Charles Gerstle Levison
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Jan 26, 1905 San Francisco, CA |
| Died | Jul 9, 2007 Santa Monica, CA |
| Age | Died at 102 |
| Final Resting PlaceHome of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum | |
Charles Lane | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1931-2007 |
| Top Roles | Real Estate Salesman, Nosey, Hallor, Henderson, Auctioneer |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Musical, Crime, Adventure |
| Top Topics | Screwball Comedy, Book-Based, Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Frank Capra (Director), H.B. Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), William Perlberg (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Joan Leslie, Paul Newman, Vito Scotti see more.. |
Charles Lane Overview:
Character actor, Charles Lane, was born Charles Gerstle Levison on Jan 26, 1905 in San Francisco, CA. Lane died at the age of 102 on Jul 9, 2007 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Home of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum in Colma, CA.
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One could think of no better choice to play the kind of "peeper" a husband would hire to trail his wife with a view to grounds for divorce. Consequently, he was cast as bailiffs, reporters, tax inspectors, debt collectors, and various shady characters in pin-stripe suits, trilby hats and (often) rimless spectacles, from behind which beady eyes fastened on their victim. Still acted into his eighties, "though there aren't many roles for old goats like me."
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1905-2007
By KC on Jul 12, 2007 From Classic MoviesOften, played the kind of characters that made you scowl: uptight, cranky, and certainly not the matinee idol you came to see. Despite all that, he would grow on you, partly because he showed up in so many movies and television programs (over 300) that he became "that one guy"... Read full article
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Charles Lane Quotes:
Philo Vance: Why, yes. I'm afraid marriage is quite out of the question Miss O'Dell.
Charles Spottswoode: Oh, you're sure about that, are you?
Philo Vance: I'm positive.
Charles Spottswoode: Well how would you like me to tell the world about Jimmy's embezzling from your bank?
Philo Vance: What?
Charles Spottswoode: You heard me.
Constable Locke: That was pretty good, Professor, but you made a couple of mistakes.
Harold Hill: Oh?
Constable Locke: Yeah, the billiard hall and that pool table belong to Mayor Shinn.
Harold Hill: Oh
[looks thoughtful]
Harold Hill: What was my other mistake?
Constable Locke: That Zaneta, she's the mayor's oldest girl.
Real Estate Salesman: Fifteen years ago, a half-dozen houses stuck here and there. There's the old cemetery, squirrels, buttercups, daisies. Dozens of the prettiest little homes you ever saw. Ninety per cent owned by suckers who used to pay rent to you. Your Potter's Field, my dear Mr. Employer, is becoming just that. And are the local yokels making with those David and Goliath wisecracks!
Mr. Potter: Oh, they are, are they? Even thought they know the Baileys haven't made a dime out of it.
Real Estate Salesman: You know very well why. The Baileys were all chumps. Every one of these homes is worth twice what it cost the Building and Loan to build. If I were you, Mr. Potter...
Mr. Potter: Well, you are not me.
Real Estate Salesman: As I say, it's no skin off my nose. But one of these days this bright young man is going to be asking George Bailey for a job.
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