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 |
The Practice The Candidate (2) |
2001 |
| Episode |
The Practice The Candidate (1) |
2001 |
| Episode |
King of the Hill Flush with Power |
2000 |
| Episode |
King of the Hill Meet the Propaniacs |
2000 |
| Episode |
From the Earth to the Moon Le Voyage Dans La Lune |
1998 |
| Episode |
Legacy Brother Love |
1998 |
| Episode |
Legacy Tango |
1998 |
| Episode |
Legacy The Gift |
1998 |
| Episode |
Clueless Romeo & Cher |
1996 |
| Episode |
Dweebs The Cyrano Show |
1995 |
| Episode |
Murphy Brown Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? |
1994 |
| Episode |
Murder, She Wrote The Search for Peter Kerry |
1989 |
| Episode |
In the Heat of the Night Road Kill |
1988 |
| Episode |
The Twilight Zone (1985) Profile in Silver |
1986 |
| Episode |
Amazing Stories (1985) Dorothy and Ben |
1986 |
| Episode |
Quincy, M.E. Science for Sale |
1982 |
| Episode |
Lou Grant Unthinkable |
1982 |
| Episode |
Dallas Gone, But Not Forgotten |
1981 |
| Episode |
The Rockford Files The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar |
1979 |
| Episode |
The Rockford Files Claire |
1975 |
| Episode |
Bull Amen |
1970 |
| Episode |
DAG The Triangle Report |
1970 |
