Character Actor Charles Lane Dies at 102 ("It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"...)

ktar.com ^ | July 10th, 2007

[lowbridge]

I remember him not from the movies that he did, but from all his guest appearances in SO MANY classic tv shows. I Love Lucy, Petticoat Junction, Bewitched, The Andy Griffith Show, etc, etc. Just too many to mention.

Here is a list of his credits:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485272/

RIP Mr. Lane.

[free_for_now]

Sorry, that’s the bank examiner. This guy explained to Potter how Bailey Park was taking businees from Potter’s slum rentals and when Potter dismisses his worries he says “Suit yourself, Mr. Potter, but one of these days this bright young man is going to be asking George Bailey for a job”. Funny thing is, he didn’t look particularly young back then in 1947.

[Tanniker Smith]

Very few people could remember his name, but almost everyone has seen him on television or in some of the greatest films ever made!

That's pretty much how my wife described him. And I told her the name because she couldn't think of it offhand.
I only found out when she came home today -- she'd read the obit in the paper.
I missed it. I'd seen stories for his 100th, 101st and 102nd birthday. Gob bless him.