Details About Night Train Lane: Parents, Measurements, Ethnicity

Known for movies

Short Info

Died	September 5, 1982, Newport Beach, California, United States
Spouse	Dinah Washington
Mark	Yelled "Whooooaaaah Nellie" everytime something happened during his announcing of Hot Rod Derby, Roller Derby, and Wrestling.
Fact	Dick also starred on KTLA's weekly variety show, Dixieland Showboat, as the interlocutor/master of ceremonies.

Richard Lane, nicknamed “Night Train”, was an American football cornerback. He played college football for the San Francisco 49ers, where he was a two-time All-Pro. He was drafted in the first round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He played for the Rams from 1952 to 1953, and for the Chicago Cardinals from 1954 to 1959. He was selected to four Pro Bowls and was a two-time All-Pro. He had 52 interceptions in his career, which is tied for ninth all-time. He died in 2002 at the age of 74.

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Lane was born in Austin, Texas, on December 28, 1927. His parents were John and Emma Lane. He had four brothers and sisters. He attended Austin High School, where he played football and basketball. He graduated from high school in 1945.

Lane played college football at the University of San Francisco. He was a two-time All-American and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1949 Cotton Bowl Classic. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

Lane was drafted in the first round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He played for the Rams from 1952 to 1953, and for the Chicago Cardinals from 1954 to 1959. He was selected to four Pro Bowls and was a two-time All-Pro. He had 52 interceptions in his career, which is tied for ninth all-time.

Lane died in 2002 at the age of 74.

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— Dick NightTrain Lane (@DickLane_81) October 18, 2016

General Info

Full Name	Night Train Lane
Died	September 5, 1982, Newport Beach, California, United States
Height	1.86 m
Weight	88 kg
Profession	American football player
Education	Western Nebraska Community College
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Dinah Washington
Children	Richard Andrew Walker, Richard Ladimir Lane
Parents	Ella Lane

Accomplishments

Nominations	Primetime Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Personality
Movies	Arabian Nights, Meet Boston Blackie, Alias Boston Blackie, The Jackie Robinson Story, Kansas City Bomber, The Bullfighters, Confessions of Boston Blackie, Union Pacific, A-Haunting We Will Go, The Phantom Thief, The Biscuit Eater, The Return of the Whistler, Before They Were Stars - Gung Ho, Time Ou...

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0485518

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Yelled "Whooooaaaah Nellie" everytime something happened during his announcing of Hot Rod Derby, Roller Derby, and Wrestling.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Began his career in show business as a song-and-dance man in vaudeville. On screen, he often played tough cops or reporters. He had a recurring role as a police inspector in Columbia's Boston Blackie series of the 1940's. He joined Paramount after a wartime stint as emcee for the USO.
2	In the early 1940s, while working at Paramount Pictures, Dick Lane watched as television genius Klaus Landsberg worked on the studio's experimental TV station, W6XYZ. On January 22, 1947, KTLA became the first commercial TV station west of the Mississippi and Dick was one its first on-camera personalities. On the Spade Cooley Show, he wore cowboy chaps and became known as "Leather Britches", accentuating each Chevrolet commercial by slapping the fender.
3	Dick also starred on KTLA's weekly variety show, Dixieland Showboat, as the interlocutor/master of ceremonies.
4	As a wrestling announcer during the 50s and 60s, Lane made up names for numerous wrestling moves on the spur of the moment, most of which are still in common use today.
5	Dick Lane is remembered as the voice of local roller derby and midget car racing in the Los Angeles area, throughout the 1950s and 60s, most notably the Los Angeles Thunderbirds roller derby team.

