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The Washington Post reports that long-time supporting actor Charles Lane has passed away at the age of 100. (via)
Charlie Lane was in EVERYTHING. He was in "It's A Wonderful Life", he was the other father in the waiting room when Little Ricky was born on "I Love Lucy", he was Homer Bedloe the evil railroad man on "Pettycoat Junction", "Green Acres" AND "Beverly Hillbillies", and a million other roles. He specialized in exasperated bureaucrats, nasty bank men, crotchety old men, and other petty bad guy roles. Like a lot of character actors, he never wanted for work, but never got a lot of notice. He's just one of those guys you instantly recognize on some late-night rerun.
When I saw the MetaFilter post, I was a little taken aback, because I was sure he was already dead. Hollywood doesn't have many people like Charlie Lane anymore, and the ones who are left are dropping like flies. You'll pardon me if I don't go for the cheap "It's A Wonderful Life" pun here...I'm sure you can work that out for yourself.
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