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 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.

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993Serie als Perry White

My Cousin Vinny 1992Film +1 als Jim Trotter III

Red Dawn 1984Film als Mayor Bates

The Mighty Ducks 1992Film als Jack Reilly

Chiefs 1983Serie als Hoss Spence

Air America 1990Film als Senator Davenport

Prison 1987Film als Warden Eaton Sharpe

Son in Law 1993Film als Walter Warner

The Legend of Bagger Vance 2000Film als Grantland Rice

Places in the Heart 1984Film als Albert Denby

Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1981Film als Harless Hocker

Over the Edge 1979Film als Sloan

Rooster Cogburn 1975Film als Leroy

The Distinguished Gentleman 1992Film als Dick Dodge

The Scout 1994Film als Ron Wilson

Native Son 1986Film als Britton

The Hi-Lo Country 1998Film als Steve Shaw

Blue Collar 1978Film als Clarence Hill

Frances 1982Film als Docteur Symington

Purple Hearts 1984Film als Cmdr. Markel

Challenger 1990Film als Larry Mulloy

Disaster on the Coastliner 1979Film als John Carlson

The Final Days 1989Film als Richard Nixon

The Last American Hero 1973Film als Rick Penny

Between the Lines 1977Film als Roy Walsh

On the Yard 1978Film als Blake

Terror at London Bridge 1985Film als Anson Whitfield

The Spy Within 1994Film als Stephen Hahn

Honeysuckle Rose 1980Film als Brag

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training 1977Film als Officer Mackie

Inherit the Wind 1999Film als Reverend Jeremiah Brown

Gideon's Trumpet 1980Film als Fred Turner

Man on a Swing 1974Film als Ted Ronan

Weeds 1987Film als Claude

False Arrest 1991Film als Martin Busey

Night Game 1989Film als Whitty

Resurrection 1980Film als Don

Mark, I Love You 1980Film als Don Payer

Unholy Matrimony 1966Film als Partygoer

WW3 2001Film als John Sullivan

The Georgia Peaches 1980Film als Randolph Dukane

The American Snitch 1983Film als Chuck Maxwell

Prime Suspect 1982Film als Tom Keating