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Lane Smith

Highest Rated: 96% Blue Collar (1978)

Lowest Rated: 0% Night Game (1989)

Birthday: Apr 29, 1936

Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Handsome stage leading man who matured into character and co-starring roles on the big and small screens in his vigorous middle-age. Smith's career began in the New York theater in the late 1950s with a slew of forgettable productions on-and-off Broadway until he finally achieved a breakthrough in the late 60s as McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," a role which he performed some 650 times. Better stage parts followed including David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1984), for which Smith received a Drama Desk Award.

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Highest rated movies

96% 88% Blue Collar
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94% 52% Between the Lines
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93% 82% Prince of the City
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85% 84% Over the Edge
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85% 87% My Cousin Vinny
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83% 75% Resurrection
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75% 52% The Last American Hero
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71% 54% Weeds
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67% 78% Frances
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63% 64% Dark Night of the Scarecrow
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 36% WW3 John Sullivan (Character) - 2001
43% 65% The Legend of Bagger Vance Grantland Rice (Character) $30.7M 2000
No Score Yet 67% Inherit the Wind Reverend Jeremiah Brown (Character) - 1999
52% 76% Why Do Fools Fall in Love Ezra Grahme (Character) $12.5M 1998
54% 48% The Hi-Lo Country Steve Shaw (Character) $163.8K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Algo Muy Personal Dr. Maddie (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost and Found Dr. Maddie (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Personal Dr. Maddie (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 55% Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy Senator Silverthorne (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 20% The Spy Within Stephen Hahn (Character) - 1995
32% 21% The Scout Ron Wilson (Character) $2.6M 1994
33% 59% Son-in-Law Walter (Character) $36.4M 1993
13% 37% The Distinguished Gentleman Dick Dodge (Character) $46.5M 1992
24% 65% The Mighty Ducks Coach Jack Reilly (Character) $50.7M 1992
85% 87% My Cousin Vinny Jim Trotter III (Character) $50.9M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Duplicates Mr. Fryman (Character) - 1992
13% 34% Air America Senator Davenport (Character) $29.2M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Vengeance Col. Blanchard (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 83% The Final Days Richard Nixon (Character) - 1989
0% 14% Night Game Witty (Character) $228.1K 1989
No Score Yet 78% Race for Glory Joe Gifford (Character) $67.0K 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Instinct Dr. Butler (Character) - 1988
40% 34% Prison Warden Eaton Sharpe (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 100% A Place to Call Home Sam (Character) - 1987
71% 54% Weeds Claude (Character) $1.5M 1987
20% 64% Purple Hearts Cmdr. Markel (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Something About Amelia Officer Dealy (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The American Snitch Chuck Maxwell (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 65% Prime Suspect Tom Keating (Character) - 1982
67% 78% Frances Dr. Symington (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thou Shalt Not Kill Clarence Blake (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 71% Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. Smilin' Jack (Character) - 1981
63% 64% Dark Night of the Scarecrow Harless Hocker (Character) - 1981
93% 82% Prince of the City Tug Barnes (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 20% Follow That Car Randolph Dukane (Character) - 1980
83% 75% Resurrection Don (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 55% Gideon's Trumpet Fred Turner (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet City in Fear Brian (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 67% On the Yard Blake (Character) - 1979
85% 84% Over the Edge Sloan (Character) - 1979
96% 88% Blue Collar Clarence Hill, Union Steward (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Death in Canaan Bob Hartman (Character) - 1978
94% 52% Between the Lines Roy Walsh (Character) - 1977
45% 70% Rooster Cogburn Leroy (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 20% Man on a Swing Ted Ronan (Character) - 1974
75% 52% The Last American Hero Rick Penny (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hard Driver Rick Penny (Character) - 1973

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 76% King of the Hill Nate Hashaway (Guest Voice),
Charlie Fortner (Voice)
2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
57% 80% Legacy Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 82% From the Earth to the Moon Emmett Seaborn (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Dr. Malcolm Boussard (Character) 1998
86% 87% Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Perry White (Character) 1993-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Clueless Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
100% No Score Yet Dweebs Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Sports R.J. Rappaport (Character) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Challenger Larry Mulloy (Character) 1990
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Pol. Chief Miles Underwood (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kay O'Brien Doctor Robert Moffitt (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet 82% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1986
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Mike (Guest Star) 1985
67% 76% V Nathan Bates (Character) 1984-1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Story Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files CIA Agent Donnegan (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Clyde Regan (Guest Star) 1975