Richard Lane
Date of birth: 1899-05-27
Place of birth: Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Dick Lane
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.
Movie Credits
Youth Will Be Served
1940-11-22
A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.
Danger Patrol
1937-11-18
An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
The Return of the Whistler
1948-03-18
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938-12-30
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his fathe
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949-03-09
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a s
Don't Be a Sucker!
1943-07-04
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is simila
Arabian Nights
1942-12-25
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous da
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950-05-16
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Trac
Two O'Clock Courage
1945-04-13
A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he's
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950-08-04
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942-08-07
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins
The Shaggy D.A.
1976-12-17
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being trans
City of Chance
1940-01-13
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to
Time to Kill
1942-12-24
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945-07-05
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946-01-24
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943-03-18
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941-12-08
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie,
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946-12-12
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942-11-05
Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and del
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949-03-02
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track dow
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945-05-10
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at
Meet Boston Blackie
1941-02-20
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy
One Mysterious Night
1944-10-21
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit
Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948-05-13
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be
Talk About a Lady
1946-03-28
A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, man
Alias Boston Blackie
1942-04-02
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up pl
Dead End Kids Go To War
1942-10-02
The Dead End Kids join the war effort in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939-04-07
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel mark
The Big Wheel
1949-11-04
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve
The Bullfighters
1945-05-01
Bumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the venge
Time Out for Rhythm
1941-06-05
A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943-10-26
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wart
The Phantom Thief
1946-05-02
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy
Butch Minds the Baby
1942-03-20
Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her
Dr. Broadway
1942-05-09
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
It Could Happen to You
1939-06-08
In this comedy/mystery a milquetoast ad man finds his good ideas constantly copped by ambitious cowo
Wise Girl
1937-12-31
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with the
Drums of the Congo
1942-07-17
A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
Crashing Hollywood
1938-01-07
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
Flight from Glory
1937-08-20
Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air serv
Girl on the Spot
1946-01-11
Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937-04-16
The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
This Marriage Business
1938-04-08
A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.
Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Sued for Libel
1939-10-27
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
Sioux City Sue
1946-11-21
A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.
Many Unhappy Returns
1937-10-14
Ford Sterling is married to a very jealous wife, who has a hobby of collecting French dolls. In orde
Saturday's Heroes
1937-10-08
College football player is expelled for ticket scalping, and teams up with reporter to expose his sc
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939-09-13
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
The Dummy Owner
1938-01-08
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the p
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938-10-07
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one
Radio City Revels
1938-02-11
A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly
Fired Wife
1943-09-04
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets
Exposed
1938-11-05
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue
Go Chase Yourself
1938-04-22
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team.
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro
The Creeper
1948-09-01
Dr. Morgan and Dr. Cavigny star as a brace of scientists who return from the West Indies with a pote
Louisiana Hayride
1944-07-13
A naïve farm girl is duped by con men who promise her movie stardom in exchange for her savings.
What a Blonde
1945-02-03
American gas rationing during WWII results in comic mayhem as a lingerie executive finds his home ov
Boom Town
1940-08-30
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both lov
Blind Alibi
1938-05-20
A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's lo
Everybody's Doing It
1938-01-14
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspap
There Goes My Girl
1937-05-21
Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when the
Slightly Terrific
1944-04-01
A manufacturer and an impresario (who has promised some young people he will stage their show) are t
Hot Water
1946-07-25
Gus and Dick find themselves in trouble when they fall into possession of a necklace, not realizing
Wedding Belle
1947-08-09
As if Dick's marriage wasn't in enough trouble, an ex-girlfriend returns to town with her sights set
Two Nuts in a Rut
1948-02-10
Hollywood producer Richard Lane needs a rest and he and his assistant, Gus Schilling, decide that Fl
Pardon My Lamb Chop
1948-06-10
This Columbia All Star Comedy (production number 9427) finds Gus Shilling discovering that a cranky
Flung by a Fling
1949-05-12
Gus and Dick, attending a war veterans' convention with their wives, run in to an old girlfriend the
He's in Again
1949-01-13
Gus, a cab driver is in love with the company owner's daughter, but mistakes Dick Lane a harmless, e
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941-05-16
A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and
Everybody's Dancin'
1950-03-31
Dance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business. Sever
Kansas City Bomber
1972-08-02
Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams o
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
1946-06-06
Gus Schilling and Richard Lane are two GIs serving overseas during World War II, and they get word t
The Life of the Party
1937-09-03
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
The Escape
1939-10-05
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to
You Can't Buy Luck
1937-04-30
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him in
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secret
New Faces of 1937
1937-07-02
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple pa
Song of Scheherazade
1947-02-26
A beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his
The Penalty
1941-03-13
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his
News Is Made at Night
1939-07-20
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a co
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939-07-31
Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939-12-13
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
1936-08-21
Comedic short featuring Shakespeare's notable characters; many performing musical numbers. An assist
Ride, Kelly, Ride
1941-02-07
A jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.
