Lane Smith
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Walter Lane Smith III (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor.
His well-known roles included portraying collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks, district attorney Jim Trotter III in My Cousin Vinny and American President Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination.
Early life
Lane Smith was born in 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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.
Career
Smith spent his time in New York theater before making his debut in Maidstone in 1970. He appeared in small film films, including Rooster Cogburn in 1975 and Network in 1976. Smith appeared in the Sidney Lumet-directed film Prince of the City in 1981. He has appeared on television, including in the television miniseries A Rumor of War and in the 1980 Hall of Fame television film "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 big comeback in 1984 with his appearances in Red Dawn, Places in the Heart, and television series V. He also appeared on Quincy, M.E. As an oncologist looking for a cure to cancer, an oncologist on "Science for Sale" in season 8, episode 8. Smith received acclaim for his role as Richard Nixon in the docudrama The Final Days in 1989. "Smith] is such a good Nixon that his misery and agony at his predicament become completely overwhelming," Newsweek wrote. Smith was given a Golden Globe Award for his work. He appeared in the original Broadway stage performance of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk. He was given a Drama Desk Award for his work.
Smith appeared in Air America in 1990 as a Senator from the United States, a role for which he was chosen based on his resemblance to then-Minority Leader Bob Dole. In My Cousin Vinny, he was opposite Joe Pesci, and then he took over as Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks two years later. Smith landed the role of Perry White in Lois & Clark's New Adventures of Superman, which continued for four seasons until 1997. In 1994, he portrayed Ron, the New York Yankees' front officeman, alongside Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser. Smith appeared in the HBO miniseries From The Earth to the Moon in 1998, as fictional television anchor Emmett Seaborn. In The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), he made his last film appearance.