---
name: "Rusty Lane"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rusty-lane"
fi1m_id: "rusty-lane"
imdb_id: "nm0485543"
tmdb_id: 85944
wikidata_id: "Q15381100"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 May 1899"
died: "10 October 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:45:11.993538+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rusty Lane

## Identity

Rusty Lane

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rusty-lane
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rusty-lane
- **IMDb ID:** nm0485543
- **TMDB ID:** 85944
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15381100
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Lane, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15381100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85944

Actor. Born 30 May 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 10 October 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 May 1899, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 10 October 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Lane, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15381100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85944

## Biography

Rusty Lane was an American actor whose career spanned film and television from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Born James Russell Lane in Chicago, Illinois, he began as a college professor before turning to acting in his forties.

He appeared on Broadway in productions including *Mister Roberts* (1948) and *The Desperate Hours* (1955). His film roles included Bob LaPorte in *Bigger Than Life* (1956), Danny McKeogh in *The Harder They Fall* (1956) and Samuel Adams in *Johnny Tremain* (1957). He was frequently cast as judges, sheriffs and other authority figures in series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Batman*, *Perry Mason* and *Gunsmoke*.

*Sources: imdb.com, ibdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bigger Than Life* (1956), Fi1m 85, as Bob LaPorte — [page](https://film.one/film/bigger-than-life.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dan August: Once Is Never Enough* (1980), as (archive footage)
- *Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents* (1968), as F.M. Higbee
- *Banning* (1967), as Guard (uncredited)
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Judge
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Mayor Russell
- *Branded* (1965), series, Actor
- *Youngblood Hawke* (1964), as Gus Adam
- *Fate Is the Hunter* (1964), as Supervisor (uncredited)
- *The New Interns* (1964), as Dr. Morton Gardner
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Doc Stacey, Warden
- *Mr. Novak* (1963), series, as Lieutenant Comerford
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Frank Reynolds — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Spencer's Mountain* (1963), as University Dean (uncredited)
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Judge Martin, Otto Brandt
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Ezra Griswold
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, as Court Clerk Kelly, Court Clerk (uncredited)
- *The Investigators* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Gus Markham
- *87th Precinct* (1961), series, as The Desk Sergeant
- *The Roaring 20's* (1960), series, Actor
- *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Clear Horizon* (1960), series, Actor
- *Tate* (1960), series, Actor
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Brady
- *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Alaskans* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Commissioner — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Joe - Bartender, Mr. Casey
- *I Want to Live!* (1958), as Judge (uncredited)
- *Heart of Darkness* (1958), as Griggs
- *Party Girl* (1958), as Judge John A. Davis (uncredited)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *Man with a Camera* (1958), series, as Chief of Police
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Marshal
- *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor
- *Bronco* (1958), series, Actor
- *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Sheriff Sam Gladstone
- *High School Confidential!* (1958), as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- *Destination Nightmare* (1958), as Sheriff
- *Damn Citizen* (1958), as Inspector Sweeeney
- *The Rawhide Trail* (1958), as Captain
- *The Real McCoys* (1957), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Chief Glass, Harry Tiller
- *M Squad* (1957), series, as Mel Harmon
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *Appointment with a Shadow* (1957), as Pat O'Connell
- *Portland Exposé* (1957), as Tom Carmody
- *Johnny Tremain* (1957), as Samuel Adams
- *The Liberty Story* (1957), Actor
- *Fury at Showdown* (1957), as Riley
- *The Shadow on the Window* (1957), as Capt. McQuade
- *Bigger Than Life* (1956), as Bob LaPorte — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/bigger-than-life.md)
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Marshal Tharpe
- *Beyond a Reasonable Doubt* (1956), as Judge
- *The Harder They Fall* (1956), as Danny McKeogh
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Police Detective · Train Conductor, Sheriff Matt, Father Rafferty, Mr. Ivers, The Judge
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Bo, Sheriff Buckley, Grandpa
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Luther Reeves
- *Lassie* (1954), series, as Joe Bascom
- *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Jasper Jones
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as John Moisant
- *Fourteen Hours* (1951), as Cop (uncredited)
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Jesse
- *The House on 92nd Street* (1945), as Admiral

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