Richard Lane

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

127

Movies

150

Born: May 27, 1899 – September 5, 1982
From: Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Inspector John or William Faraday or Farraday (depending on the film) in all fourteen Boston Blackie Columbia Pictures features starring Chester Morris, starting with Meet Boston Blackie in 1941. During World War II, he appeared as emcee with USO troops entertaining G.I.s. His unit appeared at Fort MacArthur in September 1944. Lane also announced for the Jalopy Derby and Destruction Derby at Ascot Park, Gardena California. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of Boston Blackie, which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944.

Works

150 films

Union Pacific

19396.7

Air Force

19436.5

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

19496.7

The Shaggy D.A.

19765.8

Boom Town

19406.9

Pardon My Lamb Chop

19487.0

Arabian Nights

19426.0

Gung Ho!

19435.4

Time to Kill

19426.1

Tenth Avenue Angel

19486.5

Wise Girl

19377.1

Wonder Man

19456.6

Bermuda Mystery

19448.0

Dr. Broadway

19426.0

Hellzapoppin'

19417.2

Corvette K-225

19436.2

The Admiral Was a Lady

19506.4

There's a Girl in My Heart

19497.0

Exposed

19386.7

Kansas City Bomber

19725.8

Wedding Belle

194710.0

Crazy House

19436.0

Devil Ship

19476.5

The Big Wheel

19495.7

Here Come the Co-Eds

19455.9

Ride 'Em Cowboy

19416.0

Thank Your Lucky Stars

19436.2

Quicksand

19506.1

Go Chase Yourself

19385.7

Brother Orchid

19406.6

Super-Sleuth

19375.6

Monkey Businessmen

19466.4

A-Haunting We Will Go

19426.2

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

19516.0

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

19425.6

To the Shores of Tripoli

19425.5

The Amazing Mr. Williams

19396.0

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

19396.7

The Jackie Robinson Story

19506.3

Talk About a Lady

19465.0

Pardon My Terror

19467.0

The Bride Wore Crutches

19407.0

The Chance of a Lifetime

19436.7

Hot Water

19469.0

Main Street Lawyer

19395.0

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

19447.1

Nick Carter, Master Detective

19396.0

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

19386.5

Respect the Law

19417.0

You Can't Buy Luck

19374.7

I Wanted Wings

19415.6

Out of the Blue

19476.5

This Marriage Business

19385.2

Song of Scheherazade

19476.6

Girl on the Spot

194610.0

Everybody's Doing It

19386.0

The Cowboy and the Blonde

19417.0

It Ain't Hay

19436.5

Joy of Living

19385.9

Stronger Than Desire

19395.5

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

19465.4

The Life of the Party

19376.2

Take It Big

19449.0

Blind Alibi

19386.2

Unexpected Father

19396.3

Free, Blonde and 21

19407.3

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

19435.9

Fired Wife

19435.6

Confessions of Boston Blackie

19416.3

Danger Patrol

19376.4

The Babe Ruth Story

19486.1

The Bullfighters

19455.9

Crashing Hollywood

19386.0

Butch Minds the Baby

19428.0

Ain't Love Cuckoo?

19467.0

Sioux City Sue

194610.0

News Is Made at Night

19394.8

One Mysterious Night

19446.2

Gentleman Joe Palooka

1946

There Goes My Girl

19377.5

Hired Wife

19406.8

Bowery to Broadway

194410.0

The Woman I Love

19377.0

The Saint in New York

19386.6

Youth Will Be Served

19404.0

Sued for Libel

19396.3

Many Unhappy Returns

1937

The Escape

19396.2

Riders of the Purple Sage

19417.0

The Return of the Whistler

19486.0

The Penalty

19417.4

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

19388.0

The Phantom Thief

19466.4

Brazil

19445.2

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

19455.0

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

19415.5

City of Chance

19405.6

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

19455.8

Navy Blues

19414.8

High Blood Pleasure

19459.0

Two Girls on Broadway

19407.0

Saturday's Heroes

19378.0

Two O'Clock Courage

19456.3

Trapped by Boston Blackie

19486.9

Don't Be a Sucker!

19436.9

The Creeper

19485.0

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

19376.3

New Faces of 1937

19375.3

Meet Boston Blackie

19416.3

The Dummy Owner

19387.0

Time Out for Rhythm

19416.7

The Day the Bookies Wept

19397.5

Training for Trouble

19478.0

Everybody's Dancin'

195010.0

For Love or Money

19397.0

Miss Mink of 1949

19495.7

Louisiana Hayride

19447.5

Dead End Kids Go To War

1942

It Could Happen to You

19394.8

Yesterday's Heroes

194010.0

He's in Again

19498.0

Mutiny on the Blackhawk

19398.0

Hero for a Day

19396.5

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

19447.3

Alias Boston Blackie

19425.7

The Last Warning

19388.5

San Antonio Rose

19417.0

Swing Your Partner

194310.0

Drums of the Congo

194210.0

Two Nuts in a Rut

194810.0

Sandy Is a Lady

19409.0

For Beauty's Sake

194110.0

Flight from Glory

19376.2

Drunk Driving

19395.8

The Biscuit Eater

19406.5

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

19496.1

What a Blonde

19454.3

Slightly Terrific

19445.0

His Exciting Night

19384.3

Boston Blackie and the Law

19466.6

Should Wives Work?

19376.3

I'm from the City

19387.0

Flung by a Fling

194910.0

The Jitters

19386.5

Ride, Kelly, Ride

19418.0

Radio City Revels

19387.7

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

19366.5

For the Love of Pete

19369.0

Ears of Experience

193810.0

Punch and Beauty

19367.0