Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1899-05-27
Day of Death
1982-09-05
Place of Birth
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Filmography (150)
The Shaggy D.A.
1976
Kansas City Bomber
1972
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
Quicksand
1950
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
The Big Wheel
1949Flung by a Fling
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Miss Mink of 1949
1949He's in Again
1949
