{{short description|American actor and singer-songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Lane Caudell | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|4|25}} | birth_place = Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. | other_names = | education = Asheboro High School | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer-songwriter|music publisher}} | years_active = 1972–present | spouse = Mo Lauren | children = Lane Toran }}
'''Lane Caudell''' (born April 25, 1952) is an American actor and singer-songwriter who appeared in the films ''Goodbye, Franklin High'', and ''Hanging on a Star'' and played Woody King on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1982–1983). In addition to working as a solo artist, Caudell's musical endeavors included recording and touring with the Player precursor, Skyband.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=R.D |title=Lane Caudell: Lost Somewhere on the Road between Franklin High and Nashville A review of his rock 'n' roll years with Skyband and acting years in 'Goodbye, Franklin High' and 'Hanging on a Star' |url=https://rdfranciswriter.medium.com/lost-somewhere-on-the-road-between-franklin-high-and-nashville-the-life-and-career-of-lane-caudell-dea6dd9eeb4a |website=Medium}}</ref>
Caudell works as a music publisher for Cauley Music Group in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name="Dibs">{{cite news |title=Bob's got 'dibs' |url=https://www.courier-tribune.com/living/features/bob-s-got-dibs |accessdate=13 January 2019 |newspaper=The Courier-Tribune |date=5 March 2016}}</ref> He is the father of actor-musician Lane Toran.
==Filmography==
===Film and television=== Caudell had roles several minor films for the teenage market in the 1970s, including the lead role in the musical film ''Hanging on a Star'', in which "a big rubbery Lane Caudell arises on a swampy stage and sings in a bubblingly oily voice."<ref name="ScottReview"/> Caudell had the starring role in ''The Archer,'' a fantasy with swords and sorcerers.<ref name="StillbornRiches">{{cite news |last1=Riches |first1=Hester |title=TV pilots: airborne or stillborn? |publisher=Globe and Mail |date=8 April 1981|id={{ProQuest|386749002}} }}</ref> Caudell's character, Toran of the Hawk Clan, has been framed for the murder of his father, Chief Brakus.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Worley |first1=Alec |title=Empires of the Imagination: A Critical Survey of Fantasy Cinema from Georges Méliès to The Lord of the Rings |date=2005 |publisher=MacFarland |isbn=9780786423248 |page=195 }}</ref>
Hal Erickson praised his performance in ''Goodbye, Franklin High''.<ref name="EricksonFilmography">{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed. |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476607856 |page=218 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZg-CgAAQBAJ&dq=%22lane+caudell%22&pg=PA218 |accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref>
In her 1987 memoir ''I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie'', Pamela Des Barres describes Caudell as having given up show business, "after playing a caveman in a TV movie and a brief stint on Days of Our Lives."<ref name="DesBarres">{{cite book |last1=Des Barres |first1=Pamela |title=I'm With the Band: confessions of a Groupie |date=1987 |publisher=Omnibus Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZJRDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22after+playing+a+caveman+in+a+TV+movie+and+a+brief+stint+on+Days+of+Our+Lives%22&pg=PT344 |accessdate=13 January 2019|isbn=9781787590755 }}</ref>
{|class=wikitable |- !Year!!Title!!Role!!Notes |- | 1977 || ''Satan's Cheerleaders'' || Stevie || Feature film |- | 1978 || ''Goodbye, Franklin High'' || Will Armer || Feature film |- | 1978 || ''Hanging on a Star''<ref name="ScottReview">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Jay |title=MOVIES A MONSTROUS TRIPLE BILL (film review) |publisher=Globe and Mail |date=5 September 1978|id={{ProQuest|387238527}} }}</ref> || Jeff Martin || Feature film |- | 1979 || ''Good Ol' Boys'' || Cooter || TV pilot episode |- | 1980 || ''Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die'' || Joe "Deacon" Johnson || TV film |- | 1981 || ''The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire'' || Toran of Malveel || TV film |- | 1982–1983 || ''Days of Our Lives''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Maureen |title=Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera |date=2015 |publisher=MacFarland |isbn=9780786486519 |page=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwI5PzDiIKcC&dq=%22Lane+Caudell%22++%22days+of+our+lives%22&pg=PA206 |accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> || Woody King || Daytime serial |}
===Soundtrack=== {|class=wikitable |- !Year!!Title!!Song performed |- | 1976 || ''Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot'' || "High in the Mountains" |- | 1978 || ''Buffalo Rider'' || "The Life and Legend of Buffalo Jones" |- | 1993 || ''Fire in the Sky'' || "Guest of Honor" |}
==Discography==
===Albums=== {|class=wikitable |- !Year!!Title!!Label |- | 1978 || ''Hanging on a Star'' || MCA Records |- | 1979 || ''Midnight Hunter'' || MCA Records |}
===Singles=== {|class=wikitable |- !Year!!Title!!Label |- | 1972 || "Let Our Love Ride" || Capitol Records |- | 1973 || "Should I Care" || Metromedia Records |- | 1973 || "Play On, Play On" || Capitol Records |- | 1974 || "Alabama Boy" || Private Stock Records |- | 1978 || "Those Eyes" || MCA Records |- | 1978 || "Hanging on a Star" || MCA Records |- | 1979 || "Love, Hit and Run" || MCA Records |}
==References== <references />
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0146454}}
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