Lane Smith
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| Born | Lane Smith April 29, 1936 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Died | June 13, 2005 (aged 69) Northridge, California |
| Occupation | Actor, Presenter |
| Years active | 1966-2005 |
| Spouse(s) | Debbie Benedict (2000-2005) 2 Children ? (?-?)(Divorced) 1 Child |
Lane Smith (born April 29, 1936 - June 13, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Perry White in the American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
He also played Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination for best actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television in 1990.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Smith was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1936. He graduated from The Leelanau School, a boarding school in Glen Arbor, Michigan (where he is enshrined in that school's Hall of Fame) and spent one year boarding at The Hill School before going off to study at the Actors Studio in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino.
[edit] Career
After his graduation, he 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. He also acted on television, notably playing a U.S. Marine in Vietnam in the made for television miniseries A Rumor of War.
He made a major breakthrough in 1984 with significant roles in Red Dawn, Places in the Heart and the television series V. Smith earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Richard Nixon in the 1989 docudrama The Final Days. He also appeared in the original stage production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross enjoying a lengthy run.
In 1990, he appeared in Air America playing a U.S. Senator. In 1992, 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. Smith played his biggest role in his career as Perry White in Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman between 1993 and 1997. His final film appearance was in The Legend of Bagger Vance in 2000.
[edit] Personal life
Smith was married twice. He had one son from his first marriage. In 2000, he remarried to Ruth Benedict who had one son from a previous marriage.
[edit] Death
Smith was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease in April 2005 and died of the disease at his home in Northridge, California on June 13, 2005. He was 69 years old.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Frank | |
| 2002 | Judging Amy | Mr. Radford | Episode: People of the Lie |
| 2001 | The Practice | Judge H. Finkel | Episode: The Candidate (1) |
| WW3 | John Sullivan | ||
| DAG | Agent Baxter | Episode: The Triangle Report | |
| Bull | Russell Dantly | Episode: Amen | |
| 2000 | King of the Hill | Charlie Fortner Nate Hashaway |
Episode: Hanky Panky (1) Episode: Meet the Propaniacs Episode: Flush with Power |
| 1999 | Inherit the Wind | Reverend Jeremiah Brown | |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Reverend Thornton Powers | Episode: Power Angels | |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Emmett Seaborn | |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Malcolm Boussard | Episode: Glyphic | |
| 1993-1997 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Perry White | |
| 1997 | Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy | Senator Silverthorne | |
| 1996 | Clueless | Dan Hafner | Episode: Romeo & Cher |
| 1995 | Dweebs | Episode: The Cyrano Show | |
| 1994 | Murphy Brown | Danger Duke | Episode: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? |
| 1992 | Duplicates | Mr. Fryman | |
| 1991 | False Arrest | Martin Busey | |
| Good & Evil | Harlan Shell | ||
| Good Sports | R.J. Rappaport | ||
| 1990 | Blind Vengeance | Col. Blanchard | |
| Challenger | Larry Mulloy | ||
| 1989 | The Final Days | Richard Nixon | Golden Globe Award (nominated) |
| Murder, She Wrote | Pol. Chief Underwood | Episode: The Search for Peter Kerry | |
| 1988 | Killer Instinct | Dr. Butler | |
| In the Heat of the Night | Sonny Mims | Episode: Road Kill | |
| 1987 | A Place to Call Home | Sam | |
| 1986 | Kay O'Brien | Doctor Robert Moffitt | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Robert Warren | Episode: Happy Birthday | |
| If Tomorrow Comes | Warden Brannigan | ||
| Dress Gray | Col. King | ||
| The New Twilight Zone | Professor Joseph Fitzgerald | Episode: Profile in Silver/Button, Button | |
| Amazing Stories | Dr. Caruso | Episode: Dorothy and Ben | |
| 1984-1985 | V | Nathan Bates | |
| 1985 | Bridge Across Time | Anson Whitfield | |
| Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Captain Max Rosenberg | ||
| Hill Street Blues | Mike | Episode: El Capitan | |
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Officer Dealy | |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Hoss Spence | |
| Special Bulletin | Morton Sanders | ||
| 1982 | Quincy, M.E. | Dr. Paul Flynn | Episode: Science for Sale |
| Lou Grant | Dr. Lawrence | Episode: Unthinkable | |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill | Clarence Blake | ||
| Prime Suspect | Tom Keating | ||
| The Member of the Wedding | Mr. Addams | ||
| 1981 | Hart to Hart | Roy Hamlin | Episode: Hart, Line, and Sinker |
| Dark Night of the Scarecrow | Harless Hocker | ||
| Dallas | Prosecutor | Episode: Gone, But Not Forgotten | |
| 1980 | Mark, I Love You | Don Payer | |
| The Georgia Peaches | Randolph Dukane | ||
| A Rumor of War | Sgt. William Holgren | ||
| Gideon's Trumpet | Fred Turner | ||
| City in Fear | Brian | ||
| 1975, 1979 | The Rockford Files | Willet CIA Agent Donnegan |
Episode: Claire Episode: The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar |
| 1979 | Disaster on the Coastliner | John Carlson | |
| The Solitary Man | Jack Collins | ||
| 1978 | Crash | ||
| A Death in Canaan | Bob Hartman | ||
| 1977 | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | ||
| The Displaced Person | |||
| 1975 | Valley Forge | Spad | |
| Kojak | Clyde Regan | Episode: Queen of the Gypsies |
