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Acting

Lane Smith

Career: Active from 1973 to 2001, busiest in 1992 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: My Cousin Vinny
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lane Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Wonder
2.7, average 3.4
Cringe Humor
1.6, average 2.2
Uncanny
2.0, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 4
Character-Driven 4
Psychological Tension 3
Redemption Arc 2
Character Study 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Gritty Realism 2
Relationship Dynamics 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

97

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

6 titles · average score 54

Out of Order

60

TV show · as Frank

WW3

46

as John Sullivan

as Lane

The Legend of Bagger Vance

56

as Grantland Rice

DAG

TV show · as Agent Baxter

Bull

TV show

1990s

26 titles · average score 60

Inherit the Wind

66

as Reverend Jeremiah Brown

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Charlie Fortner (voice) / Nate Hashaway (voice)

The Spy Within

41

as Stephen Hahn

The Scout

37

as Ron Wilson

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

76

TV show · as Perry White

Son in Law

48

as Walter Warner

The Mighty Ducks

51

as Jack Reilly

The Distinguished Gentleman

43

as Dick Dodge

My Cousin Vinny

77

as Jim Trotter III

Duplicates

58

as Mr. Fryman

Good Sports

56

TV show · as R.J. Rappaport

Air America

38

as Senator Davenport

1980s

42 titles · average score 65

The Final Days

75

as Richard Nixon

Night Game

18

as Whitty

Killer Instinct

as Dr. Butler

Prison

40

as Warden Eaton Sharpe

A Place to Call Home

as Sam

Weeds

64

as Claude

TV show

72

TV show · as Nathan Bates

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Pol. Chief Miles Underwood

The American Snitch

as Chuck Maxwell

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

64

as Harless Hocker

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show · as Mike

1970s

21 titles · average score 66

Hart to Hart

60

TV show

The Solitary Man

as Jack Collins

Over the Edge

76

as Sloan

On the Yard

59

as Blake

The Displaced Person

as Mr. Shortley

Lou Grant

73

TV show · as Dr. Lawrence

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Dr. Paul Flynn

Network

85

as Robert McDonough

Rooster Cogburn

58

as Leroy

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as CIA Agent Donnegan / Willett

The Last American Hero

58

as Rick Penny

Kojak

72

TV show · as Clyde Regan

1960s

1 title

Unholy Matrimony

as Partygoer

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Spad / Fred Turner