Two Girls on Broadway
1940-04-19
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He se
Out of the Blue
1947-04-21
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married
Air Force
1943-03-20
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and
Bermuda Mystery
1944-05-01
A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948-02-20
Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944-07-19
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the
Main Street Lawyer
1939-11-02
A prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is blackmaile
The Biscuit Eater
1940-05-24
Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the cham
Sandy Is a Lady
1940-05-21
Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endanger
His Exciting Night
1938-11-11
A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company.
For Love or Money
1939-04-27
To dim-bulb accountants find themselves working for a bookie in this comedy. Their jobs and their li
Take It Big
1944-06-09
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch.
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
1944-10-07
Henny Brown, talent scout for the Margaret Ames Film Agency in Hollywood, mistakes Broadway show und
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941-03-14
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where sh
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949-12-19
A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its inhabitants---an I
Navy Blues
1941-09-13
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951-04-05
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession
Unexpected Father
1939-06-14
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941-10-09
Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posin
Drunk Driving
1939-10-28
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too m
Respect the Law
1941-01-04
Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
Free, Blonde and 21
1940-03-28
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; an
Wonder Man
1945-06-08
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941-11-17
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h
For the Love of Pete
1936-03-14
Boxer Joe Palooka steps into the ring after a friend's dog gets kicked.
Punch and Beauty
1936-08-15
Before the big fight, Joe and his opponent come to blows at their hotel. Palooka knocks him out and
Pardon My Terror
1946-09-12
Private detectives Gus and Dick take a murder case where nearly everyone is trying to kill them.
Ears of Experience
1938-01-28
In a misguided effort to get a raise and promotion from his boss, Edgar Kennedy's wife and her fathe
Super-Sleuth
1937-07-16
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-li
Quicksand
1950-03-24
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde fem
The Jitters
1938-07-01
When his wife dances with the dancing instructor, Errol gets jealous and decides to take dancing les
I'm from the City
1938-08-05
Pete Pepper is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whir
Bowery to Broadway
1944-11-03
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942-11-09
Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally become
Swing Your Partner
1943-05-20
Caroline Bird, the crotchety and stingy owner of Bird Milk Products, is not amused when her employee
Miss Mink of 1949
1949-02-11
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
Corvette K-225
1943-09-29
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
Brazil
1944-11-30
Brazil is perhaps the best of the handful of US films made by singing sensation Tito Guizar. In typi
The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fi
The Woman I Love
1937-04-15
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Joy of Living
1938-05-06
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel B
Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together
It Ain't Hay
1943-02-22
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945-02-02
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publi
The Babe Ruth Story
1948-09-16
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run h
The Last Warning
1938-12-07
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate t
San Antonio Rose
1941-06-20
San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The M
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946-10-05
In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming t
Gung Ho!
1943-12-20
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World W
Hero for a Day
1939-10-06
When a night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy college alumnus, his family and friends help him go
Should Wives Work?
1937-09-10
Errol's wife goes back to work, despite his objections.
High Blood Pleasure
1945-12-06
To avoid getting a speeding ticket, Gus poses as a doctor rushing a patient to the hospital for surg
Training for Trouble
1947-07-03
Two unemployed vaudeville hoofers land a job in a show and learn that the leading man is their downs
I Wanted Wings
1941-03-26
Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army
For Beauty's Sake
1941-06-06
A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang o