Lane Smith

Lane Smith

Birthday: Apr 29, 1936
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Bio: Lane Smith attended the Actors Studio during its halcyon days of the late 1950s-early 1960s. Though he didn't go on to stardom like such Studio grads as Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino, Smith found steady work on the New York stage. In over 100 films and television projects from 1974's Man on a String, Smith has regularly invested three-dimensionality into such… More Bio: Lane Smith attended the Actors Studio during its halcyon days of the late 1950s-early 1960s. Though he didn't go on to stardom like such Studio grads as Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino, Smith found steady work on the New York stage. In over 100 films and television projects from 1974's Man on a String, Smith has regularly invested three-dimensionality into such cardboard characters as prosecutor Jim Trotter III in My Cousin Vinny (1992) and Coach Reilly in The Mighty Ducks (1993). His latter-day stage work has included a healthy run in the original production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. Smith's TV roles included smiler-with-a-knife space alien Nathan Bates in V (1984) and Dr. Robert Moffitt in Kay O'Brien (1986). In 1989, Lane received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Richard M. Nixon in the ABC miniseries The Final Days. Fans of ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman will recognize Smith for playing the gruff Daily Planet editor Perry White. Lane Smith was married to writer Sydne MacCall. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

WW3 (Winds of Terror) (2002)
- Actor
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
- Grantland Rice
- 43%
Getting Personal (1998)
- Dr. Maddie
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)
- Ezra Grahme
- 54%
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997)
- Sen. Silverthorne
The War at Home (1996)
- Actor
- 60%
The Scout (1994)
- Ron Wilson
- 22%
The Spy Within (The Flight of the Dove) (1994)
- Stephen Hahn
Son in Law (1993)
- Actor
- 22%
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
- Dick Dodge
- 13%
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
- Coach Reilly
- 12%
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
- Jim Trotter III
- 85%
Duplicates (1992)
- Actor
False Arrest (1991)
- Martin Busey
Air America (1990)
- Sen. Davenport
- 13%
Blind Vengeance (1990)
- Actor
Challenger (1990)
- Larry Mulloy
Race For Glory (1989)
- Joe Gifford
Night Game (1989)
- Actor
The Final Days (1989)
- Richard M. Nixon
Prison (1988)
- Ethan Sharpe
Deadly Observation (1988)
- Actor
Weeds (1987)
- Claude, Director
- 60%
A Place to Call Home (1987)
- Sam
Native Son (1986)
- Britton
- 56%
Dress Gray (1986)
- Colonel King
Bridge Across Time (1985)
- Anson Whitfield
Places in the Heart (1984)
- Albert Denby
- 100%
Red Dawn (1984)
- Mayor Bates
- 53%
Purple Hearts (1984)
- Comdr. Markel
The American Snitch (1983)
- Actor
Soggy Bottom USA (1983)
- Smilin' Jack
Frances (1982)
- Dr. Symington
- 93%
Prime Suspect (1981)
- Tom Keating
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
- Harless Hocker
- 40%
Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1981)
- Actor
Prince of the City (1981)
- Tug Barnes
- 94%
Resurrection (1980)
- Don
- 100%
Honeysuckle Rose (On the Road Again) (1980)
- Brag
Follow That Car (1980)
- Randolph Dukane
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
- Fred Turner
City in Fear (1980)
- Brian
On the Nickel (1980)
- Preacher
Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
- John Carlson
Over the Edge (1979)
- Roy Sloane
- 67%
On the Yard (1979)
- Capt. Blake
Blue Collar (1978)
- Clarence Hill
- 88%
Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
- Actor
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
- Officer Mackie
- 50%
Between the Lines (1977)
- Roy Walsh
The Displaced Person (1976)
- Actor
Network (1976)
- Robert McDonough
- 90%
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
- Leroy
- 43%
The Last American Hero (Hard Driver) (1973)
- Rick Penny
Maidstone (1970)
- Actor
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