Charles 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known for

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

18 March 1920

Sadie Thompson

7 January 1928

The Canary Murder Case

16 February 1929

The Winning of Barbara Worth

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1929	The Canary Murder Case	Charles Spottswoode
1929	Broadway Scandals	Manager
1929	Saturday's Children	Mr. Henry Halevy
1928	Sadie Thompson	Dr. Angus McPhail
1927	Barbed Wire	Colonel Duval
1927	Married Alive	Mr. Fountain
1927	Service for Ladies	Robert Foster, Elizabeth's father
1927	The Whirlwind of Youth	Jim Hawthorne
1926	The Winning of Barbara Worth	Jefferson Worth
1926	Padlocked	Monte Hermann
1926	The Blind Goddess	Judge
1926	The Outsider	Sir Jasper Sturdee
1926	Marriage License?	Sir John
1925	Stella Dallas	Stephen Dallas, Sr.
1925	The Marriage Whirl
1925	The Dark Angel	Sir Hubert Vane
1924	Romola	Baldassar Calvo
1924	Second Youth	Weeks Twombly
1923	The White Sister	Prince Chiaromonte
1922	Broadway Rose	Peter Thompson
1922	Fascination	Eduardo de Lisa (her father)
1922	How Women Love	Ogden Ward
1921	The Great Adventure	Charles Oxford
1921	Without Limit	Clement Palter
1920	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Dr. Richard Lanyon
1920	Away Goes Prudence	Mr. Thorne
1920	The Restless Sex	John Cleland
1920	The Branded Woman	Herbert Averill
1918	Ruggles of Red Gap	Earl of Brinstead