Charles Lane

Acting

Charles Lane

Born 1869-01-25 Madison, Illinois, USA 36 films

Charles Willis Lane (January 25, 1869–October 17, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, active in movies from 1914 to 1929. Like many film performers born before 1900, Lane had extensive prior Broadway stage or regional theatrical experience. Lane can be seen in silent films usually as a silver-haired other man or confidant. Two of his best-known roles are Dr. Lanyon in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and Dr. Angus McPhail in Sadie Thompson (1928).

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Filmography

36 films
Love Nest poster

This comedy pilot is the story of the life of a pair of widowed senior citizens who live together i…

Love Nest

★ 0.0 1975

Sadie Thompson poster

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago…

Sadie Thompson

★ 6.6 1928

Married Alive poster

James Duxbury (Lou Tellegen) is an exponent of polygamy, which may not be legal but certainly provi…

Married Alive

★ 10.0 1927