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Walter Lane Smith III net worth is
$1 Million

Walter Lane Smith III Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Walter Lane Smith III, known as Lane Smith (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005), was an American actor. Some of his well known roles included portraying collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks, district attorney Jim Trotter III in My Cousin Vinny and American President Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination. 

Full NameWalter Lane Smith III
Net Worth$1 Million
Date Of BirthApril 29, 1936
DiedJune 13, 2005, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of BirthMemphis, Tennessee, United States
Height1.84 m
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack
SpouseDebbie Benedict children
NicknamesLane Smith, Smith, Lane
IMDB
Star SignTaurus
#Quote
1It'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.
#Fact
1Appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Network (1976) and Places in the Heart (1984).
2He guest starred in The Rockford Files: Claire (1975), which also featured Jackie Cooper. Both Cooper and Smith later played the "Superman" character Perry White, the editor of the Daily Planet: Cooper in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and Smith in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).
3He has two roles in common with Frank Langella: (1) Smith played US President Richard Nixon in The Final Days (1989) while Langella played him in Frost/Nixon (2008) and (2) Smith played Perry White in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) while Langella played him in Superman Returns (2006).
4Father of actor Lane Smith Jr..
5Suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) in later years.
6Earned a Drama Desk Award for his role in the Broadway play "Glengarry Glen Ross" in 1984.
7Studied drama for two years at what is now named Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh but dropped out for a two-year hitch with the Army.
8Won critical praise and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of a disgraced Richard Nixon in The Final Days (1989). Ardent supporters of Nixon thought that the TV docudrama was a smear campaign, while his worst critics thought that it was far too sympathetic.
9An alumnus of the Actors Studio, he appeared on the stage in such plays as the original production of David Mamet's play, "Glengarry Glen Ross", and in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
10He was survived by his wife, Debbie Benedict; their son Robbie, then 18; a 19-year-old stepson; a son from a previous marriage, Lane Smith Jr.; a brother, and a sister.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Well Received the Death of an Artist2012
Out of Order2003TV Mini-SeriesFrank
Judging Amy2002TV SeriesMr. Radford
The Practice2001TV SeriesJudge H. Finkel
WW 32001TV MovieJohn Sullivan
DAG2001TV SeriesAgent Baxter
The Caprice2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance2000Grantland Rice
Bull2000TV SeriesRussell Dantly
King of the Hill2000TV SeriesNate Hashaway / Charlie Fortner
Inherit the Wind1999TV MovieReverend Jeremiah Brown
Walker, Texas Ranger1999TV SeriesReverend Thornton Powers
The Hi-Lo Country1998Steve Shaw
Legacy1998TV Series
Why Do Fools Fall in Love1998Ezra Grahme
Getting Personal1998Dr. Maddie
From the Earth to the Moon1998TV Mini-SeriesEmmett Seaborn
The Outer Limits1998TV SeriesDr. Malcolm Boussard
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy1997TV MovieSenator Silverthorne
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993-1997TV SeriesPerry White
Clueless1996TV SeriesDan Hafner
The War at Home1996uncredited
Dweebs1995TV SeriesColonel Whitmore
The Spy Within1995Stephen Hahn
The Scout1994Ron Wilson
Murphy Brown1994TV SeriesDanger Duke
Son in Law1993Walter Warner
The Distinguished Gentleman1992Dick Dodge
The Mighty Ducks1992Coach Reilly
