1936 - 2005
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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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.
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 3,557
1936 - 2013
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 3,558
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 3,559
1934 - 1970
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 3,560
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,561
1911 - 1986
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,562
1936 - 2005
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,563
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,564
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,565
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,566
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 3,567
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 3,568
1924 - 2001
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 3,569
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.
1936 - 2020
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 299
1936 - 1991
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 300
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 301
1936 - 2021
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 302
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 303
1936 - 2013
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 304
1936 - 2005
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 305
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 306
1936 - 2019
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 307
1936 - 2015
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 308
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 309
1936 - 2023
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 310
1936 - 2020
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 311
1924 - 2005
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 180
1924 - 2005
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 181
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 182
1913 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 183
1951 - 2005
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 184
1937 - 2005
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 185
1936 - 2005
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 186
1914 - 2005
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 187
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 188
1942 - 2005
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 189
1932 - 2005
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 190
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 191
1925 - 2005
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 192
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).
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 5,456
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 5,457
1772 - 1836
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 5,458
1888 - 1970
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 5,459
1890 - 1958
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 5,460
1911 - 1986
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 5,461
1936 - 2005
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 5,462
1887 - 1952
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 5,463
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 5,464
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 5,465
1779 - 1853
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 5,466
1882 - 1971
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 5,467
1924 - 2001
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 5,468
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).
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 1,667
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 1,668
1935 - 2009
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 1,669
1878 - 1947
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 1,670
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 1,671
1911 - 1986
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 1,672
1936 - 2005
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 1,673
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 1,674
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 1,675
1924 - 2001
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 1,676
1919 - 2002
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 1,677
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,678
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,679