- Allan Lane
Infobox actor
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name = Allan Lane
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birthname = Harry Leonard Albershart
birthdate = birth date|1909|09|22
location =Mishawaka, Indiana
deathdate = death date and age|1973|10|27|1909|09|22
deathplace =Woodland Hills, California
occupation =Film ,television actor
yearsactive = 1929 – 1966
spouse =Sheila Ryan (1945-1946) (divorced)
Gladys Leslie (?-?) (divorced)Allan "Rocky" Lane (
September 22 ,1909 -October 27 ,1973 ) was a studioleading man and star of dozens ofcowboy B-movies in the 1940s and 1950s, and eventually did the voice of the horse on thetelevision series "Mr. Ed " beginning in 1958. Lane appeared in more than 125 films and TV shows between 1929 and 1966, including hisvoiceover stint as Mr. Ed.Biography
Career
Lane's film career started in 1929 with his role in "
Not Quite Decent ". From 1929 through 1936 he appeared in twenty four films. In 1937 his career picked up, and he saw success in several films, to include "The Law West of Tombstone" in 1938. However, beginning in 1940, his career steered him intowestern films , in which he would see his greatest success. His first successful film in that category was "King of the Royal Mounted", the 1942 filmserial adaptation ofZane Grey 's "King of the Royal Mounted ", in which Lane had the lead role. He would star in severalCanadian Mounted Police genre films, to include the serial's "The Yukon Patrol " and "King of the Mounties ". It is in these roles for which he is best known today.From 1940 through 1966 he made eighty two film and
television series appearances, with most of those being in westerns through the 1950s.Death
He retired after 1966, and was residing in
Woodland Hills, California at the time of his death due to cancer on October 27th, 1973.External links
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