Actor
Charles Lane
January 25, 1869 · Madison, Illinois, USA
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).
Often works with
Ronald Colman
4 titles together
The Winning of Barbara Worth, Stella Dallas, The White Sister
Lois Moran
4 titles together
Stella Dallas, Padlocked, The Whirlwind of Youth
William Powell
2 titles together
The Canary Murder Case, Romola
Lawrence Grant
2 titles together
The Canary Murder Case, Service for Ladies
Gustav von Seyffertitz
2 titles together
The Canary Murder Case, Barbed Wire
Margaret Livingston
2 titles together
The Canary Murder Case, Married Alive
Full filmography · 35
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Richard Lanyon
2015
Broadway Scandals
as Manager
1929
Saturday's Children
as Mr. Henry Halevy
1929
The Canary Murder Case
as Charles Spottswoode
19295.7
Barbed Wire
as Colonel Duval
1927Service for Ladies
as Robert Foster, Elizabeth's father
1927
Married Alive
as Mr. Fountain
1927
The Whirlwind of Youth
as Jim Hawthorne
1927
The Music Master
as Richard Stanton
1927
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Jefferson Worth
19266.5
Marriage License?
as Sir John
1926
The Mystery Club
as John Cranahan
1926