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Lane Smith

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.

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  • Born In Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  • Born April 29, 1936
  • Died June 13, 2005
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V

1984
as Nathan Bates

My Cousin Vinny

1992
as Jim Trotter III

The Mighty Ducks

1992
as Coach Reilly

The Displaced Person

1977
as Mr. Shortley

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy

1997
as Senator Silverthorne

Red Dawn

1984
as Mayor Bates

Network

1976
as Robert McDonough

Valley Forge

1975
as Spad

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981
as Harless Hocker

Night Game

1989
as Whitty

Air America

1990
as Senator Davenport

Inherit the Wind

1999
as Reverend Jeremiah Brown

City in Fear

1980
as Brian

Duplicates

1992
as Mr. Fryman

Challenger

1990
as Larry Mulloy

Unholy Matrimony

1966
as Partygoer

Kay O'Brien

1986
as Doctor Robert Moffitt

Between the Lines

1977
as Roy Walsh

Blind Vengeance

1990
as Col. Blanchard

The Georgia Peaches

1980
as Randolph Dukane

Native Son

1986
as Britton

The Scout

1994
as Ron Wilson

The Solitary Man

1979
as Jack Collins

The Flight of the Dove

1996
as Stephen Hahn

False Arrest

1991
as Martin Busey

The Final Days

1989
as Richard Nixon

Frances

1982
as Dr. Symington

The American Snitch

1983
as Chuck Maxwell

Jake's Journey

1988
as Father

Rang Rasiya

2014
as Mr. Andrews

Terror at London Bridge

1985
as Anson Whitfield

Honeysuckle Rose

1980
as Brag--Cotton's Manager

Blue Collar

1978
as Clarence Hill, Union Steward

Something About Amelia

1984
as Officer Dealy

Prison

1987
as Warden Eaton Sharpe

Purple Hearts

1984
as Cmdr. Markel

Man on a Swing

1974
as Ted Ronan

Son in Law

1993
as Walter Warner

Weeds

1987
as Claude

WW 3

2001
as John Sullivan

Good Sports

1991
as R.J. Rappaport

Writer

Movie John, Paul, George & Ben 2007

Guest Star

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