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Dick Lane
Richard Lane
Acting
Biography
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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,…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Shaggy D.A.
as Roller Rink Announcer
Kansas City Bomber
as Len
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Kelley
Quicksand
as Lt. Nelson
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Marty Gruber
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Hopper
Everybody's Dancin'
as Colonel Ed Harrison
Miss Mink of 1949
as Herbert Pendelton
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Michael Gihuly
The Big Wheel
as Reno Riley