Lawrence Dane
Biography
Date of Birth 3 April 1937, Masson, Quebec, Canada Lawrence Dane is an exceptionally fine, versatile and shamefully underrated Canadian character actor who's equally adept at both comedy and drama, alike. Tall and lean, with silver gray hair, a gaunt face and a distinguished air about him, Dane is often cast as smooth business executives, physicians, police officers and stern authority figures. Born on April 3rd in 1937 in Masson, Quebec, Lawrence Dane first started acting in the early 60s. He soon amassed a substantial volume of film and TV show credits. Dane gave an especially terrific performance as one of five doctors who find themselves being terrorized by vicious vengeful hillbillies when they go camping in the remote Canadian wilderness in the harrowing Deliverance (1972) variant Rituals (1977); the multi-talented Dane also produced this gritty and suspenseful cult favorite thriller. Other notable roles Dane has played are Michael Ironside's evil business partner in David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981), Melissa Sue Anderson's father in the superior slasher item Happy Birthday to Me (1981) and Peter Weller's tough, but fair boss in the excellent killer rat knockout Of Unknown Origin (1983). Moreover, Dane displayed a delightful flair for comedy in the amusing features It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975) and Find the Lady (1976), in which he was nicely paired with a then-unknown John Candy. Now on the cusp of 70, Lawrence Dane still continues to act in both TV shows and movies with pleasing regularity.
Happy Birthday to Me
Hal Wainwright
Scanners
Braedon Keller
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Senator John Lerman
Rituals
Mitzi
Of Unknown Origin
Eliot Riverton
Rolling Vengeance
Big Joe Rosso
A Very Merry Mix-Up
Charles
Behind the Wall
Father Hendry
The Park Is Mine
Commissioner Keller
Running
Coach Walker
Undercover Grandpa
Wolf
A Very Merry Mix-Up
Charles
You Lucky Dog
Clay Rayborn
Behind the Wall
Father Hendry
Still Small Voices
Henry Waiverly
Absolution
Bishop Edward Werther
King's Ransom
Officer Holland
Red Green's Duct Tape Forever
Prosecutor
Guilty Hearts
Les Moran
Fall
Joseph King
The Last Debate
Sidney Robert Mulvane
Waking the Dead
Governor Kinosis
Rated X
Robert De Salvo
Thrill Seekers
FBI Agent Baker
Bride of Chucky
Lt. Preston
Sandslottet
Pinder
Mr. Headmistress
Rawlings
Moonlight Becomes You
Malcolm Moore
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
Mr. Limber
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sheriff
Double Jeopardy
Judge Thornim
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Senator John Lerman
Black Fox
Colonel McKensie
Darkman II: The Return Of Durant
Dr. Alfred Hathaway
Danielle Steel's Vanished
Judge Morrison
It Takes Two
Mr. Kensington
Black Fox: Good Men and Bad
Colonel McKensie
Lethal Lolita
Elliot Fisher
The Good Fight
Tom Rothermill
Devlin
Art Wolfe
Twin Sisters
Boone
The Last Best Year
John Dennis
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
General Dzerinsky
Millennium
Captain Vern Rockwell
The Christmas Wife
Michael Rosten (uncredited)
Rolling Vengeance
Big Joe Rosso
The Park Is Mine
Commissioner Keller
Of Unknown Origin
Eliot Riverton
Abner Coles
Mr. Wiseman ("Julia")
Happy Birthday to Me
Hal Wainwright
Scanners
Braedon Keller
Head On
Frank Keys
Bear Island
Paul Hartman
Running
Coach Walker
Rituals
Mitzi
Find the Lady
Broom
The Clown Murders
Philip
Our Man Flint: Dead on Target
Wendell Runsler
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Broom
The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days
Jerry Cuozzo
