Actor

Lane Smith

April 29, 1936 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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 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.

Notable work

7.8
Network (1976)
as Robert McDonough
7.5
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
as Jim Trotter III
6.6
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
as Grantland Rice
6.6
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
as Jack Reilly
6.3
Red Dawn (1984)
as Mayor Bates
7.4
King of the Hill (1997)
as Charlie Fortner (voice) and as Nate Hashaway (voice)
5.8
Air America (1990)
as Senator Davenport
7
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
as Reverend Thornton Powers
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
as Perry White
7.5
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Pol. Chief Miles Underwood
6
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
as Dick Dodge
6
Son in Law (1993)
as Walter Warner

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