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  Lane Smith Bio - Lane Smith Biography - Lane Smith Stories
Smith was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Walter Smith, a civil engineer, and his mother Margaret Smith, a homemaker.
Smith went on to appear on Broadway, and picked up his first film roles in Man on a Swing and Network.
Smith's portrayal of Richard Nixon in the television mini series The Final Days was among his most satisfying and earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best actor.
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  Lane Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lane Smith, full name Walter Lane Smith (April 29, 1936 - June 13, 2005) was a U.S. character actor.
Smith was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1936.
Smith was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease in April 2005 and died of the disease at his home in Northridge, California on June 13, 2005.
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 Lane Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lane Smith attended the Actors Studio during its halcyon days of the late 1950s-early 1960s.
Smith's TV roles included smiler-with-a-knife space alien Nathan Bates in V (1984) and Dr. Robert Moffitt in Kay O'Brien (1986).
Lane Smith was married to writer Sydne MacCall.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+66475   (181 words)

  
 What A Character!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
After his freshman year at Carnegie Tech, Smith enlisted in the army and was stationed in Santiago, Chile where he worked at a tracking station for the Vanguard Project, an early satellite program.
Smith’s portrayal of Richard Nixon in the television mini series The Final Days was among his most satisfying and earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best actor.
Smith lives in Los Angeles, where when not working, he enjoys skeet shooting, and pursues his lifelong love of sailing.
www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=982796316   (533 words)

  
 Storyopolis Art Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lane Smith created a sensation in the picture-book world with his oil and acrylic paintings for Jon Scieszka’s THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.
Utilizing a rich, dark palette and collage elements, Lane’s illustrations are edgy, sophisticated, and every bit as comically naughty and deliberately clever as the text of this ground-breaking best-seller.
Lane has also created provocative illustrations for magazines and CD covers, and designed for animated and live-action films.
www.storyopolis.com /portfolio-dbp.asp?ArtistID=136   (157 words)

  
 Apple - Pro/Design - Lane Smith, p. 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
These and hundreds of other playfully eccentric scenes populate the alternate universe of Lane Smith, the award-winning illustrator of books that both adults and children tell each other to read.
Smith also illustrated Scieszka’s “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales” — which earned a Caldecott Honor — “Baloney (Henry P.),” “Math Curse,” “Science Verse” and the “Time Warp Trio” series.
Smith’s collage-like art often includes bits and pieces from old public-domain woodcuts and photographs.
www.apple.com /pro/design/smith   (516 words)

  
 COMICON.com: R.I.P. LANE SMITH Lois & Clark's PERRY WHITE
Lane Smith, the man who brought Superman staple Perry White to life in the popular Lois and Clark television series, has lost his battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Lane was very entertaining on L&C, and always stood out in the minor roles he played.
Lane was the first Perry White I saw in either comics or tv and his portrayal of Perry remains the definitive one for me.
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 Apple - Pro/Design - Lane Smith, p. 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Smith uses Final Cut Pro to produce short promos and to explore animation concepts for some of their books.
Smith’s attributes his minor-key look at the world partly to a happy childhood influenced by Dr. Seuss, Charles Addams, Edward Gorey, monster movies and family road trips to Oklahoma.
Today Smith works with his wife in a converted barn on their Connecticut property, which is populated by wild turkeys and bobcats.
www.apple.com /pro/design/smith/index3.html   (662 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Lane Smith (1936 - 2005)
We are sorry to tell you that my Uncle Lane Smith died earlier today, a blessed relief from his ALS.
Smith's other credits include "Maidstone" (1970) - his film debut, "Red Dawn" (1984), "Air America" (1990), "The Mighty Ducks" (1992) and "Son-In-Law" (1993), one of his most memorable roles, in which he played the unapproving father of a young woman who brings the madcap Pauly Shore home for the Christmas break.
Smith's last role was in the 2003 mini-series "Out of Order".
www.moviehole.net /news/5778.html   (422 words)

  
 Lane Smith Biography at Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Smith's career began in the New York theater in the late 1950s with a slew of forgettable productions on-and-off Broadway until he finally achieved a breakthrough in the late 60s as McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", a role which he performed some 650 times.
Smith made his film debut in the drama "The Last American Hero" (1973) and, throughout the 70s, went on to make regular screen appearances in small supporting roles.
Smith landed his first regular role on TV with "V: The Series" (NBC, 1984-85), a spin-off from the popular sci-fi miniseries, and went on to appear in several other series.
www.hollywood.com /celebritydetail/Lane_Smith/197617   (750 words)

