Lane Smith

Known For: Acting
Born: April 29, 1936
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died: June 13, 2005

Lane Smith

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. 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…

Filmography

Well Received the Death of an Artist

Well Received the Death of an Artist

2012

Out of Order

2003 · Frank

WW3

2001 · John Sullivan

DAG

2000 · Agent Baxter

The Caprice

2000 · Lane

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000 · Grantland Rice

Bull

2000

Judging Amy

1999 · Mr. Radford

Inherit the Wind

1999 · Reverend Jeremiah Brown

The Hi-Lo Country

1998 · Steve Shaw

Getting Personal

1998 · Dr. Maddie

From the Earth to the Moon

1998 · Emmett Seaborn

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

1997 · Senator Silverthorne

The Practice

1997 · Judge H. Finkel

King of the Hill

1997 · Nate Hashaway (voice), Charlie Fortner (voice)

The War at Home

1996 · Marjorie's Husband

Clueless

1996 · Dan Hafner

The Outer Limits

1995 · Dr. Malcolm Boussard

The Scout

1994 · Ron Wilson

The Spy Within

1994 · Stephen Hahn

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993 · Perry White

Son in Law

1993 · Walter Warner

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Reverend Thornton Powers

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992 · Dick Dodge

The Mighty Ducks

1992 · Jack Reilly

Duplicates

1992 · Mr. Fryman

My Cousin Vinny

1992 · Jim Trotter III

False Arrest

1991 · Martin Busey

Good Sports

1991 · R.J. Rappaport

Blind Vengeance

1990 · Col. Blanchard

Air America

1990 · Senator Davenport

Challenger

1990 · Larry Mulloy

The Final Days

1989 · Richard Nixon

Night Game

1989 · Whitty

Killer Instinct

1988 · Dr. Butler

Prison

1987 · Warden Eaton Sharpe

Weeds

1987 · Claude

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

1987 · Sam

Native Son

1986 · Britton

Kay O'Brien

1986

Dress Gray

1986 · Col. King

If Tomorrow Comes

1986 · Warden Brannigan

Terror at London Bridge

1985 · Anson Whitfield

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

1985 · Captain Max Rosenberg

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985 · Robert Warren

Amazing Stories

1985 · Dr. Caruso

The Twilight Zone

1985 · (segment "Profile in Silver")

Hollywood Beat

1985 · Cp. Milton Treadwell

MacGruder and Loud

1985 · Richard

V

1984 · Nathan Bates

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Pol. Chief Miles Underwood

Places in the Heart

1984 · Albert Denby

Red Dawn

1984 · Mayor Bates

Purple Hearts

1984 · Cmdr. Markel

Something About Amelia

1984 · Officer Dealy

Chiefs

1983 · Hoss Spence

Special Bulletin

1983 · Morton Sanders

The American Snitch

1983 · Chuck Maxwell

The Member of the Wedding

1982 · Mr. Addams

Frances

1982 · Docteur Symington

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1982 · Clarence Blake

Prime Suspect

1982 · Tom Keating

American Playhouse

1982 · Britton

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981 · Harless Hocker

Prince of the City

1981 · Tug Barnes

Hill Street Blues

1981 · Mike

Mark, I Love You

1980 · Don Payer

The Georgia Peaches

1980 · Randolph Dukane

Resurrection

1980 · Don

A Rumor of War

1980 · Sgt. Willliam Holgren

Honeysuckle Rose

1980 · Brag

On the Nickel

1980 · Preacher

Gideon's Trumpet

1980 · Fred Turner

City in Fear

1980 · Brian

Disaster on the Coastliner

1979 · John Carlson

The Solitary Man

1979 · Jack Collins

Hart to Hart

1979

Over the Edge

1979 · Sloan

The Crash of Flight 401

1978

On the Yard

1978 · Blake

A Death in Canaan

1978 · Bob Hartman

Blue Collar

1978 · Clarence Hill

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

1977

Lou Grant

1977 · Dr. Lawrence

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

1977 · Officer Mackie

Between the Lines

1977 · Roy Walsh

The Displaced Person

1977 · Mr. Shortley

Network

1976 · Robert McDonough

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · Dr. Paul Flynn

Everybody Rides the Carousel

1976 · Stage 1 (voice)

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976 · Tyler

Valley Forge

1975 · Spad

Rooster Cogburn

1975 · Leroy

The Rockford Files

1974 · CIA Agent Donnegan, Willett

Man on a Swing

1974 · Ted Ronan

Kojak

1973 · Clyde Regan

The Last American Hero

1973 · Rick Penny

Maidstone

1971

Unholy Matrimony

1966 · Partygoer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Spad, Fred Turner

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