Richard Lane
Acting
1899-05-27 · Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Filmography
The Shaggy D.A.
1976 · Movie
Kansas City Bomber
1972 · Movie
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951 · Movie
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950 · Movie
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Movie
Everybody's Dancin'
1950 · Movie
Quicksand
1950 · Movie
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949 · Movie
The Big Wheel
1949 · Movie
Flung by a Fling
1949 · Movie
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949 · Movie
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949 · Movie
Miss Mink of 1949
1949 · Movie
He's in Again
1949 · Movie
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Movie
The Creeper
1948 · Movie
Pardon My Lamb Chop
1948 · Movie
Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948 · Movie
The Return of the Whistler
1948 · Movie
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Movie
Two Nuts in a Rut
1948 · Movie
Devil Ship
1947 · Movie
Wedding Belle
1947 · Movie
Training for Trouble
1947 · Movie
Out of the Blue
1947 · Movie
Song of Scheherazade
1947 · Movie
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946 · Movie
Sioux City Sue
1946 · Movie
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946 · Movie
Pardon My Terror
1946 · Movie
Hot Water
1946 · Movie
Monkey Businessmen
1946 · Movie
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
1946 · Movie
The Phantom Thief
1946 · Movie
Talk About a Lady
1946 · Movie
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946 · Movie
Girl on the Spot
1946 · Movie
High Blood Pleasure
1945 · Movie
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945 · Movie
Wonder Man
1945 · Movie
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945 · Movie
The Bullfighters
1945 · Movie
Two O'Clock Courage
1945 · Movie
What a Blonde
1945 · Movie
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945 · Movie
Brazil
1944 · Movie
Bowery to Broadway
1944 · Movie
One Mysterious Night
1944 · Movie
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
1944 · Movie
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944 · Movie
Louisiana Hayride
1944 · Movie
Take It Big
1944 · Movie
Bermuda Mystery
1944 · Movie
Slightly Terrific
1944 · Movie
Gung Ho!
1943 · Movie
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943 · Movie
Crazy House
1943 · Movie
Corvette K-225
1943 · Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
Fired Wife
1943 · Movie
Don't Be a Sucker!
1943 · Movie
Swing Your Partner
1943 · Movie
Air Force
1943 · Movie
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943 · Movie
It Ain't Hay
1943 · Movie
Arabian Nights
1942 · Movie
Time to Kill
1942 · Movie
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942 · Movie
Dead End Kids Go To War
1942 · Movie
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Movie
Drums of the Congo
1942 · Movie
Dr. Broadway
1942 · Movie
Alias Boston Blackie
1942 · Movie
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942 · Movie
Butch Minds the Baby
1942 · Movie
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942 · Movie
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Movie
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941 · Movie
Navy Blues
1941 · Movie
San Antonio Rose
1941 · Movie
For Beauty's Sake
1941 · Movie
Time Out for Rhythm
1941 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941 · Movie
I Wanted Wings
1941 · Movie
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Movie
The Penalty
1941 · Movie
Meet Boston Blackie
1941 · Movie
Ride, Kelly, Ride
1941 · Movie
Respect the Law
1941 · Movie
Youth Will Be Served
1940 · Movie
Yesterday's Heroes
1940 · Movie
The Bride Wore Crutches
1940 · Movie
Hired Wife
1940 · Movie
Boom Town
1940 · Movie
Brother Orchid
1940 · Movie
The Biscuit Eater
1940 · Movie
Sandy Is a Lady
1940 · Movie
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Movie
Free, Blonde and 21
1940 · Movie
City of Chance
1940 · Movie
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 · Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Movie
Main Street Lawyer
1939 · Movie
Drunk Driving
1939 · Movie
Sued for Libel
1939 · Movie
Hero for a Day
1939 · Movie
The Escape
1939 · Movie
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939 · Movie
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939 · Movie
News Is Made at Night
1939 · Movie
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Movie
Unexpected Father
1939 · Movie
It Could Happen to You
1939 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
For Love or Money
1939 · Movie
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · Movie
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938 · Movie
The Last Warning
1938 · Movie
His Exciting Night
1938 · Movie
Exposed
1938 · Movie
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938 · Movie
I'm from the City
1938 · Movie
The Jitters
1938 · Movie
The Saint in New York
1938 · Movie
Blind Alibi
1938 · Movie
Joy of Living
1938 · Movie
Go Chase Yourself
1938 · Movie
This Marriage Business
1938 · Movie
Radio City Revels
1938 · Movie
Ears of Experience
1938 · Movie
Everybody's Doing It
1938 · Movie
The Dummy Owner
1938 · Movie
Crashing Hollywood
1938 · Movie
Wise Girl
1937 · Movie
Danger Patrol
1937 · Movie
Many Unhappy Returns
1937 · Movie
Saturday's Heroes
1937 · Movie
Should Wives Work?
1937 · Movie
The Life of the Party
1937 · Movie
Flight from Glory
1937 · Movie
Super-Sleuth
1937 · Movie
New Faces of 1937
1937 · Movie
There Goes My Girl
1937 · Movie
You Can't Buy Luck
1937 · Movie
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937 · Movie
The Woman I Love
1937 · Movie
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
1936 · Movie
Punch and Beauty
1936 · Movie
For the Love of Pete
1936 · Movie