Birthday
1899/05/27
Day of death
1982/09/05 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as
Dick Lane
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 arou...Read more
(1940) Youth Will Be Served
as Mr. Hewitt
(1937) Danger Patrol
as Bill
(1948) The Return of the Whistler
as Gaylord Traynor
(1940) Brother Orchid
as Mugsy O'Day
(1938) Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Joe Arnold
(1949) Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Michael Gihuly
(1943) Don't Be a Sucker!
as Soapbox Orator
(1942) Arabian Nights
as Corporal
(1950) The Jackie Robinson Story
as Hopper
(1945) Two O'Clock Courage
as Al Haley
(1950) The Admiral Was a Lady
as Marty Gruber
(1942) A-Haunting We Will Go
as Phillips
(1976) The Shaggy D.A.
as Roller Rink Announcer
(1940) City of Chance
as Marty Connors
(1942) Time to Kill
as Lt. Breeze
(1946) A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
(1943) After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
(1945) Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Inspector Farraday
(1945) Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Insp. John Farraday
(1946) Boston Blackie and the Law
as Inspector Farraday
(1942) Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
as Inspector Farraday
(1949) Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Inspector William R. Farraday
(1941) Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Inspector John Farraday
(1941) Meet Boston Blackie
as Inspector Faraday
(1944) One Mysterious Night
as Inspector Farraday
(1948) Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Insp. William R. Farraday
(1946) Talk About a Lady
as Duke Randall
(1942) Alias Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
(1942) Dead End Kids Go To War
as Don Ames
(1939) Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Police Commissioner Gordon
(1949) The Big Wheel
as Reno Riley
(1945) The Bullfighters
as 'Hot Shot' Coleman
(1941) Time Out for Rhythm
as Mike Armstrong
(1943) The Chance of a Lifetime
as Insp. John Farraday
(1946) The Phantom Thief
as Inspector John Farraday
(1942) Butch Minds the Baby
as Harry the Horse
(1942) Dr. Broadway
as Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle
(1939) It Could Happen to You
as District Attorney
(1937) Wise Girl
as Detective
(1942) Drums of the Congo
as Coutlass
(1938) Crashing Hollywood
as Hugo Wells
(1937) Flight from Glory
as Mr. Hanson
(1946) Girl on the Spot
as Weepy McGurk
(1937) The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as High-Grade
(1938) This Marriage Business
as Joe Selby
(1939) Stronger Than Desire
as Jerry Brody
(1939) Sued for Libel
as Smiley Dugan
(1946) Sioux City Sue
as Jefferson Lang
(1937) Many Unhappy Returns
as Doctor
(1937) Saturday's Heroes
as Red Watson
(1939) The Day the Bookies Wept
as Ramsey Firpo
(1938) The Dummy Owner
as ---
(1938) Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Assistant Coach Jones
(1938) Radio City Revels
as Crane
(1943) Fired Wife
as Orin Tracy
(1938) Exposed
as Tony Mitchell
(1938) Go Chase Yourself
as Nails
(1939) Union Pacific
as Sam Reed
(1948) The Creeper
as Insp. Fenwick
(1944) Louisiana Hayride
as J. Huntington McMasters
(1945) What a Blonde
as Pomeroy
(1940) Boom Town
as Assistant D.A.
(1938) Blind Alibi
as Bowers
(1938) Everybody's Doing It
as Steve Devers
(1937) There Goes My Girl
as Tim J. Whelan
(1944) Slightly Terrific
as Mike Hamilyon
(1946) Hot Water
as Dick
(1947) Wedding Belle
as Dick Lane
(1948) Pardon My Lamb Chop
as Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran
(1948) Two Nuts in a Rut
as Richard Lane, producer
(1949) Flung by a Fling
as Sgt. Dick Lane
(1949) He's in Again
as Dick
(1941) The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Gilbert
(1950) Everybody's Dancin'
as Colonel Ed Harrison
(1972) Kansas City Bomber
as Len
(1946) Ain't Love Cuckoo?
as Dick Lane
(1937) The Life of the Party
as Hotel Manager
(1939) The Escape
as David Clifford
(1937) You Can't Buy Luck
as Det. McGrath
(1939) The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Reagan (uncredited)
(1937) New Faces of 1937
as Broker
(1947) Song of Scheherazade
as Lieutenant
(1940) Hired Wife
as McNab
(1941) The Penalty
as Craig
(1939) News Is Made at Night
as Barney Basely
(1939) Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Kit Carson
(1939) Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Sam Vaughn
(1936) Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
as Mr. Smith
(1941) Ride, Kelly, Ride
as Dan Thomas
(1940) Two Girls on Broadway
as Buddy Bartell
(1947) Out of the Blue
as Detective Noonan
(1943) Air Force
as Maj. W.G. Roberts
(1944) Bermuda Mystery
as Detective Sergeant Donovan
(1948) Tenth Avenue Angel
as Street Vendor
(1944) Mr. Winkle Goes to War
as Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski
(1939) Main Street Lawyer
as Ballou, Marco's Lawyer
(1940) The Biscuit Eater
as Harvey McNeil
(1940) Sandy Is a Lady
as Philip Jarvis
(1938) His Exciting Night
as Homer Carslake
(1939) For Love or Money
as Foster
(1944) Take It Big
as Eddie Hampton
(1944) A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
as Marty Allen
(1941) A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Recruiting Officer
(1949) There's a Girl in My Heart
as Sergeant Mullin
(1941) Navy Blues
as 'Rocky' Anderson
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Barney Johnson (uncredited)
(1951) I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Kelley
(1939) Unexpected Father
as Leo Murphy - Booking Agent
(1941) Riders of the Purple Sage
as Steve Oldring
(1939) Drunk Driving
as Rick
(1941) Respect the Law
as George Johnson
(1940) Free, Blonde and 21
as Lieutenant Lake
(1945) Wonder Man
as Assistant District Attorney
(1942) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Pete Conway (uncredited)
(1936) For the Love of Pete
as McSwat's Cornerman
(1936) Punch and Beauty
as Russ Biff
(1946) Pardon My Terror
as Dick
(1938) Ears of Experience
as The Boss
(1937) Super-Sleuth
as Barker
(1950) Quicksand
as Lt. Nelson
(1938) The Jitters
as Dance Studio Manager
(1938) I'm from the City
as Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch
(1944) Bowery to Broadway
as Walter Rogers
(1942) To the Shores of Tripoli
as Lieutenant
(1943) Swing Your Partner
as Mr. Lane
(1949) Miss Mink of 1949
as Herbert Pendelton
(1943) Corvette K-225
as Vice Admiral
(1943) Crazy House
as S. E. Hanley
(1944) Brazil
as Edward Graham
(1938) The Saint in New York
as Dispatcher (Uncredited)
(1937) The Woman I Love
as Florence's Boyfriend
(1938) Joy of Living
as Harvey (Uncredited)
(1941) Hellzapoppin'
as Director
(1943) It Ain't Hay
as Slicker
(1945) Here Come the Co-eds
as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom
(1948) The Babe Ruth Story
as Boston Braves' coach
(1938) The Last Warning
as Richard Lane
(1941) San Antonio Rose
as Charles J. Willoughby
(1946) Gentleman Joe Palooka
as Phillips
(1943) Gung Ho!
as Capt. Dunphy
(1939) Hero for a Day
as Abbott
(1937) Should Wives Work?
as ---
(1945) High Blood Pleasure
as Dick
(1947) Training for Trouble
as Richard Lane
(1941) I Wanted Wings
as Flight Commander
(1941) For Beauty's Sake
as Mr. Jackman