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