William Smith
Actor

William Smith

2 Movies
2 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday March 24, 1933 (93 years old)
Place of Birth Columbia, Missouri, USA
Also Known As William E. Smith, Bill Smith, Big Bill Smith, William Smith II
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Biography

William Smith was an American film and television actor who appeared in more than 300 feature films and television productions, best known for playing Anthony Falconetti on the TV mini series "Rich Man, Poor Man". He held a BA from Syracuse and an MA in Russian Studies from UCLA.

Born in Columbia, Missouri, Smith began his acting career at the age of eight in 1942; he entered films as a child actor in such films as The Ghost of Frankenstein, The Song of Bernadette and Meet Me in St. Louis.

He was a regular on the 1961 ABC television series The Asphalt Jungle, portraying police Sergeant Danny Keller. One of his earliest leading roles was as Joe Riley, a Texas Ranger on the NBC western series Laredo. In 1967, Smith guest starred as Jude Bonner on James Arness's long-lived western Gunsmoke.

Smith was cast as John Richard Parker, brother of Cynthia Ann Parker, both taken hostage in Texas by the Comanche, in the 1969 episode "The Understanding" of the syndicated television series Death Valley Days, which was hosted by Robert Taylor. In the story line, Parker contracts the plague, is left for dead by his fellow Comanche warriors, and is rescued by his future Mexican wife, Yolanda (Emily Banks).

He played outlaw turned temporary sheriff Hendry Brown in the 1969 episode "The Restless Man". In that story line, Brown takes the job of sheriff to tame a lawless town, begins to court a young woman (again played by Emily Banks), but soon returns to his deadly outlaw ways in search of bigger thrills.

On Gunsmoke, Smith appeared in a 1972 episode, "Hostage!"; his character beats and rapes Amanda Blake's character Miss Kitty Russell and shoots her twice in the back. Smith has been described as the "greatest bad-guy character actor of our time".

Filmography (226)

Irresistible 2020
Doses of Horror 2018
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite 2014
The Boneyard Collection 2008
Rapturious 2007
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story 2007
Voices from the Graves 2006
Inner Rage 2006
Hell to Pay 2005
Y.M.I. 2004
Killer Story 2004
Zombiegeddon 2003
God Has a Rap Sheet 2003
The Rock 'n Roll Cops 2003
A Mission to Kill 2003
Deadly Memories 2002
The Vampire Hunters Club 2001
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula 2001
Justice League 2001
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' 2000
Vice 2000
Never Look Back 2000
Debbie Does Damnation 1999
Wasteland Justice 1999
Broken Vessels 1998
Blood of His Own 1998
Heat of Las Vegas 1998
Hollywood Cops 1997
The Shooter 1997
Doublecross on Costa's Island 1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 1997
Neon Signs 1996
Uncle Sam 1996
The Colony 1996
Raw Energy 1996
Nash Bridges 1996
Big Sister 2000 1995
Maverick 1994
Taken Alive 1994
Manosaurus 1994
Due South 1994
GetEven 1993
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven 1993
Return of the Roller Blade Seven 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger 1993
Feast 1992
American Me 1992
The Last Riders 1992
Shadow of the Dragon 1992
Dark Secrets 1992
Vinnie & Bobby 1992
The Roller Blade Seven 1991
Cybernator 1991
Spirit of the Eagle 1991
Kiss and Be Killed 1991
Merchant of Evil 1991
Hard Time Romance 1991
The Final Sanction 1990
Empire of Ash III 1990
Instant Karma 1990
Forgotten Heroes 1990
Cartel 1990
Emperor of the Bronx 1990
Shades of L.A. 1990
L.A. Vice 1989
East L.A. Warriors 1989
Action U.S.A. 1989
Terror in Beverly Hills 1989
Jungle Assault 1989
Deadly Breed 1989
B.O.R.N. 1989
Slow Burn 1989
Eagle's Law 1988
Hell Comes to Frogtown 1988
Memorial Valley Massacre 1988
Evil Altar 1988
Bulletproof 1988
Maniac Cop 1988
Platoon Leader 1988
Red Nights 1988
Supercarrier 1988
The Phantom Empire 1987
Moon in Scorpio 1987
Commando Squad 1987
Hell on the Battleground 1987
The Badd One 1987
Eye of the Tiger 1986
Fever Pitch 1985
The Mean Season 1985
The Twilight Zone 1985
Wildside 1985
Red Dawn 1984
The Jerk, Too 1984
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Airwolf 1984
Highway to Heaven 1984
Hunter 1984
The Master 1984
The Outsiders 1983
Rumble Fish 1983
Hardcastle and McCormick 1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983
The Yellow Rose 1983
Masquerade 1983
The A-Team 1983
Conan the Barbarian 1982
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang 1982
T. J. Hooker 1982
Knight Rider 1982
Matt Houston 1982
Simon & Simon 1981
The Fall Guy 1981
Code Red 1981
Any Which Way You Can 1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes 1980
Fast Company 1979
The Frisco Kid 1979
Seven 1979
B. J. and the Bear 1979
Trapper John, M.D. 1979
Benson 1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979
The Rebels 1979
Blackjack 1978
Blood & Guts 1978
Vega$ 1978
Fantasy Island 1978
Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977
CHiPs 1977
The Oregon Trail 1977
Logan's Run 1977
Hollywood Man 1976
Scorchy 1976
Crackle of Death 1976
City of Angels 1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II 1976
Rich Man, Poor Man 1976
The Ultimate Warrior 1975
Boss Nigger 1975
The Swinging Barmaids 1975
Dr. Minx 1975
Win, Place or Steal 1975
Death Among Friends 1975
Bronk 1975
Black Samson 1974
The Sex Symbol 1974
Policewomen 1974
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter 1974
Planet of the Apes 1974
Movin' On 1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974
Police Woman 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974
Invasion of the Bee Girls 1973
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman 1973
The Deadly Trackers 1973
The Last American Hero 1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee 1973
A Taste of Hell 1973
Police Story 1973
Grave of the Vampire 1972
The Thing with Two Heads 1972
Hammer 1972
Piranha 1972
The Man Hunter 1972
Search 1972
Kung Fu 1972
The Streets of San Francisco 1972
Chrome and Hot Leather 1971
Runaway, Runaway 1971
Alias Smith and Jones 1971
Columbo 1971
Angels Die Hard 1970
Darker Than Amber 1970
C.C. and Company 1970
The Losers 1970
Crowhaven Farm 1970
Run, Angel, Run! 1969
Backtrack! 1969
The Over the Hill Gang 1969
Three Guns for Texas 1968
Hawaii Five-O 1968
The Mod Squad 1968
Julia 1968
Here Come the Brides 1968
Ironside 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967
Custer 1967
The Second Hundred Years 1967
Batman 1966
Mission: Impossible 1966
Felony Squad 1966
Laredo 1965
I Dream of Jeannie 1965
Mail Order Bride 1964
36 Hours 1964
Daniel Boone 1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963
Combat! 1962
The Virginian 1962
Zero One 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Stoney Burke 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
Atlantis: The Lost Continent 1961
The Asphalt Jungle 1961
Girls Town 1959
Never So Few 1959
The Mating Game 1959
The Gazebo 1959
Ask Any Girl 1959
Mr. Lucky 1959
The Ed Wynn Show 1958
Perry Mason 1957
Wagon Train 1957
Gunsmoke 1955
Lassie 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Death Valley Days 1952
The Boy with Green Hair 1948
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 1947
Gilda 1946
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
Going My Way 1944
The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942