  
 Kidsreads.com - THE TIME WARP TRIO by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
More recently, Jon and Lane have resurrected fables (in the smart, funny, and a little bit wicked way Aesop would have wanted them) in their latest collaboration, SQUIDS WILL BE SQUIDS (1998).
Lane Smith (the illustrator of The True Story and The Stinky Cheese Man) and I were friends before we worked together.
Lane supplemented the money his parents were putting towards his college tuition by taking a job at Disneyland.
www.kidsreads.com /series/series-warp-author.asp   (1493 words)

  
 "Lois & Clark" Star Smith Dies - Jun 15, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Jun 15, 2005, 1:00 PM PT Lane Smith, the character actor who portrayed Perry White, the editor of The Daily Planet on television's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, died at his home in Los Angeles Monday.
Smith won acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination playing Richard Nixon in the television miniseries The Final Days.
In addition to his wife, whom he wed in September 2000, the actor is survived by an 18-year-old son, a 19-year-old stepson, a brother and a sister.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,16759,00.html?rsslatest   (437 words)

  
 Lane Smith Photos - Lane Smith News - Lane Smith Information
At the age of fourteen, Smith was sent to the Leelanau School, a prep school in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Amy must decide if a little girl in the middle of a bitter custody dispute is being molested by her father; doing research for a paper, Donna shadows Maxine during a day in which she deals with the neglected children of a severely depressed mother who refuses treatment; Kyle receives an unwelcome...
Lane starred as Perry White in the TV show Lois and Clark: the New Adventures Of Superman.
www.tv.com /lane-smith/person/5737/summary.html   (368 words)

  
 lane smith ... at MSN Shopping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Adding shame to Mandy's shock, her mother was murdered at a notorious local make-out spot with her lover, while her husband, Tom (Matt Riedy), was the police officer sent to investigate the murder -- and young Mandy was with him while he was on patrol.
Mandy isn't especially close to either Michael or Chloe, as she's still trying to keep an emotional distance from the trauma of her past, but they're forced to come together when Mandy learns the man who killed her mother has escaped from a mental hospital and is on the loose.
After another flout, he seeks therapy from Dr. Maddie (Lane Smith), and long-lost, buried secrets are soon excavated.
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 Amazon.com: John, Paul, George & Ben: Books: Lane Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lane Smith is an illustrator who has collaborated most famously with Jon Scieszka ("The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!" "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," the Time Warp Trio series), as well as illustrating books by Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky.
Lane Smith is as inspired a writer as he is an illustrator.
Smith takes some well-known factoid from their adult years (Ben's never-ending quips, Paul's LOUD, irreverent comments, etc.,) and shows these behaviors in their childhood years, often to the annoyance of peers, teachers, and other adults.
www.amazon.com /John-Paul-George-Lane-Smith/dp/0786848936   (1807 words)

  
 Baloney (Henry P.) - About Jon and Lane
Lane has one brother, whose name is Shane.
Lane supplemented the money his parents were putting towards his college tuition by taking a job at Disneyland.
I don't know, just because, none of your beeswax, and flapdoodle poppycock and balderdash are some more of Jon's answers to questions you can imagine on your own.
www.baloneyhenryp.com /bios.html   (286 words)

  
 Lane Smith Has Died - Ex Isle Forums
We are sorry to tell you that my uncle Lane Smith died earlier today (14JUN05), a blessed relief from his ALS.
But Lane Smith was certainly the most distinctive Perry White, even aside from the Elvis-junkie revisionism.
Lane Smith has been a favorite of mine ever since his role in V...
www.exisle.net /mb/index.php?showtopic=28753   (574 words)

  
 Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Lane Smith was born in Tulsa, but grew up in California.
The two met in the mid-1980s when they were introduced by Jon's wife and Lane's girlfriend, both of whom were art directors.
With this success, the author and illustrator were invited to visit schools, where Scieszka would read fairy-tale parodies that he had written previously; Smith would illustrate them on the spot.
www.northern.edu /hastingw/stinkycheese.htm   (999 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Squids Will Be Squids: Books: Jon Scieszka,Lane Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith are unparalleled in their eccentricity and unrelenting in their boyish, twisted-yet-innocent zeal.
Smith's illustrations are creative and his wife, Molly Leach, provides the exotic design for the book, which will provide appropriate visual stimuli to go with all the morals.
Lane Smith's illustrations add to the absurdity of the fables with wonderfully distorted facial expressions that turn animals and inanimate objects into oddly shaped humans.
www.amazon.ca /Squids-Will-Be-Jon-Scieszka/dp/067088135X   (1890 words)

  
 eBay - lane smith, Children's Books, Pottery China items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
THE STINKY CHEESE MAN by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith H/B
Lane Smith SIGNED John, Paul, George and Ben 1st + SKETCH
Taylor Smith Taylor Salad plates Melody Lane TST Mint
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 Lois & Clark Actor Lane Smith Dies | Lane Smith : People.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lane Smith, a longtime character actor who played a small-town district attorney who battled Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny and was Daily Planet editor Perry White in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, died Monday night at his home in Los Angeles, according to his wife, Debbie Benedict Smith.
Born in Memphis, Tenn., Smith appeared in numerous films and TV shows.
Besides his wife, Smith is survived by his son Robbie, 18, and a brother and sister.
people.aol.com /people/articles/0,19736,1073039,00.html   (243 words)

