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Lane Smith‌

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Birthday

calendar1936-04-29

Popularity

star4.8

Lane Smith

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Lane Smith

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1936-04-29

Popularity

star4.8

Biography

Lane Smith was born in 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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 before making his film debut in Maidstone in 1970. During the 1970s, he regularly made appearances in small film roles including Rooster Cogburn in 1975 and Network in 1976. In 1981, Smith appeared in the Sidney Lumet-directed film Prince of the City. He also acted on television, notably playing a United States Marine in Vietnam in the television miniseries A Rumor of War and in the 1980 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Gideon's Trumpet starring Henry Fonda, José Ferrer and John Houseman. Smith is also credited for playing McMurphy 650 times in the 1971 Off-Broadway revival of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Smith made a major breakthrough in 1984 with significant roles in Red Dawn, Places in the Heart and the television series V. He also played on Quincy, M.E. in season 8, episode 7, "Science for Sale" as an oncologist searching for a cure to cancer. In 1989, Smith gained recognition for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in the docudrama The Final Days. Newsweek praised the performance, writing, "Smith] is such a good Nixon that his despair and sorrow at his predicament become simply overwhelming." Smith earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. He also appeared in the original Broadway stage production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk. He received a Drama Desk Award for his performance. In 1990, Smith appeared in Air America playing a United States Senator, a role for which he was selected based on his resemblance to then-Minority Leader Bob Dole. Two years later, he played a small-town district attorney opposite Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny, followed by a role as Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks. In 1993 Smith landed the role of Perry White in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which he played for four seasons until 1997. In 1994, he portrayed New York Yankees front officeman Ron in The Scout, alongside Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser. In 1998, Smith appeared in a major role as fictional television anchorman Emmett Seaborn in the HBO miniseries From The Earth to the Moon. His final film appearance was in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). Smith was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) in April 2004. He died of the disease at his home in Northridge, California on June 13, 2005 at the age of 69. He was survived by his wife, Debbie Benedict Smith and his son Robert Smith.

Movie Credits

My Cousin Vinny

My Cousin Vinny‌
star7.5
calendar 1992

The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks‌
star6.6
calendar 1992

Network

Network‌
star7.8
calendar 1976

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow‌
star6.5
calendar 1981

The Last American Hero

The Last American Hero‌
star5.6
calendar 1973

Air America

Air America‌
star5.8
calendar 1990

Son in Law

Son in Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1993

The Crash of Flight 401

The Crash of Flight 401‌
star7.5
calendar 1978

The Scout

The Scout‌
star5.2
calendar 1994

The Georgia Peaches

The Georgia Peaches‌
star5.7
calendar 1980

Getting Personal

Getting Personal‌
star2.0
calendar 1998

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training‌
star5.8
calendar 1977

Prison

Prison‌
star5.7
calendar 1987

The Hi-Lo Country

The Hi-Lo Country‌
star6.2
calendar 1998

Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

Resurrection

Resurrection‌
star6.5
calendar 1980

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home‌
star7.0
calendar 1987

Night Game

Night Game‌
star4.4
calendar 1989

Weeds

Weeds‌
star5.2
calendar 1987

The American Snitch

The American Snitch‌
star6.0
calendar 1983

Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing‌
star5.8
calendar 1974

The Flight of the Dove

The Flight of the Dove‌
star5.5
calendar 1994

Mark, I Love You

Mark, I Love You‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

On the Yard

On the Yard‌
star5.8
calendar 1978

WW3

WW3‌
star5.6
calendar 2001

The Displaced Person

The Displaced Person‌
star7.0
calendar 1977

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Everybody Rides the Carousel‌
star5.8
calendar 1975

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet‌
star6.2
calendar 1980

Blue Collar

Blue Collar‌
star7.4
calendar 1978

The Final Days

The Final Days‌
star7.2
calendar 1989

Terror at London Bridge

Terror at London Bridge‌
star5.1
calendar 1985

Something About Amelia

Something About Amelia‌
star5.4
calendar 1984

False Arrest

False Arrest‌
star4.7
calendar 1991

A Death in Canaan

A Death in Canaan‌
star6.5
calendar 1978

Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn‌
star6.4
calendar 1975

Blind Vengeance

Blind Vengeance‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Native Son

Native Son‌
star5.6
calendar 1986

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance‌
star6.6
calendar 2000

Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct‌
star6.5
calendar 1988

The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding‌
star5.0
calendar 1982

Honeysuckle Rose

Honeysuckle Rose‌
star5.6
calendar 1980

Duplicates

Duplicates‌
star5.9
calendar 1992

Red Dawn

Red Dawn‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Purple Hearts

Purple Hearts‌
star5.6
calendar 1984

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues‌
star5.1
calendar 1985

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind‌
star6.4
calendar 1999

Unholy Matrimony

Unholy Matrimony‌
star4.0
calendar 1966

The Solitary Man

The Solitary Man‌
star8.0
calendar 1979

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy‌
star5.6
calendar 1997

Between the Lines

Between the Lines‌
star5.1
calendar 1977

Challenger

Challenger‌
star6.2
calendar 1990

On the Nickel

On the Nickel‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Frances

Frances‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect‌
star6.6
calendar 1982

Valley Forge

Valley Forge‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Disaster on the Coastliner

Disaster on the Coastliner‌
star5.3
calendar 1979

City in Fear

City in Fear‌
star6.2
calendar 1980

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Special Bulletin

Special Bulletin‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

Over the Edge

Over the Edge‌
star7.2
calendar 1979

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill‌
star6.5
calendar 1982

Maidstone

Maidstone‌
star4.4
calendar 1971

Prince of the City

Prince of the City‌
star7.0
calendar 1981

The Caprice

The Caprice‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Well Received the Death of an Artist

Well Received the Death of an Artist‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Tv Credits

Lou Grant

Lou Grant‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

Judging Amy

Judging Amy‌
star7.5
calendar 1999

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.‌
star7.5
calendar 1976

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.3
calendar 1985

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger‌
star7.0
calendar 1993

Clueless

Clueless‌
star6.0
calendar 1996

Kojak

Kojak‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

The Practice

The Practice‌
star7.7
calendar 1997

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman‌
star7.0
calendar 1993

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

Good Sports

Good Sports‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Hollywood Beat

Hollywood Beat‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

Good & Evil

Good & Evil‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Bull

Bull‌
star6.8
calendar 2000

DAG

DAG‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

Out of Order

Out of Order‌
star5.3
calendar 2003

MacGruder and Loud

MacGruder and Loud‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

Kay O'Brien

Kay O'Brien‌
star5.0
calendar 1986

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories‌
star7.5
calendar 1985

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon‌
star8.2
calendar 1998

King of the Hill

King of the Hill‌
star7.3
calendar 1997

King of the Hill

King of the Hill‌
star7.3
calendar 1997

Chiefs

Chiefs‌
star7.8
calendar 1983

V

V‌
star6.9
calendar 1984

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

A Rumor of War

A Rumor of War‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

If Tomorrow Comes

If Tomorrow Comes‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981