
Charles Willis Lane (January 25, 1869–October 17, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, active in movies from 1914 to 1929. Like many film performers born before 1900, Lane had extensive prior Broadway stage or regional theatrical experience.
Lane 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).
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as Dr. Richard Lanyon
as William Standley · 1 episode
as Ned

as Manager

as Mr. Henry Halevy
as Charles Spottswoode
as Dr. Angus McPhail

as Colonel Duval
as Robert Foster, Elizabeth's father

as Mr. Fountain

as Jim Hawthorne

as Tom Harmon

as Earl of Brinstead
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