People
Richard Lane
- Name: Richard Lane
- Birthday: 1899-05-27
- Also known as: Dick Lane
- Place of birth: Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
- Popularity: 1.691
Biography:
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Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts.
By his teenage years, he was doing an "iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring with a band in Australia. After the decline of vaudeville, Lane obtained extensive work in motion pictures and was best known at the time for playing... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Shaggy D.A. as Roller Rink Announcer | 1976-12-17 |
| Kansas City Bomber as Len | 1972-08-02 |
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Kelley | 1951-04-05 |
| The Admiral Was a Lady as Marty Gruber | 1950-08-04 |
| The Jackie Robinson Story as Hopper | 1950-05-16 |
| Everybody's Dancin' as Colonel Ed Harrison | 1950-03-31 |
| Quicksand as Lt. Nelson | 1950-03-24 |
| There's a Girl in My Heart as Sergeant Mullin | 1949-12-19 |
| The Big Wheel as Reno Riley | 1949-11-04 |
| Flung by a Fling as Sgt. Dick Lane | 1949-05-12 |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game as Michael Gihuly | 1949-03-09 |
| Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Inspector William R. Farraday | 1949-03-02 |
| Miss Mink of 1949 as Herbert Pendelton | 1949-02-11 |
| He's in Again as Dick | 1949-01-13 |
| The Babe Ruth Story as Boston Braves' coach | 1948-09-16 |
| The Creeper as Insp. Fenwick | 1948-09-01 |
| Pardon My Lamb Chop as Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran | 1948-06-10 |
| Trapped by Boston Blackie as Insp. William R. Farraday | 1948-05-13 |
| The Return of the Whistler as Gaylord Traynor | 1948-03-18 |
| Tenth Avenue Angel as Street Vendor | 1948-02-20 |
| Two Nuts in a Rut as Richard Lane, producer | 1948-02-10 |
| Wedding Belle as Dick Lane | 1947-08-09 |
| Training for Trouble as Richard Lane | 1947-07-03 |
| Out of the Blue as Detective Noonan | 1947-04-21 |
| Song of Scheherazade as Lieutenant | 1947-02-26 |
| Boston Blackie and the Law as Inspector Farraday | 1946-12-12 |
| Sioux City Sue as Jefferson Lang | 1946-11-21 |
| Gentleman Joe Palooka as Phillips | 1946-10-05 |
| Pardon My Terror as Dick | 1946-09-12 |
| Hot Water as Dick | 1946-07-25 |
| Don't Be a Sucker! as Soapbox Orator | 1946-07-04 |
| Ain't Love Cuckoo? as Dick Lane | 1946-06-06 |
| The Phantom Thief as Inspector John Farraday | 1946-05-02 |
| Talk About a Lady as Duke Randall | 1946-03-28 |
| A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Inspector Farraday | 1946-01-24 |
| Girl on the Spot as Weepy McGurk | 1946-01-11 |
| High Blood Pleasure as Dick | 1945-12-06 |
| Boston Blackie's Rendezvous as Inspector Farraday | 1945-07-05 |
| Wonder Man as Assistant District Attorney | 1945-06-08 |
| Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion as Insp. John Farraday | 1945-05-10 |
| The Bullfighters as 'Hot Shot' Coleman | 1945-05-01 |
| Two O'Clock Courage as Al Haley | 1945-04-13 |
| What a Blonde as Pomeroy | 1945-02-03 |
| Here Come the Co-eds as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom | 1945-02-02 |
| Brazil as Edward Graham | 1944-11-30 |
| Bowery to Broadway as Walter Rogers | 1944-11-03 |
| One Mysterious Night as Inspector Farraday | 1944-10-21 |
| A Wave, a WAC and a Marine as Marty Allen | 1944-10-07 |
| Mr. Winkle Goes to War as Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski | 1944-07-19 |
| Louisiana Hayride as J. Huntington McMasters | 1944-07-13 |
| Take It Big as Eddie Hampton | 1944-06-09 |
| Bermuda Mystery as Detective Sergeant Donovan | 1944-05-01 |
| Slightly Terrific as Mike Hamilyon | 1944-04-01 |
| Gung Ho! as Capt. Dunphy | 1943-12-20 |
| The Chance of a Lifetime as Insp. John Farraday | 1943-10-26 |
| Crazy House as S. E. Hanley | 1943-10-08 |
| Corvette K-225 as Vice Admiral | 1943-09-29 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars as Barney Johnson (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
| Fired Wife as Orin Tracy | 1943-09-04 |
| Swing Your Partner as Mr. Lane | 1943-05-20 |
| Air Force as Maj. W.G. Roberts | 1943-03-20 |
| After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Inspector Farraday | 1943-03-18 |
| It Ain't Hay as Slicker | 1943-03-10 |
| Arabian Nights as Corporal | 1942-12-25 |
| Time to Kill as Lt. Breeze | 1942-12-24 |
| To the Shores of Tripoli as Lieutenant | 1942-11-09 |
| Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood as Inspector Farraday | 1942-11-05 |
| Dead End Kids Go To War as Don Ames | 1942-10-02 |
| A-Haunting We Will Go as Phillips | 1942-08-07 |
| Drums of the Congo as Coutlass | 1942-07-17 |
| Dr. Broadway as Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle | 1942-05-09 |
| Alias Boston Blackie as Inspector Farraday | 1942-04-02 |
| Butch Minds the Baby as Harry the Horse | 1942-03-20 |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy as Pete Conway (uncredited) | 1942-02-13 |
| Hellzapoppin' as Director | 1941-12-25 |
| Confessions of Boston Blackie as Inspector John Farraday | 1941-12-08 |
| Riders of the Purple Sage as Steve Oldring | 1941-10-09 |
| Navy Blues as 'Rocky' Anderson | 1941-09-13 |
| San Antonio Rose as Charles J. Willoughby | 1941-06-20 |
| For Beauty's Sake as Mr. Jackman | 1941-06-06 |
| Time Out for Rhythm as Mike Armstrong | 1941-06-05 |
| The Cowboy and the Blonde as Gilbert | 1941-05-16 |
| I Wanted Wings as Flight Commander | 1941-03-26 |
| A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Recruiting Officer | 1941-03-14 |
| The Penalty as Craig | 1941-03-13 |
| Meet Boston Blackie as Inspector Faraday | 1941-02-20 |
| Ride, Kelly, Ride as Dan Thomas | 1941-02-07 |
| Respect the Law as George Johnson | 1941-01-04 |
| Youth Will Be Served as Mr. Hewitt | 1940-11-22 |
| Hired Wife as McNab | 1940-09-13 |
| Boom Town as Assistant D.A. | 1940-08-30 |
| Brother Orchid as Mugsy O'Day | 1940-06-07 |
| The Biscuit Eater as Harvey McNeil | 1940-05-24 |
| Sandy Is a Lady as Philip Jarvis | 1940-05-21 |
| Two Girls on Broadway as Buddy Bartell | 1940-04-19 |
| Free, Blonde and 21 as Lieutenant Lake | 1940-03-28 |
| City of Chance as Marty Connors | 1940-01-13 |
| Nick Carter, Master Detective as Sam Vaughn | 1939-12-13 |
| The Amazing Mr. Williams as Reagan (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
| Main Street Lawyer as Ballou, Marco's Lawyer | 1939-11-02 |
| Drunk Driving as Rick | 1939-10-28 |
| Sued for Libel as Smiley Dugan | 1939-10-27 |
| Hero for a Day as Abbott | 1939-10-06 |
| The Escape as David Clifford | 1939-10-05 |
| The Day the Bookies Wept as Ramsey Firpo | 1939-09-13 |
| Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Kit Carson | 1939-07-31 |
| News Is Made at Night as Barney Basely | 1939-07-20 |
| Stronger Than Desire as Jerry Brody | 1939-06-30 |
| Unexpected Father as Leo Murphy - Booking Agent | 1939-06-14 |
| It Could Happen to You as District Attorney | 1939-06-08 |
| Union Pacific as Sam Reed | 1939-05-05 |
| For Love or Money as Foster | 1939-04-27 |
| Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Police Commissioner Gordon | 1939-04-07 |
| Charlie Chan in Honolulu as Joe Arnold | 1938-12-30 |
| The Last Warning as Richard Lane | 1938-12-07 |
| His Exciting Night as Homer Carslake | 1938-11-11 |
| Exposed as Tony Mitchell | 1938-11-05 |
| Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Assistant Coach Jones | 1938-10-07 |
| I'm from the City as Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch | 1938-08-05 |
| The Jitters as Dance Studio Manager | 1938-07-01 |
| The Saint in New York as Dispatcher (Uncredited) | 1938-05-25 |
| Blind Alibi as Bowers | 1938-05-20 |
| Joy of Living as Harvey (Uncredited) | 1938-05-06 |
| Go Chase Yourself as Nails | 1938-04-22 |
| This Marriage Business as Joe Selby | 1938-04-08 |
| Radio City Revels as Crane | 1938-02-11 |
| Ears of Experience as The Boss | 1938-01-28 |
| Everybody's Doing It as Steve Devers | 1938-01-14 |
| The Dummy Owner | 1938-01-08 |
| Crashing Hollywood as Hugo Wells | 1938-01-07 |
| Wise Girl as Detective | 1937-12-31 |
| Danger Patrol as Bill | 1937-11-18 |
| Many Unhappy Returns as Doctor | 1937-10-14 |
| Saturday's Heroes as Red Watson | 1937-10-08 |
| Should Wives Work? | 1937-09-10 |
| The Life of the Party as Hotel Manager | 1937-09-03 |
| Flight from Glory as Mr. Hanson | 1937-08-20 |
| Super-Sleuth as Barker | 1937-07-16 |
| New Faces of 1937 as Broker | 1937-07-02 |
| There Goes My Girl as Tim J. Whelan | 1937-05-21 |
| You Can't Buy Luck as Det. McGrath | 1937-04-30 |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat as High-Grade | 1937-04-16 |
| The Woman I Love as Florence's Boyfriend | 1937-04-15 |
| Shake, Mr. Shakespeare as Mr. Smith | 1936-08-21 |
| Punch and Beauty as Russ Biff | 1936-08-15 |
| For the Love of Pete as McSwat's Cornerman | 1936-03-14 |
