) as a judge
Good Neighbor Sam (1964) as Jack Bailey
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) as a judge
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) as an airport manager
The Music Man (1962) as Constable Locke
The Mating Game (1959) as Bigelow
No Time for Sergeants (1958) as Dave
The Sniper (1952) as a drunk
Mighty Joe Young (1949) as a guy at the bar
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as a rent collector
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as a reporter at the marriage license office
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) .... Nosey newsman
You Can't Take It with You (1938) .... Wilbur G. Henderson, IRS Agent
Twentieth Century (1934) as Max Jacobs

His voice was heard on the Stan Freberg comedy recording Freberg: Underground (1966) in the sketch "All Digit Dialing" as I.B. Emerson.

External links

IMDB and Charles Lane
"Veteran character actor Charles Lane marks 100th birthday" - Associated Press, Jan. 25, 2005

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