- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.36
- Peak run
- 1975’87
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Lane by the numbers
Average
6.36
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.42
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.77
rating spread
Career
27y
1974 to 2000
Total votes
441K
across every film
Best
7.6
My Cousin Vinny
Worst
5.5
The Scout
Newest first
Filmography
| 2000 |  The Legend of Bagger Vance | Grantland Rice | 6.7 | 62,886 |
| 1995 | The Spy Within | Stephen Hahn | · | 449 |
| 1994 | The Scout | Ron Wilson | 5.5 | 7,489 |
| 1993 |  Son in Law | Walter Warner | 6.0 | 23,951 |
| 1992 |  The Distinguished Gentleman | Dick Dodge | 5.9 | 18,087 |
| 1992 |  The Mighty Ducks | Coach Reilly | 6.6 | 77,717 |
| 1992 |  My Cousin Vinny | Jim Trotter III | 7.6 | 162K |
| 1990 |  Air America | Senator Davenport | 5.8 | 32,825 |
| 1989 | Night Game | Lamar Witty | 5.1 | 2,035 |
| 1987 | Weeds | Claude | 6.1 | 1,021 |
| 1987 | Prison | Warden Ethan Sharpe | 5.8 | 5,289 |
| 1984 |  Places in the Heart | Albert Denby | 7.4 | 15,994 |
| 1981 | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Smilin' Jack | · | 301 |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Brag (Cotton's manager) | 6.3 | 2,112 |
| 1978 |  Blue Collar | Clarence Hill | 7.5 | 12,360 |
| 1978 | On the Yard | Blake | · | 396 |
| 1976 | Everybody Rides the Carousel | Stage 1 | · | 498 |
| 1975 |  Rooster Cogburn | Leroy | 6.8 | 14,670 |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | Ted Ronan | · | 902 |
Better together?
Lane Smith's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Lane Smith
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