Pictures

Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Crashing Hollywood	1938		Hugo Wells
The Dummy Owner	1938	Short voice, uncredited
Wise Girl	1937		Detective
Hitting a New High	1937		Owner of the Chez Suzette Nightclub (uncredited)
Danger Patrol	1937		Bill
Many Unhappy Returns	1937	Short
Saturday's Heroes	1937		Red Watson
Should Wives Work?	1937	Short
The Life of the Party	1937		Hotel Manager
Flight from Glory	1937		Mr. Hanson
Super-Sleuth	1937		Barker
New Faces of 1937	1937		Broker Harry Barnes
You Can't Beat Love	1937		Iceman (uncredited)
There Goes My Girl	1937		Editor Tim J. Whelan
You Can't Buy Luck	1937		Detective Mac McGrath
The Outcasts of Poker Flat	1937		High-Grade
The Woman I Love	1937		Florence's boyfriend (uncredited)
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare	1936	Short	Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Punch and Beauty	1936	Short	Russ Biff
For the Love of Pete	1936	Short	McSwat's Cornerman
Shop Talk	1936	Short	Bill Hobbs
They're Off	1936	Short	Announcer
The One and Only	1978	uncredited
The Shaggy D.A.	1976		Roller Rink Announcer (as Dick Lane)
Kansas City Bomber	1972		TV Spokesman Len (as Dick Lane)
The Munsters	1965	TV Series	The Announcer
Dear Brigitte	1965		Racetrack Announcer (uncredited)
The Killers	1964		Demolition Derby Announcer (uncredited)
Visit to a Small Planet	1960		Superbo Television Spokesman (uncredited)
Leave It to Beaver	1959	TV Series	Marshal Moran
Crossroads	1956	TV Series	Manager
I Can Get It for You Wholesale	1951		Kelley
The Admiral Was a Lady	1950		Marty Gruber
The Jackie Robinson Story	1950		Clay Hopper
Everybody's Dancin'	1950		Colonel Ed Harrison
Quicksand	1950		Lt. Nelson
Hold That Monkey	1950	Short	Dick
There's a Girl in My Heart	1949		Sergeant Mullin
The Big Wheel	1949		Reno Riley (as Dick Lane)
That Midnight Kiss	1949		Radio D.J. (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young	1949		City Attorney (uncredited)
Flung by a Fling	1949	Short	Sgt. Dick Lane
Take Me Out to the Ball Game	1949		Michael Gilhuly
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture	1949		Inspector William R. Farraday
Miss Mink of 1949	1949		Herbert Pendelton
He's in Again	1949	Short	Dick
The Creeper	1948		Insp. Fenwick
The Babe Ruth Story	1948		Boston Braves' coach
Pardon My Lamb Chop	1948	Short	Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran
Trapped by Boston Blackie	1948		Inspector Farraday
The Return of the Whistler	1948		Gaylord Traynor
Tenth Avenue Angel	1948		Street Vendor
Two Nuts in a Rut	1948	Short	Richard Lane, producer
Devil Ship	1947		Capt. 'Biff' Brown
Wedding Belle	1947	Short	Dick Lane
Training for Trouble	1947	Short	Richard Lane
Out of the Blue	1947		Detective Noonan
Hit Parade of 1947	1947		Serial Director
Song of Scheherazade	1947		Lieutenant
KTLA Premiere	1947	TV Movie	Announcer
Boston Blackie and the Law	1946		Insp. John Farraday
Sioux City Sue	1946/I		Jeff Lang
Gentleman Joe Palooka	1946		Phillips
Pardon My Terror	1946	Short	Dick
Hot Water	1946	Short	Dick
Monkey Businessmen	1946	Short	Mr. Jordan (voice, uncredited)
Ain't Love Cuckoo?	1946	Short	Dick Lane
The Phantom Thief	1946		Inspector John Farraday
Talk About a Lady	1946		Duke Randall
A Close Call for Boston Blackie	1946		Inspector Farraday
Girl on the Spot	1946		'Weepy' McGurk
High Blood Pleasure	1945	Short	Dick
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous	1945		Inspector John Farraday
Wonder Man	1945		Asst. District Attorney
The Bullfighters	1945		'Hot Shot' Coleman
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion	1945		Insp. John Farraday
The Horn Blows at Midnight	1945		Furness - Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Two O'Clock Courage	1945		Al Haley
Here Come the Co-eds	1945		Near-sighted Man at Ballroom
What a Blonde	1945		Pomeroy
Brazil	1944		Edward Graham
Bowery to Broadway	1944		Walter Rogers
One Mysterious Night	1944		Inspector Farraday
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine	1944		Marty Allen
Mr. Winkle Goes to War	1944		Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski
Louisiana Hayride	1944		J. Huntington McMasters
Take It Big	1944		Eddie Hampton
Bermuda Mystery	1944		Detective Sergeant Donovan
Slightly Terrific	1944		Mike Hamilton
'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders	1943		Capt. Dunphy
The Chance of a Lifetime	1943		Insp. John Farraday
Crazy House	1943		S. E. Hanley
Corvette K-225	1943		Vice Admiral
