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Allan "Rocky" Lane (September 22, 1909 - October 27, 1973) was a studio leading man and the star of many cowboy B-movies in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in more than 125 films and TV shows in a career lasting from 1929 to 1966. He also did the voice of the talking horse on the television series Mister Ed, beginning in 1961. Lane was born as Harry Leonard Albershardt in Mishawaka, Indiana to William H. Albershardt and his wife Linnie Anne. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is said to have studied at Notre Dame University, where he played on the football, basketball, and baseball... MORE

Allan "Rocky" Lane (September 22, 1909 - October 27, 1973) was a studio leading man and the star of many cowboy B-movies in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in more than 125 films and TV shows in a career lasting from 1929 to 1966. He also did the voice of the talking horse on the television series Mister Ed, beginning in 1961. Lane was born as Harry Leonard Albershardt in Mishawaka, Indiana to William H. Albershardt and his wife Linnie Anne. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is said to have studied at Notre Dame University, where he played on the football, basketball, and baseball teams. However, he dropped out to pursue an acting career. Allan 'Rocky' Lane had been a photographer, model, and stage actor by the time he was 20 years old. In 1929, the handsome Lane was spotted by Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) talent scouts and was signed to a contract. His first film role for Fox was as a romantic lead opposite June Collyer in the 1929 release Not Quite Decent, which is now a lost film. Lane made several other films at Fox but then jumped ship to Warner Bros. While at Warner his career floundered, and after a number of bit parts he left films in the early LESS