Richard Lane | |
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| Born | Richard Lane May 28, 1899 Rice Lake, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | September 5, 1982 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Pacific View Memorial Park, Orange County California |
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| Years active | 1936–1978 |
Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982), sometimes known as Dick Lane, was an American actor and television announcer/presenter. In movies, he played assured, fast-talking slickers: usually press agents, policemen and detectives, sometimes swindlers and frauds. He is perhaps best known to movie fans as "Inspector Farraday" in the Boston Blackie mystery-comedies. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of Boston Blackie, which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944.[1] Lane was an early arrival on television, first as a news reporter and then as a sports announcer, broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
- ^ Dunning, John (1998). "Boston Blackie". On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved October 4, 2019.