Lane Smith

This article is about the American actor. For the American children's book illustrator, see Lane Smith (illustrator).
Lane Smith
Born
Walter Lane Smith III

(1936-04-29)April 29, 1936
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJune 13, 2005(2005-06-13) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1966–2005
Known forLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Spouse(s)
Sydnee MacCall
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(m. 1986; div. 1998)​
[1]
Debbie Benedict Smith
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(m. 2000)​
Children3

Walter Lane Smith III (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor. His well-known roles included newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Walter Warner in Son in Law, collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks, district attorney Jim Trotter III in My Cousin Vinny, U.S. Congressman Dick Dodge in The Distinguished Gentleman, Grantland Rice in The Legend of Bagger Vance, and U.S. President Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination.

Early life

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 studying 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 U.S. Army.[2][3]

Career

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.[2]

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 powerful and corrupt United States Congressman opposite Eddie Murphy in The Distinguished Gentleman, followed by a role as a small-town district attorney opposite Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny, and as Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks. In 1993, Smith was cast as 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).

Death

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 home in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on June 13, 2005 at the age of 69.[2] He was survived by his wife, Debbie Benedict Smith, and his son Robert Smith.[4]

Filmography

Film

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1966 Unholy Matrimony Partygoer Uncredited
1970 Maidstone
1973 The Last American Hero Rick Penny
Cops and Robbers Perpetrator
1974 Man on a Swing Virginia De Leo
1975 Rooster Cogburn Leroy
Everybody Rides the Carousel
1976 Network Robert McDonough
1977 Between the Lines Roy Walsh
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training Officer Mackle
1978 Blue Collar Clarence Hill
On the Yard Blake
1979 Over the Edge Sloan
1980 On the Nickel Preacher
Honeysuckle Rose Brag, Cotton's manager
Resurrection Don
1981 Prince of the City Tug Barnes
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. Smilin' Jack
1982 Frances Dr. Symington
1984 Purple Hearts Cmdr. Markel
Red Dawn Mayor Bates
Places in the Heart Albert Denby
1986 Native Son Britton
1987 Weeds Claude
Prison Warden Eaton Sharpe
1989 Race for Glory Joe Gifford
Night Game Witty
1990 Air America Senator Davenport
1992 My Cousin Vinny District Attorney Jim Trotter, III
The Mighty Ducks Coach Jack Reilly
The Distinguished Gentleman Dick Dodge
1993 Son in Law Walter Warner
1994 The Flight of the Dove Stephen Hahn
The Scout Ron Wilson
1996 The War at Home Uncredited
Why Do Fools Fall in Love Ezra Grahme
The Hi-Lo Country Steve Shaw
1998 Getting Personal Dr. Maddie
2000 The Caprice Thunderhead[5]
The Legend of Bagger Vance Grantland Rice

