Men Of Character Character Actors
Rusty Lane
Bigger Than Life/ Bob La Porte
Damn Citizen/ Police Inspector Sweeney
The Harder They Fall/ Danny McKeough
Portland Expose/ Tom Carmody
Rusty Lane was an American character actor who appeared in films and on television.
He was born as James Russell Lane At Chicago, IL in 1899.
His career ran from 1945 until 1980 in which he has 115 credits in the mediums of films and television.
Many times he appeared as a lawman, either as a sheriff, detective , judge or warden. He also played in many westerns as well.
Though much of his career has been on television,some of the film roles of Rusty Lane were:
The House On 92ns St. (1945) as Admiral
Fourteen Hours (1951) as A Cop
Harriet Quimby (1952-TV) as John Moisant
The Harder They Fall (1956) as Danny McKeough
Bigger Than Life (1956) as Bob La Porte
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) as Judge
The Shadow On The Window (1957) as Capt. McQuade
Fury At Showdown (1957) as Riley
Johnny Tremain (1957) as Samuel Adams
Portland Expose (1957) as Tom Carmody
The Veil (1958-TV Miniseries) as Sheriff
The Rawhide Trail (1958) as Captain
Damn Citizen (1958) as Police Inspector Sweeney
High School Confidential (1958) as Police Desk Sergeant
Party Girl (1958) as Judge John A. Davis
I Want To Live! (1958) as Judge
Spencer's Mountain (1963) as Dean Beck
The New Interns (1964) as Dr. Morton Gardner
Fate Is The Hunter (1964) as Supervisor
Youngblood Hawke (1964) as Gus Adam
Banning (1967) as Guard
Rusty Lane was very active on television appearing in such programs as The Big Story, Cameo Theater, Big Town, The Web, Captain Video And His Video Rangers, Suspense, The Adventures Of Ellery Queen, Eye Witness, Operation Neptune, The Revlon Mirror Theater, Armstrong Circle Theater, Love, The Man Behind The Badge, The Marriage, Inner Sanctum, You Are There, Celebrity Playhouse, Soldiers Of Fortune, Zane Grey Theater, Studio 57, Crusader, The 20th Century Fox Hour, State Trooper, Climax, Maverick, Whirlybirds, Mike Hammer, Suspicion, Have Gun Will Travel, The Restless Gun, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Playhouse 90, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Lawman, Special Agent, Perry Mason, Buckskin, The Texan, M Squad, Rescue 8, Man With A Camera, Bourbon Street Beat, Tightrope, Sugarfoot, Shotgun Slade, Bronco, The Alaskans, The Deputy, The Detectives, Peter Gunn, The Twilight Zone, Bat Masterson, One Step Beyond, The Real McCoys, The Roaring 20's, Outlaws, 87th Precinct, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Adventures In Paradise, The Tall Man, 77 Sunset Strip, Wagon Train, My Three Sons, Arrest And Trial, Temple Houston, Lassie, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Hazel, Mr. Novak, Kraft Suspense Theater, McHale's Navy, Dr. Kildare, Peyton Place, The FBI, Branded, The Fugitive, The Big Valley, Bonanza, Batman, Death Valley Days, The Virginian, Judd For The Defense, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Mod Squad and Gunsmoke among others.
He was married to Sara Anderson and they had a daughter named Sara Lane.
Rusty Lane passed away in 1986 at the age of 87.
I enjoyed this actor in the films Damn Citizen, Portland Expose, The Harder They Fall, The Shadow On The Wall, Fury At Showdown and Johnny Tremain.as well as his many TV appearances.
Louie The Movie Buff
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