Lane Smith

Actor Apr 29 (died age 69) Memphis, Tennessee, USA 1951–2012 (61 year career)

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Biography

Lane Smith (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor . He graduated from the Leelanau School, a boarding school in Glen Arbor, Michigan, and spent one year boarding at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, before going off to study at the Actors Studio in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino; he was recognized in their Hall of Fame. Smith served two years in the United States Army. After graduating, Smith found steady work in New York theater…

Known For

Film

Network

Robert McDonough

Film

My Cousin Vinny

Jim Trotter III

Film

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Grantland Rice

Film

The Mighty Ducks

Jack Reilly

Film

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Perry White

Film

Red Dawn

Mayor Bates

Film

Blue Collar

Clarence Hill

Film

Air America

Senator Davenport

Filmography

Acting (99)

Movies (67)

Well Received the Death of an Artist

2012

WW3

2001

as John Sullivan

5.3

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000

as Grantland Rice

6.6

The Caprice

2000

as Lane

Inherit the Wind

1999

as Reverend Jeremiah Brown

The Hi-Lo Country

as Steve Shaw

Getting Personal

as Dr. Maddie

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

1997

as Senator Silverthorne

The Scout

as Ron Wilson

The Spy Within

as Stephen Hahn

Son in Law

as Walter Warner

The Mighty Ducks

as Jack Reilly

My Cousin Vinny

as Jim Trotter III

The Distinguished Gentleman

as Dick Dodge

Duplicates

as Mr. Fryman

False Arrest

as Martin Busey

Air America

as Senator Davenport

Challenger

as Larry Mulloy

Blind Vengeance

as Col. Blanchard

Night Game

as Whitty

The Final Days

as Richard Nixon

Killer Instinct

as Dr. Butler

A Place to Call Home

as Sam

Weeds

as Claude

Prison

as Warden Eaton Sharpe

5.8

Native Son

1986

as Britton

5.0

Terror at London Bridge

1985

as Anson Whitfield

5.1

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

1985

as Captain Max Rosenberg

Red Dawn

as Mayor Bates

Places in the Heart

as Albert Denby

Purple Hearts

as Cmdr. Markel

Something About Amelia

as Officer Dealy

Special Bulletin

as Morton Sanders

The American Snitch

as Chuck Maxwell

The Member of the Wedding

as Mr. Addams

Frances

as Docteur Symington

Thou Shalt Not Kill

as Clarence Blake

Prime Suspect

as Tom Keating

Prince of the City

as Tug Barnes

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

as Harless Hocker

Resurrection

as Don

Gideon's Trumpet

as Fred Turner

Honeysuckle Rose

as Brag

City in Fear

as Brian

On the Nickel

as Preacher

The Georgia Peaches

as Randolph Dukane

Mark, I Love You

as Don Payer

Disaster on the Coastliner

as John Carlson

Over the Edge

as Sloan

The Solitary Man

as Jack Collins

Blue Collar

as Clarence Hill

On the Yard

as Blake

A Death in Canaan

as Bob Hartman

The Crash of Flight 401

1978

7.5

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

as Officer Mackie

Between the Lines

as Roy Walsh

The Displaced Person

as Mr. Shortley

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

Network

as Robert McDonough

Everybody Rides the Carousel

1976

as Stage 1 (voice)

5.8

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

as Tyler

Valley Forge

Rooster Cogburn

as Leroy

Man on a Swing

as Ted Ronan

The Last American Hero

as Rick Penny

Maidstone

Unholy Matrimony

as Partygoer

Television (32)

Out of Order

as Frank

Bull

DAG

as Agent Baxter

Judging Amy

as Mr. Radford

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

as Emmett Seaborn

8.1

King of the Hill

1997

as Charlie Fortner (voice)

The Practice

as Judge H. Finkel

Clueless

as Dan Hafner

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Malcolm Boussard

7.7

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Perry White

6.9

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

as Reverend Thornton Powers

Good Sports

as R.J. Rappaport

If Tomorrow Comes

as Warden Brannigan

Kay O'Brien

Dress Gray

as Col. King

Amazing Stories

as Dr. Caruso

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Profile in Silver")

7.8

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Robert Warren

MacGruder and Loud

as Richard

Hollywood Beat

as Cp. Milton Treadwell

5.0

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Pol. Chief Miles Underwood

as Nathan Bates

Chiefs

as Hoss Spence

Hill Street Blues

as Mike

A Rumor of War

as Sgt. Willliam Holgren

Hart to Hart

Lou Grant

as Dr. Lawrence

Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Paul Flynn

The Rockford Files

as Willett

Kojak

as Clyde Regan

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Spad

8.6