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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
The Shaggy D.A.
as Roller Rink Announcer
1976
Kansas City Bomber
as Len
1972
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Kelley
1951
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Marty Gruber
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Hopper
1950
Everybody's Dancin'
as Colonel Ed Harrison
1950
Quicksand
as Lt. Nelson
1950
There's a Girl in My Heart
as Sergeant Mullin
1949
The Big Wheel
as Reno Riley
1949
Flung by a Fling
as Sgt. Dick Lane
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Michael Gihuly
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Inspector William R. Farraday
1949
Miss Mink of 1949
as Herbert Pendelton
1949
He's in Again
as Dick
1949
The Babe Ruth Story
as Boston Braves' coach
1948
The Creeper
as Insp. Fenwick
1948
Pardon My Lamb Chop
as Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran
1948
Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Insp. William R. Farraday
1948
The Return of the Whistler
as Gaylord Traynor
1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Street Vendor
1948
Two Nuts in a Rut
as Richard Lane, producer
1948
Wedding Belle
as Dick Lane
1947
Training for Trouble
as Richard Lane
1947
Out of the Blue
as Detective Noonan
1947
Song of Scheherazade
as Lieutenant
1947
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Inspector Farraday
1946
Sioux City Sue
as Jefferson Lang
1946
Gentleman Joe Palooka
as Phillips
1946
Pardon My Terror
as Dick
1946
Hot Water
as Dick
1946
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
as Dick Lane
1946
The Phantom Thief
as Inspector John Farraday
1946
Talk About a Lady
as Duke Randall
1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Inspector Farraday
1946
Girl on the Spot
as Weepy McGurk
1946
High Blood Pleasure
as Dick
1945
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Inspector Farraday
1945
Wonder Man
as Assistant District Attorney
1945
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Insp. John Farraday
1945
The Bullfighters
as 'Hot Shot' Coleman
1945
Two O'Clock Courage
as Al Haley
1945
What a Blonde
as Pomeroy
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom
1945
Brazil
as Edward Graham
1944
Bowery to Broadway
as Walter Rogers
1944
One Mysterious Night
as Inspector Farraday
1944
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
as Marty Allen
1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
as Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski
1944
Louisiana Hayride
as J. Huntington McMasters
1944
Take It Big
as Eddie Hampton
1944