Charles Lane (actor, born 1869)
Charles Willis Lane was an American stage and film actor, active from 1914 to 1929. Like many film performers born before 1900 Lane had extensive prior Broadway stage or regional theatrical experience stretching back to his youth in the 1890s. One of his significant stage roles was the abusive husband Robert Harding in George Broadhurst's The Law of the Land which he portrayed at the 48th Street Theatre in 1914-1915.
Lane was born in Madison, Illinois, and can be seen in silent films usually as a silver-haired other man or confidant. Two of his best-known roles are Dr. Lanyon in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Dr. Angus McPhail in Sadie Thompson.