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Biography

Smith was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Walter Smith, a civil engineer, and his mother Margaret Smith, a homemaker. At…more

Born

4/29/1936, Memphis, Tennessee

Died

6/13/2005

Birth Name

Gender

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Credits

Star (6)

Role
- From the Earth to the Moon
  Emmett Seaborn
  - S 1: Ep 4 1968
    4/12/98
  - S 1: Ep 1 Can We Do This?
    4/5/98
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  Perry White
  - S 4: Ep 21 Toy Story
    6/7/97
  - S 4: Ep 19 Voice From The Past (3)
    4/26/97
  - S 4: Ep 18 Shadow Of A Doubt (2)
    4/19/97
  - S 4: Ep 17 Faster Than A Speeding Vixen (1)
    4/12/97
  - S 4: Ep 16 AKA Superman
    3/16/97
  - + 79 More Credits
- Good & Evil
  Harlan Shell
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    10/30/91
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    10/23/91
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    10/16/91
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    10/9/91
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/2/91
  - + 6 More Credits
- Good Sports
  R.J. Rappaport
  - S 1: Ep 15 A Class Act
    7/13/91
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Return of Nick
    7/6/91
  - S 1: Ep 13 Bobby and Gayle Go On a Date
    6/22/91
  - S 1: Ep 12 Love Means Never Having to Say You're Happy
    6/15/91
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Moody Blues Swing
    6/8/91
  - + 10 More Credits
- Kay O'Brien
  Dr. Robert Moffitt
  - S 1: Ep 8 Dollars and Sense
    11/13/86
  - S 1: Ep 7 Princess of the City
    11/6/86
  - S 1: Ep 6 Lessons Learned
    10/30/86
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Foreign Concept
    10/23/86
  - S 1: Ep 4 Taking the Heat
    10/16/86
  - + 6 More Credits
- V: The Series (1984)
  Nathan Bates
  - S 1: Ep 19 Breakout
    5/24/85
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Rescue
    2/1/85
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Betrayal
    1/18/85
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Hero
    1/11/85
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Conversion
    1/4/85
  - + 8 More Credits
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Judging Amy
  Mr. Radford
  - S 4: Ep 10 People of the Lie
    12/10/02
- The Practice
  Judge Finkle
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Candidate (2)
    9/23/01
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Candidate (1)
    9/23/01
- King of The Hill
  Hashaway
  - S 4: Ep 22 Flush with Power
    5/7/00
- King of The Hill
  Charlie Fortner
  - S 4: Ep 20 Meet the Propaniacs
    4/16/00
- King of The Hill
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 13 Hanky Panky (1)
    2/6/00
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Reverend Thornton Powers
  - S 7: Ep 21 Power Angels
    5/15/99
- Legacy
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 Brother Love
    10/30/98
  - S 1: Ep 2 Tango
    10/16/98
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Gift
    10/9/98
- From the Earth to the Moon
  Emmitt Seaborn
  - S 1: Ep 12 Le Voyage Dans La Lune
    5/10/98
- The Outer Limits
  Dr. Malcolm Boussard
  - S 4: Ep 9 Glyphic
    3/20/98
- Alien Nation (1989)
  Senator Silverthorne
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Udara Legacy
    7/29/97
- Clueless
  Dan Hafner
  - S 1: Ep 11 Romeo & Cher
    12/13/96
- Mighty Ducks
  Coach Jack Reilly
- Dweebs
  Guest Star
- Murphy Brown
  Voice of Danger Duke Robinson (uncredited)
  - S 7: Ep 2 Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
    9/26/94
- Murder, She Wrote
  Chief Underwood
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Search for Peter Kerry
    2/5/89
- In the Heat of the Night
  Sonny Mims
  - S 1: Ep 3 Road Kill
    3/15/88
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  Reporter
  - S 1: Ep 22 Happy Birthday
    3/23/86
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald
  - S 1: Ep 49 Profile in Silver
    3/7/86
- Amazing Stories
  Dr. Caruso
  - S 1: Ep 18 Dorothy and Ben
    3/2/86
- MacGruder and Loud
  Richard
  - S 1: Ep 6 Cop Killer
    2/26/85
- Hill Street Blues
  Mike
  - S 5: Ep 18 El Capitan
    2/21/85
- Quincy, M.E.
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 7 Science for Sale
    11/24/82
- Lou Grant
  Dr. Lawrence
  - S 5: Ep 20 Unthinkable
    5/3/82
- Hart To Hart
  Roy Hamlin
  - S 3: Ep 20 Hart, Line And Sinker
    3/30/82
- Dallas
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 2 Gone, But Not Forgotten
    10/16/81
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Fred Turner
  - S 29: Ep 3 Gideon's Trumpet
    4/30/80
- The Rockford Files
  NIA Agent Donnegan
  - S 5: Ep 14 The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
    1/12/79
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Spad
  - S 25: Ep 3 Valley Forge
    12/3/75
- The Rockford Files
  Willett
  - S 1: Ep 18 Claire
    1/31/75
- Kojak
  Clyde Regan
  - S 2: Ep 18 Queen of the Gypsies
    1/19/75
- Bull
  Russell Dantley
  - S 1: Ep 20 Amen
- Dag
  Agent Baxter
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Triangle Report
- You Are There
  Major Benjamin Talmadge
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Treason of Benedict Arnold
    6/21/53

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Lois & Clark's Lane Smith has died

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Trivia
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- Lane Smith has played President Richard Nixon, and Daily Planet Editor Perry White. Both roles have also been played by Frank Langella.
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- Lane Smith was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for The Final Days.
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- Lane earned a Drama Desk Award for his role in "Glengarry Glen Ross" on Broadway in 1984.
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- Lane: (as Perry White in Lois & Clark: The New Adventuers of Superman) Great shades of Elvis!
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- Lane: (Talking about his role as Richard Nixon) It's an actor's dream to play something like this. I consider this my masterwork... playing Nixon gave me tremendous recognition. I'd long been known in the business, but it pulled everything together. Finally people could put the name Lane Smith with my face.
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