Thank Your Lucky Stars	1943		Barney Johnson (uncredited)
Fired Wife	1943		Orin Tracy
Swing Your Partner	1943/I		Mr. Lane
After Midnight with Boston Blackie	1943		Inspector Farraday
It Ain't Hay	1943		Slicker
Air Force	1943		Maj. W.G. Roberts
Arabian Nights	1942		Corporal
Time to Kill	1942		Lt. Breeze
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood	1942		Inspector Farraday
A-Haunting We Will Go	1942		Phillips
Dr. Broadway	1942		Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle
Drums of the Congo	1942		Coutlass
Alias Boston Blackie	1942		Inspector Farraday
Junior G-Men of the Air	1942		Agent Don Ames
To the Shores of Tripoli	1942		Lieutenant
Butch Minds the Baby	1942		Harry the Horse
Ride 'Em Cowboy	1942		Pete Conway (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'	1941		Director
Confessions of Boston Blackie	1941		Inspector Farraday
Riders of the Purple Sage	1941		Steve Oldring
Man at Large	1941		Editor Grundy
Navy Blues	1941		'Rocky' Anderson
San Antonio Rose	1941		Charles J. Willoughby
Tight Shoes	1941		Allan McGrath
For Beauty's Sake	1941		Mr. Jackman
Time Out for Rhythm	1941		Mike Armstrong
Sunny	1941		Reporter
The Cowboy and the Blonde	1941		Gilbert
I Wanted Wings	1941		Flight Commander
The Penalty	1941		Craig
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	1941		Recruiting Officer
Meet Boston Blackie	1941		Inspector Faraday
Meet the Chump	1941		Slugs Bennett
Ride, Kelly, Ride	1941		Dan Thomas
Respect the Law	1941	Short	George Johnson
Youth Will Be Served	1940		Mr. Hewitt
Yesterday's Heroes	1940		Cleats Slater
The Bride Wore Crutches	1940		Bill Daly
Hired Wife	1940		McNab
Margie	1940		Mr. Dixon
Boom Town	1940		Ass't. District Attorney
Brother Orchid	1940		Mugsy O'Day
The Biscuit Eater	1940		Harvey McNeil
Sandy Is a Lady	1940		Philip Jarvis
Two Girls on Broadway	1940		Buddy Bartell
Free, Blonde and 21	1940		Lieutenant Lake
City of Chance	1940		Marty Connors
Nick Carter, Master Detective	1939		Sam Vaughn (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams	1939		Reagan (uncredited)
Main Street Lawyer	1939		Ballou, Marco's Lawyer
Drunk Driving	1939	Short	Rick
Sued for Libel	1939		Smiley Dugan
Hero for a Day	1939		Abbott
The Escape	1939		David Clifford
The Day the Bookies Wept	1939		Ramsey Firpo
Mutiny on the Blackhawk	1939		Kit Carson
News Is Made at Night	1939		Barney Basely
Stronger Than Desire	1939		Jerry Brody
Unexpected Father	1939		Leo Murphy - Booking Agent
It Could Happen to You	1939		District Attorney Gibson
For Love or Money	1939		Foster
Union Pacific	1939		Sam Reed
While America Sleeps	1939	Short	Agent Carmichael
Mr. Moto in Danger Island	1939		Commissioner Gordon
Charlie Chan in Honolulu	1938		Joe Arnold
The Last Warning	1938		Steve Felson
His Exciting Night	1938		Homer Carslake
Exposed	1938		Tony Mitchell
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	1938		Assistant Coach 'Offsides' Jones
Carefree	1938		Henry - Country Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
I'm from the City	1938		Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch
Hunting Trouble	1938	Short	Dick
The Jitters	1938	Short
Blind Alibi	1938		Bowers
Joy of Living	1938		Harvey (uncredited)
Go Chase Yourself	1938		Nails
This Marriage Business	1938		Joe Selby
Maid's Night Out	1938		Barker for Octopus Concession (uncredited)
Bringing Up Baby	1938		Circus Manager (uncredited)
Radio City Revels	1938		Crane
Ears of Experience	1938	Short	The Boss
Everybody's Doing It	1938		Steve Devers

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Mr. Winkle Goes to War	1944	performer: "Sweet Genevieve" - uncredited
Take It Big	1944	performer: "Take it Big"
Go Chase Yourself	1938	performer: "I'm from the City" 1938

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
An Evening at the Inn	1962	TV Movie	Himself - Host (as Dick Lane)
Jalopy Derby	1959	TV Series	Himself - Announcer
66th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade	1955	TV Movie	Himself - Host
Movietown USA	1950	TV Series	Himself - MC
The Hoffman Hayride	1948	TV Series	Himself
Championship Wrestling	1942	TV Series	Himself - Host

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television	1986	TV Movie	Himself
Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies	1982	TV Movie documentary	Actor in 'The Mad Miss Manton' (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1978	TV Series	Roller Rink Announcer
Columbia Laff Hour	1956