Charles Willis Lane

Charles Willis Lane (January 25, 1869–October 17, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, active from 1914 to 1929. Like many film performers born before 1900 Lane had extensive prior Broadway stage or regional theatrical experience stretching back to his youth in the 1890s.

For the prolific film actor (1905–2007), see Charles Lane (actor).

Charles W. Lane
Lane as Dr. Lanyon in the 1920 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Born	January 25, 1869 Madison, Illinois
Died	October 17, 1945 (aged 76) Van Nuys, California
Occupation	Actor

Lane was born in Madison, Illinois, and 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).

Selected filmography

• The Man from Mexico (1914) (* unconfirmed and/or uncredited)
• Mrs. Black Is Back (1914) (*also in 1904 Broadway play)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1918)
• Wanted: A Husband (1919)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) as Dr. Richard Lanyon
• Away Goes Prudence (1920)
• Guilty of Love (1920)
• The Restless Sex (1920)
• The Branded Woman (1921)
• Without Limit (1921)
• Fascination (1922)
• Broadway Rose (1922)
• How Women Love (1922)
• The Tents of Allah (1923)
• The White Sister (1923)
• Romola (1924)
• Second Youth (1924)
• The Dark Angel (1925)
• The Marriage Whirl (1925)
• Stella Dallas (1925) (in the role of Stephen Dallas Sr.)
• The Outsider (1926)
• The Blind Goddess (1926)
• The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
• The Music Master (1927)
• Service for Ladies (1927)
• Barbed Wire (1927)
• Sadie Thompson (1928)
• The Canary Murder Case (1929)
• Broadway Scandals (1929)

External links

• Charles Willis Lane at IMDb
• Charles Willis Lane at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lantern slide featuring Charles Willis Lane and Anna Q. Nilsson from the film Without Limit (1921) (Wayback Machine)