Lane Smith

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-04-29 (69 years old)

Deathday

2005-06-13

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Lane Smith

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 before making his film debut in Maidstone in 1970. During the 1970s, he regularly made appearances in small film roles including Rooster Cogburn in 1...

Acting

1992

My Cousin Vinny

as Jim Trotter III

1992

The Mighty Ducks

as Jack Reilly

1976

Network

as Robert McDonough

1981

1973

1990

Air America

as Senator Davenport

1993

Son in Law

as Walter Warner

1994

The Scout

as Ron Wilson

1980

The Georgia Peaches

as Randolph Dukane

1998

Getting Personal

as Dr. Maddie

1987

Prison

as Warden Eaton Sharpe

1998

The Hi-Lo Country

as Steve Shaw

1984

Places in the Heart

as Albert Denby

1980

1989

Night Game

as Whitty

1987

Weeds

as Claude

1983

The American Snitch

as Chuck Maxwell

1974

Man on a Swing

as Ted Ronan

1994

The Flight of the Dove

as Stephen Hahn

1980

Mark, I Love You

as Don Payer

1978

On the Yard

as Blake

2001

WW3

as John Sullivan

1977

The Displaced Person

as Mr. Shortley

1975

1980

Gideon's Trumpet

as Fred Turner

1978

Blue Collar

as Clarence Hill

1989

The Final Days

as Richard Nixon

1985

Terror at London Bridge

as Anson Whitfield

1984

Something About Amelia

as Officer Dealy

1991

False Arrest

as Martin Busey

1978

A Death in Canaan

as Bob Hartman

1975

1990

Blind Vengeance

as Col. Blanchard

1986

Native Son

as Britton

2000

1988

Killer Instinct

as Dr. Butler

1982

1980

1992

Duplicates

as Mr. Fryman

1984

Red Dawn

as Mayor Bates

1984

Purple Hearts

as Cmdr. Markel

1985

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

as Captain Max Rosenberg

1999

Inherit the Wind

as Reverend Jeremiah Brown

1966

Unholy Matrimony

as Partygoer

1979

The Solitary Man

as Jack Collins

1997

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

as Senator Silverthorne

1977

Between the Lines

as Roy Walsh

1990

Challenger

as Larry Mulloy

1980

On the Nickel

as Preacher

1982

Frances

as Dr. Symington

1982

Prime Suspect

as Tom Keating

1979

1980

City in Fear

as Brian

1983

Special Bulletin

as Morton Sanders

1979

1982

Thou Shalt Not Kill

as Clarence Blake

1981

Prince of the City

as Tug Barnes

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