Television

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1975 Kojak Clyde Regan Season 2 Episode 18: "Queen of the Gypsies"
Valley Forge Spad TV movie
1975-1979 The Rockford Files (1) Willett
(2) CIA Agent Donnegan 		(1) Season 1 Episode 17: "Claire" (1975)
(2) Season 5 Episode 13: "The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar" (1979)
1977 The Displaced Person Mr. Shortley TV movie
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer TV movie
1978 A Death in Canaan Bob Hartman TV movie
Crash Flight Engineer Romano TV movie
1979 The Solitary Man Jack Collins TV movie
Disaster on the Coastliner John Carlson TV movie
1980 City in Fear Brian TV movie
Gideon's Trumpet Fred Turner TV movie
A Rumor of War Sergeant William Holgren Miniseries
Season 1 Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 2
The Georgia Peaches Randolph Dukane TV movie
Mark, I Love You Don Payer TV movie
1981 Dallas Prosecutor Season 5 Episode 2: "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
Dark Night of the Scarecrow Harless Hocker TV movie
Hart to Hart Roy Hamlin Season 3 Episode 20: "Hart, Line, and Sinker"
1982 Prime Suspect Tom Keating TV movie
Thou Shalt Not Kill Clarence Blake TV movie
Lou Grant Dr. Lawrence Season 5 Episode 20: "Unthinkable"
The Big Easy Lieutenant Frank Medley TV movie
Quincy, M.E. Dr. Paul Flynn Season 8 Episode 7: "Science for Sale"
Member of the Wedding Mr. Addams TV movie
1983 Special Bulletin Morton Sanders TV movie
Chiefs Hoss Spence Miniseries
Season 1 Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 3
1984 Something About Amelia Officer Dealy TV movie
1984–1985 V Nathan Bates 13 episodes
1985 Hill Street Blues Mike Season 5 Episode 18: "El Capitan"
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues Captain Max Rosenberg TV movie
Bridge Across Time Anson Whitfield TV movie
1986 Amazing Stories Dr. Caruso Season 1 Episode 18: "Dorothy and Ben"
The Twilight Zone Professor Joseph Fitzgerald Season 1 Episode 20 (Segment: "Profile in Silver")
Dress Gray Colonel King Miniseries
Season 1 Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 2
If Tomorrow Comes Warden Brannigan Miniseries
Season 1 Episode 1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Robert Warren Season 1 Episode 18: "Episode: Happy Birthday"
Kay O'Brien Doctor Robert Moffitt 13 episodes
1987 A Place to Call Home Sam TV movie
1988 In the Heat of the Night Sonny Mims Season 1 Episode 3: "Road Kill"
Killer Instinct Dr. Butler TV movie
1989 Murder, She Wrote Police Chief Underwood Season 5 Episode 11: "The Search for Peter Kerry"
The Final Days Richard Nixon TV movie
Golden Globe Award (nominated)
1990 Challenger Larry Mulloy TV movie
Blind Vengeance Colonel Blanchard TV movie
1991 Good Sports R.J. Rappaport 21 episodes
Good & Evil Harlan Shell 5 episodes (1 uncredited)
False Arrest Martin Busey TV movie
1992 Duplicates Mr. Fryman TV movie
1993–1997 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Perry White 84 episodes
1994 Murphy Brown Danger Duke Robinson Voice
Season 7 Episode 2: "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?"
1995 Dweebs Colonel Whitmore Season 1 Episode 4: "The Cyrano Show"
1996 Clueless Dan Hafner Season 1 Episode 11: "Romeo & Cher"
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy Senator Silverthorne TV movie
1998 The Outer Limits Dr. Malcolm Boussard Season 4 Episode 9: "Glyphic"
From the Earth to the Moon Emmett Seaborn (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "Can We Do This?"
(2) Season 1 Episode 4: "1968"
(3) Season 1 Episode 6: "Mare Tranquilitatis"
(4) Season 1 Episode 7: "That's All There Is"
(5) Season 1 Episode 8: "We Interrupt This Program"
(6) Season 12: "Le voyage dans la lune"
1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Reverend Thornton Powers Season 7 Episode 21: "Power Angels"
Inherit the Wind Reverend Jeremiah Brown TV movie
2000 King of the Hill (1) and (2) Charlie Fortner
(3) Nate Hashaway 		Voice
(1) Season 4 Episode 13: "Hanky Panky"
(2) Season 4 Episode 20: "Meet the Propaniacs"
(3) Season 4 Episode 22: "Flush with Power"
2001 Bull Russell Dantly Season 1 Episode 18: "Amen"
DAG Agent Baxter Season 1 Episode 17: "The Triangle Report"
WW3 John Sullivan TV movie
The Practice Judge H. Finkel Season 6 Episode 1: "The Candidate"
2002 Judging Amy Mr. Radford Season 4 Episode 10: "People of the Lie"
2003 Out of Order Frank Miniseries (all 6 episodes); final role

References

  1. ^ "Lane Smith - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  2. ^ a b c Oliver, Myrna (2005-06-15). "Lane Smith, 69; Character Actor Gained Fame Playing Nixon in 'The Final Days'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
  3. ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 280. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
  4. ^ "Lane Smith Obituary: The Obituary and Death Notice of Lane Smith". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  5. ^ "Lane Smith Biography (1936-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

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