Lane was born '' ' Charles Gerstle Levison ' '' to a Jewish family in San Francisco , California , to parents Alice ( née Gerstle ) and Jacob B. Levison . His father , an executive at the Fireman 's Fund Insurance Company , was instrumental in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake of which Charles was one of the last remaining survivors
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Charles Lane (actor)