Actor

William Smith

2 Movies

2 Credits

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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

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