Duplicates1992TV MovieMr. Fryman
My Cousin Vinny1992Jim Trotter III
False Arrest1991TV MovieMartin Busey
Good & Evil1991TV SeriesHarlan Shell
Good Sports1991TV SeriesR.J. Rappaport
Blind Vengeance1990TV MovieCol. Blanchard
Air America1990Senator Davenport
Challenger1990TV MovieLarry Mulloy
Race for Glory1989Joe Gifford
The Final Days1989TV MovieRichard Nixon
Night Game1989Witty
Murder, She Wrote1989TV SeriesPol. Chief Miles Underwood
Jake's Journey1988TV MovieFather
Killer Instinct1988TV MovieDr. Butler
In the Heat of the Night1988TV SeriesSonny Mims
Prison1987Sharpe
Weeds1987Claude
A Place to Call Home1987TV MovieSam
Native Son1986Britton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1986TV SeriesRobert Warren
If Tomorrow Comes1986TV Mini-SeriesWarden Brannigan
The Twilight Zone1986TV SeriesProf. Joseph Fitzgerald (segment "Profile in Silver")
Amazing Stories1986TV SeriesDr. Caruso
Dress Gray1986TV Mini-SeriesCol. King
Kay O'Brien1986TV SeriesDoctor Robert Moffitt
Terror at London Bridge1985TV MovieAnson Whitfield
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues1985TV MovieCaptain Max Rosenberg
Hollywood Beat1985TV SeriesWes Biddles
MacGruder and Loud1985TV SeriesRichard
Hill Street Blues1985TV SeriesMike
V1984-1985TV SeriesNathan Bates
Places in the Heart1984Albert Denby
Red Dawn1984Mayor Bates
Purple Hearts1984Cmdr. Markel
Something About Amelia1984TV MovieOfficer Dealy
The American Snitch1983Chuck Maxwell
Chiefs1983TV Mini-SeriesHoss Spence
Special Bulletin1983TV MovieMorton Sanders
The Member of the Wedding1982TV MovieMr. Addams
Frances1982Dr. Symington
Quincy M.E.1982TV SeriesDr. Paul Flynn
Chicago Story1982TV SeriesMiller
Lou Grant1982TV SeriesDr. Lawrence
Thou Shalt Not Kill1982TV MovieClarence Blake
Hart to Hart1982TV SeriesRoy Hamlin
Prime Suspect1982TV MovieTom Keating
Dark Night of the Scarecrow1981TV MovieHarless Hocker
Dallas1981TV SeriesProsecutor Ward
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.1981Smilin' Jack
Prince of the City1981U.S. Marshal Tug Barnes
Mark, I Love You1980TV MovieDon Payer
The Georgia Peaches1980TV MovieRandolph Dukane
Resurrection1980Don
Honeysuckle Rose1980Brag--Cotton's Manager
On the Nickel1980Preacher
Gideon's Trumpet1980TV MovieFred Turner
City in Fear1980TV MovieBrian
A Rumor of War1980TV Mini-SeriesSgt. Willliam Holgren
Disaster on the Coastliner1979TV MovieJohn Carlson
The Solitary Man1979TV MovieJack Collins
Over the Edge1979Sloan
The Rockford Files1975-1979TV SeriesCIA Agent Donnegan / Willett
Having Babies1979TV SeriesKen
Crash1978TV Movie
On the Yard1978Blake
A Death in Canaan1978TV MovieBob Hartman
Blue Collar1978Clarence Hill
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977TV Movie
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training1977Officer Mackie
Between the Lines1977Roy Walsh
The Displaced Person1977TV MovieMr. Shortley
Network1976Robert McDonough
Everybody Rides the Carousel1975Stage 1 (voice)
Valley Forge1975TV MovieSpad
Rooster Cogburn1975Leroy
Kojak1975TV SeriesClyde Regan
Man on a Swing1974Ted Ronan
Cops and Robbers1973Perpetrator
The Last American Hero1973Rick Penny
Maidstone1970
Unholy Matrimony1966Partygoer (uncredited)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993-1994TV Series performer - 2 episodes

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
E! True Hollywood Story2001TV Series documentaryHimself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1996TV SeriesHimself

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Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1990Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionThe Final Days (1989)

Known for movies

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)
as Perry White

My Cousin Vinny (1992)
as Jim Trotter III

The Mighty Ducks (1992)
as Coach Reilly

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
as Grantland Rice

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