Charles Lane

Born: 1869-01-25 in Madison, Illinois, USA

Died: 1945-10-17

Known For: Acting

Biography

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).

Filmography

2015

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Richard Lanyon

1988

War and Remembrance as William Standley

1975

Love Nest as Ned

1929

The Canary Murder Case as Charles Spottswoode
Saturday's Children as Mr. Henry Halevy
Broadway Scandals as Manager

1928

Sadie Thompson as Dr. Angus McPhail

1927

The Whirlwind of Youth as Jim Hawthorne
Service for Ladies as Robert Foster, Elizabeth's father
Married Alive as Mr. Fountain
The Music Master as Richard Stanton
Barbed Wire as Colonel Duval

1926

The Winning of Barbara Worth as Jefferson Worth
The Mystery Club as John Cranahan
Padlocked as Monte Hermann
The Blind Goddess as Judge
The Outsider as Sir Jasper Sturdee
Marriage License? as Sir John

1925

The Dark Angel as Sir Hubert Vane
Stella Dallas as Stephen Dallas, Sr.
Pearl of Love as Captain Pinnel
The Marriage Whirl as Rueben Hale

1924

Romola as Baldassar Calvo
Second Youth as Weeks Twombly

1923

The White Sister as Prince Chiaromonte

1922

How Women Love as Ogden Ward
Broadway Rose as Peter Thompson
Fascination as Eduardo de Lisa (her father)

1921

The Great Adventure as Charles Oxford
Without Limit as Clement Palter

1920

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Richard Lanyon
Away Goes Prudence as Mr. Thorne
The Restless Sex as John Cleland
Guilty of Love as Goddard Townsend
The Branded Woman as Herbert Averill

1919

Wanted: A Husband as Tom Harmon

1918

Ruggles of Red Gap as Earl of Brinstead