Charles Lane
ActingAlso Known As
Charles Willis Lane
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).
Movies
(35 total)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Richard Lanyon
Sadie Thompson
as Dr. Angus McPhail
The Canary Murder Case
as Charles Spottswoode
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Jefferson Worth
Stella Dallas
as Stephen Dallas, Sr.
The White Sister
as Prince Chiaromonte
Romola
as Baldassar Calvo
Barbed Wire
as Colonel Duval
Broadway Scandals
as Manager
Padlocked
as Monte Hermann
The Great Adventure
as Charles Oxford
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Earl of Brinstead
Married Alive
as Mr. Fountain
Saturday's Children
as Mr. Henry Halevy
Broadway Rose
as Peter Thompson
The Marriage Whirl
as Rueben Hale
Second Youth
as Weeks Twombly
Fascination
as Eduardo de Lisa (her father)
The Dark Angel
as Sir Hubert Vane
The Restless Sex
as John Cleland