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name: "Tommy Lane"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tommy-lane"
roles: []
born: "17 December 1937"
died: "29 November 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T21:15:57.759217+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Tommy Lane

Actor. Born 17 December 1937 in Liberty City, Miami, Florida, US. Died 29 November 2020.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 December 1937, Liberty City, Miami, Florida, US
- **Died:** 29 November 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lane_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62776959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10228

## Biography

Tommy Lane (1937–2021) was an American actor and stunt performer. Born Benjamin Thomas Lane in Liberty City, Miami, Florida, he began his screen career with appearances in the television series *Flipper* in the mid-1960s.

He played Leroy in *Shaft* (1971), Adam in *Live and Let Die* (1973), and roles in *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970), *Ganja & Hess* (1973) and *Shamus* (1973). He also performed stunts in several films and appeared on stage, including in productions at the Players End Public Theatre in New York and Bowling Green University. Lane was additionally a jazz musician who played the trumpet and flugelhorn.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Fi1m 66, as Adam — [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sweat* (2007), as Billy
- *Inside 'Live and Let Die'* (1999), Actor
- *Virtual Weapon* (1997), as Captian Shepard
- *Eureka* (1983), as Miami Chauffeur
- *Blue Skies Again* (1983), as The Boy
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, as Gus - Bartender
- *The Pilot* (1980), as Man Outside Bar
- *The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd* (1980), as Capt. Longheart
- *Island Claws* (1980), as Haitian Man
- *Live and Let Die* (1973), as Adam — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)
- *Ganja & Hess* (1973), as Pimp · Stunts
- *Shamus* (1973), as Tait
- *Come Back, Charleston Blue* (1972), Stunts
- *Shaft* (1971), as Leroy · Stunts
- *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970), as "44"
- *Flipper* (1964), series, as Nick, Tom

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