  
 Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Jon Scieszka (rhymes with Fresca) and Lane Smith grew up 2,000 miles apart, but their lives were on parallel tracks.
Smith’s wife, Molly Leach, is now a book designer and works closely with her husband and Scieszka meshing text, type style, art, and design for the now-trademark Scieszka/Smith “look.”
Scieszka and Smith’s appeal comes from the fact that they mess around as if they were kids—taking chances, challenging each other, solving problems, and testing the limits of possibility.
www.patriciamnewman.com /scieszka_smith.html   (850 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: 'My Cousin Vinny' Actor Lane Smith Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lane Smith, a longtime character actor who played a small-town district attorney who clashed with Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Vinny," died Monday.
Born in Memphis, Smith appeared in numerous films and television shows.
Lane Smith also appeared in the original stage production of "Glengarry Glen Ross" and the revival of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/look/2005/jun/15/061504769.html   (199 words)

  
 Alibris: Lane Smith
In their inimitable style, Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith have created contemporary fables that reflect all the bossiness, sneakiness, bragging, and silliness of our everyday lives--tales handled with such tact and sensitivity that we would never recognize a person like ourselves in them--would we?
Started by Seuss, finished by Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!" is a joyous ode to individuality.
From award-winning author Smith comes the story of what happens to Pinocchio on the very first day after his wish to be a real boy comes true.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Smith,Lane   (1211 words)

  
 'My Cousin Vinny' actor Lane Smith dies
Smith, who also played Richard Nixon in the TV movie "The Final Days" and Daily Planet editor Perry White in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," died at his home in Los Angeles, according to his wife, Debbie Benedict Smith.
Lane Smith also appeared in the original stage production of "Glengarry Glen Ross" and the revival of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Besides his wife, Smith is survived by his son Robbie, 18, and a brother and sister.
www.azcentral.com /ent/celeb/articles/0616smithobit.html   (166 words)

  
 Lane Smith Illustrator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lane Smith's illustrations are enjoyed by kids, college students, and adults.
Smith worked with Jon Sciezka on popular children's books, such as, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! and the The Stinky Cheese Man.
Smith knew he "wanted to be an artist when his fourth-grade math test came back with a big D on it." He spent his time drawing and writing stories, but he read alot, too.
www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us /wolflane.html   (125 words)

  
 Lane Smith - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lane Smith attended the Actors Studio during its halcyon days of the late 1950s-early 1960s.
We rank 20 women who were well-known models before making -- or trying to make -- the leap to movies.
Lane Smith - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Lane Smith Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Lane Smith Biography | Authors and Artists for Young Adults
Smith's illustrations have also appeared in magazines such as Rolling Stone, Time, and Ms., and he designed the characters for the Disney film James and the Giant Peach.
Smith is noted for his figures with large heads and small bodies, which he paints in dark oil colors that give them a distinctively strange, exaggerated quality, as if they stepped out of a dream--some might even say a nightmare.
Lane Smith from Authors and Artists for Young Adults.
www.bookrags.com /biography/lane-smith-aya   (136 words)

  
 About Lee Lane Smith
Lee Lane Smith is an international law firm with nearly sixty-five years of experience in assisting corporate and private clients with complex international transactions.
In addition, Lee Lane Smith LLP offers the full range of family-based immigration services, I-9 audits, tax services, waivers, consular assistance, etc. We would be pleased to provide you with a quote on these additional services and/or non-immigration services, should such a need arise.
To arrange for a consultation, please contact Lee Lane Smith LLP via e-mail at enquiry@leelanesmith.us or toll free at (800) 513-5699.
www.leelanesmith.us /aboutus.html   (191 words)

  
 The Cast of Lois & Clark: Lane Smith
Lane Smith was born on April 29, 1936 in Elvis Presley's hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.
One of Lane's favorite "Lois and Clark" moments was getting to impersonate Elvis in the episode "Pheromone, My Lovely." "I think the most fun I've had so far is the episode where everybody got sprayed with that stuff and made everybody horny," Smith said in a 1994 Museum of Television and Radio appearance.
Lane Smith has also acted on stage, where his performances include "Glengarry Glen Ross" and a starring role as Randall McMurphy in a revival of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."
www.kryptonsite.com /loisclark/lanesmith.htm   (499 words)

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