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).
Acted in 34
1940s
- 1941
Blondie in Society
Washing Machine Salesman (uncredited)
1920s
- 1929
Broadway Scandals
Manager
Saturday's Children
Mr. Henry Halevy
- 1928
- 1927
Barbed Wire
Colonel Duval
Married Alive
Mr. Fountain
The Whirlwind of Youth
Jim Hawthorne
The Music Master
Richard Stanton
- 1926
Marriage License?
Sir John
The Mystery Club
John Cranahan
Padlocked
Monte Hermann
The Outsider
Sir Jasper Sturdee
- 1925
Pearl of Love
Captain Pinnel
Stella Dallas
Stephen Dallas, Sr.
The Dark Angel
Sir Hubert Vane
The Marriage Whirl
Rueben Hale
- 1924
Romola
Baldassar Calvo
Second Youth
Weeks Twombly
- 1923
The White Sister
Prince Chiaromonte
- 1922
How Women Love
Ogden Ward
Fascination
Eduardo de Lisa (her father)
- 1921
Without Limit
Clement Palter
The Great Adventure
Charles Oxford
- 1920
The Restless Sex
John Cleland
The Branded Woman
Herbert Averill
Guilty of Love
Goddard Townsend
1910s
- 1919
Wanted: A Husband
Tom Harmon
- 1918
Ruggles of Red Gap
Earl of Brinstead