Lane Smith

1936-04-29 Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Biografia

Lane Smith (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor . 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. After graduating, Smith 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. In 1981, Smith appeared in the Sidney Lumet-directed film Prince of the City. He also acted on television, notably playing a United States Marine in Vietnam in the television miniseries A Rumor of War and in the 1980 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie 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 major breakthrough in 1984 with significant roles in Red Dawn, Places in the Heart and the television series V. He also played on Quincy, M.E. in season 8, episode 7, "Science for Sale" as an oncologist searching for a cure to cancer. In 1989, Smith gained recognition for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in the docudrama The Final Days. Newsweek praised the performance, writing, "Smith] is such a good Nixon that his despair and sorrow at his predicament become simply overwhelming." Smith earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. He also appeared in the original Broadway stage production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk. He received a Drama Desk Award for his performance. In 1990, Smith appeared in Air America playing a United States Senator, a role for which he was selected based on his resemblance to then-Minority Leader Bob Dole. Two years later, 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. In 1993 Smith landed the role of Perry White in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which he played for four seasons until 1997. In 1994, he portrayed New York Yankees front officeman Ron in The Scout, alongside Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser. In 1998, Smith appeared in a major role as fictional television anchorman Emmett Seaborn in the HBO miniseries From The Earth to the Moon. His final film appearance was in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). Smith was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) in April 2004. He died of the disease at his home in Northridge, California on June 13, 2005 at the age of 69. He was survived by his wife, Debbie Benedict Smith and his son Robert Smith.

Películas

	Well Received the Death of an Artist		2012-12-12
	WW3	John Sullivan	2001-07-12
	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Grantland Rice	2000-11-02
	The Caprice		2000-11-11
	Inherit the Wind	Reverend Jeremiah Brown	1999-05-29
	Getting Personal	Dr. Maddie	1998-06-13
	The Hi-Lo Country	Steve Shaw	1998-12-30
	Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy	Senator Silverthorne	1997-07-29
	The Scout	Ron Wilson	1994-09-30
	The Flight of the Dove	Stephen Hahn	1994-06-10
	Son in Law	Walter Warner	1993-07-02
	The Distinguished Gentleman	Dick Dodge	1992-12-04
	The Mighty Ducks	Jack Reilly	1992-10-02
	My Cousin Vinny	Jim Trotter III	1992-03-13
	Duplicates	Mr. Fryman	1992-03-18
	False Arrest	Martin Busey	1991-11-03
	Blind Vengeance	Col. Blanchard	1990-08-22
	Air America	Senator Davenport	1990-08-10
	Challenger	Larry Mulloy	1990-02-25
	The Final Days	Richard Nixon	1989-10-29
	Night Game	Whitty	1989-09-15
	Killer Instinct	Dr. Butler	1988-11-22
	Prison	Warden Eaton Sharpe	1987-12-08
	A Place to Call Home	Sam	1987-02-07
	Weeds	Claude	1987-10-16
	Native Son	Britton	1986-12-24
	Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues	Captain Max Rosenberg	1985-10-05
	Terror at London Bridge	Anson Whitfield	1985-11-22
	Something About Amelia	Officer Dealy	1984-01-09
	Red Dawn	Mayor Bates	1984-08-10
	Places in the Heart	Albert Denby	1984-09-11
	Purple Hearts	Cmdr. Markel	1984-03-30
	Special Bulletin	Morton Sanders	1983-03-20
	The American Snitch	Chuck Maxwell	1983-01-01
	The Member of the Wedding	Mr. Addams	1982-12-20
	Prime Suspect	Tom Keating	1982-01-20
	Thou Shalt Not Kill	Clarence Blake	1982-04-12
	Frances	Dr. Symington	1982-12-03
	Prince of the City	Tug Barnes	1981-08-19
	Dark Night of the Scarecrow	Harless Hocker	1981-10-24
	City in Fear	Brian	1980-03-30
	On the Nickel	Preacher	1980-05-08
	Honeysuckle Rose	Brag	1980-07-18
	Mark, I Love You	Don Payer	1980-12-10
	The Georgia Peaches	Randolph Dukane	1980-11-08
	Gideon's Trumpet	Fred Turner	1980-04-30
	Resurrection	Don	1980-09-26
	Over the Edge	Sloan	1979-05-18
	Disaster on the Coastliner	John Carlson	1979-10-28
	The Solitary Man	Jack Collins	1979-10-09
	On the Yard	Blake	1978-09-16
	Blue Collar	Clarence Hill	1978-02-10
	The Crash of Flight 401		1978-10-29
	A Death in Canaan	Bob Hartman	1978-03-01
	Between the Lines	Roy Walsh	1977-04-27
	The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training	Officer Mackie	1977-07-08
	The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer		1977-12-01
	The Displaced Person	Mr. Shortley	1977-04-12
	Network	Robert McDonough	1976-11-14
	Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys	Tyler	1976-04-22
	Everybody Rides the Carousel	Stage 1 (voice)	1975-06-08
	Valley Forge		1975-12-03
	Rooster Cogburn	Leroy	1975-11-01
	Man on a Swing	Ted Ronan	1974-02-24
	The Last American Hero	Rick Penny	1973-07-27
	Maidstone		1971-03-09
	Unholy Matrimony	Partygoer	1966-12-28