Richard 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 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.
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- Born:
- May 28, 1899 In Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 140
- First Appeared:
- In the movie For the Love of Pete 1936-03-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. 2003-05-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. | Biographer | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | The Best of Thunder and Destruction: NFL's Hardest Hits | Self | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Four Episodes from 1984 | Policeman | 1985-07-25 |
| Movie | The Shaggy D.A. | Roller Rink Announcer | 1976-12-17 |
| Movie | Kansas City Bomber | Len | 1972-08-02 |
| Movie | Paper Lion | Self | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Kelley | 1951-04-05 |
| Movie | Quicksand | Lt. Nelson | 1950-03-24 |
| Movie | Everybody's Dancin' | Colonel Ed Harrison | 1950-03-31 |
| Movie | The Jackie Robinson Story | Hopper | 1950-05-16 |
| Movie | The Admiral Was a Lady | Marty Gruber | 1950-08-04 |
| Movie | Miss Mink of 1949 | Herbert Pendelton | 1949-02-11 |
| Movie | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Inspector William R. Farraday | 1949-03-02 |
| Movie | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Michael Gihuly | 1949-03-09 |
| Movie | There's a Girl in My Heart | Sergeant Mullin | 1949-12-19 |
| Movie | The Big Wheel | Reno Riley | 1949-11-04 |
| Movie | Tenth Avenue Angel | Street Vendor | 1948-02-20 |
| Movie | The Return of the Whistler | Gaylord Traynor | 1948-03-18 |
| Movie | The Creeper | Insp. Fenwick | 1948-09-01 |
| Movie | Trapped by Boston Blackie | Insp. William R. Farraday | 1948-05-13 |
| Movie | The Babe Ruth Story | Boston Braves' coach | 1948-09-16 |
| Movie | Song of Scheherazade | Lieutenant | 1947-02-26 |
| Movie | Out of the Blue | Detective Noonan | 1947-04-21 |
| Movie | The Phantom Thief | Inspector John Farraday | 1946-05-02 |
| Movie | Talk About a Lady | Duke Randall | 1946-03-28 |
| Movie | Girl on the Spot | Weepy McGurk | 1946-01-11 |
| Movie | Ain't Love Cuckoo? | Dick Lane | 1946-06-06 |
| Movie | A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Inspector Farraday | 1946-01-24 |
| Movie | Don't Be a Sucker! | Soapbox Orator | 1946-07-04 |
| Movie | Pardon My Terror | Dick | 1946-09-12 |
| Movie | Sioux City Sue | Jefferson Lang | 1946-11-21 |
| Movie | Boston Blackie and the Law | Inspector Farraday | 1946-12-12 |
| Movie | Gentleman Joe Palooka | Phillips | 1946-10-05 |
| Movie | What a Blonde | Pomeroy | 1945-02-03 |
| Movie | The Bullfighters | 'Hot Shot' Coleman | 1945-05-01 |
| Movie | Here Come the Co-eds | Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom | 1945-02-02 |
| Movie | Two O'Clock Courage | Al Haley | 1945-04-13 |
| Movie | Wonder Man | Assistant District Attorney | 1945-06-08 |
| Movie | Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Inspector Farraday | 1945-07-05 |
| Movie | Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion | Insp. John Farraday | 1945-05-10 |
| Movie | Take It Big | Eddie Hampton | 1944-06-09 |
| Movie | Bermuda Mystery | Detective Sergeant Donovan | 1944-05-01 |
| Movie | Slightly Terrific | Mike Hamilyon | 1944-04-01 |
| Movie | Louisiana Hayride | J. Huntington McMasters | 1944-07-13 |
| Movie | Mr. Winkle Goes to War | Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski | 1944-07-19 |
| Movie | Brazil | Edward Graham | 1944-11-30 |
| Movie | One Mysterious Night | Inspector Farraday | 1944-10-21 |
| Movie | Bowery to Broadway | Walter Rogers | 1944-11-03 |
| Movie | A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | Marty Allen | 1944-10-07 |
| Movie | Swing Your Partner | Mr. Lane | 1943-05-20 |
| Movie | After Midnight with Boston Blackie | Inspector Farraday | 1943-03-18 |
| Movie | It Ain't Hay | Slicker | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | Fired Wife | Orin Tracy | 1943-09-04 |
| Movie | Air Force | Maj. W.G. Roberts | 1943-03-20 |
| Movie | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Barney Johnson (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
| Movie | Crazy House | S. E. Hanley | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | The Chance of a Lifetime | Insp. John Farraday | 1943-10-26 |
| Movie | Gung Ho! | Capt. Dunphy | 1943-12-20 |
| Movie | Corvette K-225 | Vice Admiral | 1943-09-29 |
| Movie | Dr. Broadway | Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle | 1942-05-09 |
| Movie | Alias Boston Blackie | Inspector Farraday | 1942-04-02 |
| Movie | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Pete Conway (uncredited) | 1942-02-13 |
| Movie | Butch Minds the Baby | Harry the Horse | 1942-03-20 |
| Movie | Drums of the Congo | Coutlass | 1942-07-17 |
| Movie | A-Haunting We Will Go | Phillips | 1942-08-07 |
