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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, Walter Warner in Son in Law, collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lane Smith has received more than 1,774,353 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Lane Smith is the 3,563rd most popular actor (up from 3,616th in 2019), the 5,462nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,708th in 2019) and the 1,673rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lane Smith ranks 3,563 out of 9,996. Before him are Renato Pozzetto, August Schellenberg, Carlo Verdone, Inger Stevens, Valentina Vargas, and Leif Erickson. After him are Maruschka Detmers, Sinéad Cusack, Chloë Sevigny, Tom Conti, Jack Oakie, and Jane Greer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lane Smith ranks 305. Before him are Henri Richard, Nutan, Stephen E. Ambrose, Jan Sokol, Giora Feidman, and August Schellenberg. After him are Juan Santisteban, Isacio Calleja, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Boniface Alexandre, and Alex Olmedo. Among people deceased in 2005, Lane Smith ranks 186. Before him are John Love, William Rehnquist, Saunders Mac Lane, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross, and Juan José Saer. After him are Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Gennady Sarafanov, John Vernon, Song Renqiong, and Attilâ İlhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lane Smith ranks 5,462 out of 18,182. Before him are Kate Pierson (1948), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Ralph Hartley (1888), Karl Lashley (1890), and Leif Erickson (1911). After him are Jack Conway (1887), Chloë Sevigny (1974), Jack Oakie (1903), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Rockwell Kent (1882), and Jane Greer (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lane Smith ranks 1,673. Before him are Amy Brenneman (1964), Bobby Cannavale (1970), Henry Gibson (1935), Harry Carey (1878), Hill Harper (1966), and Leif Erickson (1911). After him are Chloë Sevigny (1974), Jack Oakie (1903), Jane Greer (1924), Lawrence Tierney (1919), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), and Lauren Ridloff (1978).

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