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Lane Smith

1936 - 2005

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Walter Lane Smith III (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor. His well-known roles included newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the 1984 NBC television series 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Lane Smith is the 5,750th most popular actor (down from 5,470th in 2024), the 8,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,980th in 2019) and the 2,641st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Lane Smith ranks 5,750 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael K. Williams, Bruce Bennett, Boris Livanov, İbrahim Çelikkol, Kelly Macdonald, and Kevin Richardson. After him are Hansjörg Felmy, Seth Green, Nancy Walker, John Cho, Götz Otto, and Charisma Carpenter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lane Smith ranks 452. Before him are Sissy Schwarz, Andrzej Zieliński, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Taisia Chenchik, and Manfred Stolpe. After him are Gerald Guralnik, Dmitri Anosov, Zhong Nanshan, Fleur Mellor, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, and Otto Leodolter. Among people deceased in 2005, Lane Smith ranks 288. Before him are Carl Forssell, Mario Luzi, George Szekeres, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Richard Doll, and Gaylord Nelson. After him are Parveen Babi, Josef Holeček, Bruno Manser, Nirmal Verma, James Stockdale, and Ihor Rybak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lane Smith ranks 8,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Gypsy Rose Lee (1911), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Paul McCrane (1961), Michael K. Williams (1966), Bruce Bennett (1906), and Kevin Richardson (1971). After him are Jeanna Fine (1964), Lawrence Shields (1895), Jeanne Ashworth (1938), Donald E. Williams (1942), Seth Green (1974), and James Gray (1969).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lane Smith ranks 2,642. Before him are Patrick Fabian (1964), Gypsy Rose Lee (1911), Paul McCrane (1961), Michael K. Williams (1966), Bruce Bennett (1906), and Kevin Richardson (1971). After him are Seth Green (1974), Nancy Walker (1922), Charisma Carpenter (1970), Carlos Bernard (1962), Albert Salmi (1928), and Alessandro Nivola (1972).

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