| Movie | Arabian Nights | Corporal | 1942-12-25 |
| Movie | Time to Kill | Lt. Breeze | 1942-12-24 |
| Movie | To the Shores of Tripoli | Lieutenant | 1942-11-09 |
| Movie | Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | Inspector Farraday | 1942-11-05 |
| Movie | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Recruiting Officer | 1941-03-14 |
| Movie | I Wanted Wings | Flight Commander | 1941-03-26 |
| Movie | The Penalty | Craig | 1941-03-13 |
| Movie | The Cowboy and the Blonde | Gilbert | 1941-05-16 |
| Movie | Respect the Law | George Johnson | 1941-01-04 |
| Movie | Ride, Kelly, Ride | Dan Thomas | 1941-02-07 |
| Movie | Meet Boston Blackie | Inspector Faraday | 1941-02-20 |
| Movie | Hellzapoppin' | Director | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Confessions of Boston Blackie | Inspector John Farraday | 1941-12-08 |
| Movie | Time Out for Rhythm | Mike Armstrong | 1941-06-05 |
| Movie | Navy Blues | 'Rocky' Anderson | 1941-09-13 |
| Movie | Riders of the Purple Sage | Steve Oldring | 1941-10-09 |
| Movie | San Antonio Rose | Charles J. Willoughby | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | For Beauty's Sake | Mr. Jackman | 1941-06-06 |
| Movie | Two Girls on Broadway | Buddy Bartell | 1940-04-19 |
| Movie | Free, Blonde and 21 | Lieutenant Lake | 1940-03-28 |
| Movie | City of Chance | Marty Connors | 1940-01-13 |
| Movie | The Biscuit Eater | Harvey McNeil | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | Sandy Is a Lady | Philip Jarvis | 1940-05-21 |
| Movie | Youth Will Be Served | Mr. Hewitt | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | Boom Town | Assistant D.A. | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Hired Wife | McNab | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | Brother Orchid | Mugsy O'Day | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | Unexpected Father | Leo Murphy - Booking Agent | 1939-06-14 |
| Movie | Stronger Than Desire | Jerry Brody | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | News Is Made at Night | Barney Basely | 1939-07-20 |
| Movie | It Could Happen to You | District Attorney | 1939-06-08 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Police Commissioner Gordon | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Kit Carson | 1939-07-31 |
| Movie | For Love or Money | Foster | 1939-04-27 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Sam Reed | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Sued for Libel | Smiley Dugan | 1939-10-27 |
| Movie | Main Street Lawyer | Ballou, Marco's Lawyer | 1939-11-02 |
| Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Reagan (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
| Movie | The Day the Bookies Wept | Ramsey Firpo | 1939-09-13 |
| Movie | Drunk Driving | Rick | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Sam Vaughn | 1939-12-13 |
| Movie | Hero for a Day | Abbott | 1939-10-06 |
| Movie | The Escape | David Clifford | 1939-10-05 |
| Movie | Radio City Revels | Crane | 1938-02-11 |
| Movie | This Marriage Business | Joe Selby | 1938-04-08 |
| Movie | Go Chase Yourself | Nails | 1938-04-22 |
| Movie | Ears of Experience | The Boss | 1938-01-28 |
| Movie | The Dummy Owner | 1938-01-08 | |
| Movie | Crashing Hollywood | Hugo Wells | 1938-01-07 |
| Movie | Joy of Living | Harvey (Uncredited) | 1938-05-06 |
| Movie | Everybody's Doing It | Steve Devers | 1938-01-14 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Joe Arnold | 1938-12-30 |
| Movie | Exposed | Tony Mitchell | 1938-11-05 |
| Movie | The Last Warning | Richard Lane | 1938-12-07 |
| Movie | Blind Alibi | Bowers | 1938-05-20 |
| Movie | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Assistant Coach Jones | 1938-10-07 |
| Movie | His Exciting Night | Homer Carslake | 1938-11-11 |
| Movie | I'm from the City | Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch | 1938-08-05 |
| Movie | The Saint in New York | Dispatcher (Uncredited) | 1938-05-25 |
| Movie | The Jitters | Dance Studio Manager | 1938-07-01 |
| Movie | New Faces of 1937 | Broker | 1937-07-02 |
| Movie | There Goes My Girl | Tim J. Whelan | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | High-Grade | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | Super-Sleuth | Barker | 1937-07-16 |
| Movie | The Woman I Love | Florence's Boyfriend | 1937-04-15 |
| Movie | You Can't Buy Luck | Det. McGrath | 1937-04-30 |
| Movie | Should Wives Work? | 1937-09-10 | |
| Movie | Wise Girl | Detective | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | Flight from Glory | Mr. Hanson | 1937-08-20 |
| Movie | Danger Patrol | Bill | 1937-11-18 |
| Movie | Saturday's Heroes | Red Watson | 1937-10-08 |
| Movie | The Life of the Party | Hotel Manager | 1937-09-03 |
| Movie | For the Love of Pete | McSwat's Cornerman | 1936-03-14 |
| Movie | Shake, Mr. Shakespeare | Mr. Smith | 1936-08-21 |
| Movie | Punch and Beauty | Russ Biff | 1936-08-15 |