Actor
Richard Lane
May 27, 1899 · Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts.
Often works with
Shemp Howard
2 titles together
Hellzapoppin', Arabian Nights
Elisha Cook Jr.
2 titles together
Hellzapoppin', A-Haunting We Will Go
Robert Barrat
2 titles together
Union Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Stanley Ridges
2 titles together
Union Pacific, Air Force
Willard Robertson
2 titles together
Union Pacific, Air Force
Harry Woods
2 titles together
Union Pacific, Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Full filmography · 149
The Shaggy D.A.
as Roller Rink Announcer
19765.8
Kansas City Bomber
as Len
1972
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Kelley
1951
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Marty Gruber
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Hopper
19506.3
Everybody's Dancin'
as Colonel Ed Harrison
1950
Quicksand
as Lt. Nelson
19506.1
There's a Girl in My Heart
as Sergeant Mullin
1949
The Big Wheel
as Reno Riley
1949Flung by a Fling
as Sgt. Dick Lane
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Michael Gihuly
19496.7
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Inspector William R. Farraday
1949