Walter Lane Smith III was well known for roles which included newspaper editor Perry White in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, collaborator-entrepreneur Nathan Bates in V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks, district attorney Jim Trotter III in My Cousin Vinny, U.S. Congressman Dick Dodge in The Distinguished Gentleman, Grantland Rice in The Legend of Bagger Vance, and U.S. President Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination.
| Movie | John, Paul, George & Ben | 2007 |
| Episode |
Judging Amy People of the Lie |
2002 |
| Episode |
Clueless Romeo & Cher |
1996 |
| Episode |
Quincy, M.E. Science for Sale |
1982 |
| Episode |
The Practice The Candidate (1) |
2001 |
| Episode |
King of the Hill Meet the Propaniacs |
2000 |
| Episode |
From the Earth to the Moon Le Voyage Dans La Lune |
1998 |
| Episode |
Dweebs The Cyrano Show |
1995 |
| Episode |
King of the Hill Flush With Power |
2000 |
| Episode |
Lou Grant Unthinkable |
1982 |
| Episode |
DAG The Triangle Report |
1970 |
| Episode |
Amazing Stories (1985) Dorothy and Ben |
1986 |
| Episode |
Legacy The Gift |
1998 |
| Episode |
The Rockford Files Claire |
1975 |
| Episode |
Bull Amen |
1970 |
| Episode |
Legacy Tango |
1998 |
| Episode |
Murphy Brown Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? |
1994 |
| Episode |
Legacy Brother Love |
1998 |
| Episode |
The Twilight Zone (1985) Profile in Silver |
1986 |
| Episode |
The Practice The Candidate (2) |
2001 |
| Episode |
The Rockford Files The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar |
1979 |
| Episode |
Murder, She Wrote The Search for Peter Kerry |
1989 |
| Episode |
In the Heat of the Night Road Kill |
1988 |
| Episode |
Dallas Gone, But Not Forgotten |
1981 |
