William Smith
Acteur, Producer, Schrijver, Regisseur
24 maart 1933 — 5 juli 2021 (88 years)
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".
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".
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Filmography
| 2020 | Irresistible · as Hofbrau Bar Fly |
| 2018 | Doses of Horror · as Neil Agar ("a Dose Of Bee Stings" Segment) (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Rock n' Roll Cops Lite · as Rinaldi (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Her Morbid Desires · as Bill, The Director |
| 2008 | The Boneyard Collection · as Bill, The First Director (segment "her Morbid Desires") |
| 2008 | Body Shop · as Sheriff Taggart |
| 2007 | Rapturious · as Sheriff |
| 2007 | Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story · as Man With Machine Gun |
| 2006 | Inner Rage · as Sam |
| 2005 | Hell to Pay · as Emil Brax |
| 2004 | Killer Story · as Monty |
| 2003 | Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins · as Rinaldi |
| 2003 | Zombiegeddon · as Lord ZombieOp Plex |
| 2003 | God Has a Rap Sheet · as Lucifer |
| 2002 | Neon Signs · as Clyde |
| 2001 | Justice League · as Draaga (voice) |
| 2001 | The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula · as Count Dracula |
| 2001 | The Elite · as Colonel ShawOp Plex |
| 2000 | Vice · as Spooky Harlow |
| 2000 | Conan the Barbarian: Unchained · as Conan's Father (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Never Look Back · as Lee Clayton |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Broken Vessels · as Bo |
| 1998 | Deadly Currency · as Mario Verelli |
| 1998 | No Rest for the Wicked · as Frank Love |
| 1997 | The Shooter · as Jerry KrantsOp Plex |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction · as Wes Tronker (segment "devil's Tattoo")Op Plex |
| 1997 | Hollywood Cops · as Rinaldi |
| 1997 | Doublecross on Costa's Island · as L. E. |
| 1996 | Uncle Sam · as Major |
| 1996 | The Colony · as Theo Maxwell |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges · as Boris ZarkovOp Plex |
| 1995 | Big Sister 2000 · as The Man |
| 1994 | Maverick · as Riverboat Poker Player |
| 1994 | Taken Alive · as L.e. |
| 1994 | Due South · as Harold Geiger |
| 1993 | Champagne and Bullets · as Normad |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger · as Silas Quint |
| 1993 | Return of the Roller Blade Seven · as Pharoah |
| 1993 | Merchant of Evil · as Victor Fortunetti |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Legend of the Roller Blade Seven · as Pharoah |
| 1992 | Vinnie & Bobby · as Warren Bean |
| 1992 | American Me · as Deacon |
| 1992 | Feast · as Det. George Bordelli |
| 1992 | Shadow of the Dragon · as Eric Brunner |
| 1992 | Dark Secrets · as Robert |
| 1991 | The Last Riders · as Hammer |
| 1991 | The Roller Blade Seven · as Pharoah |
| 1991 | Cybernator · as Colonel PeckOp Plex |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Spirit of the Eagle · as Hatchett |
| 1991 | Kiss and Be Killed · as Det. Murdoch |
| 1990 | The Final Sanction · as Maj. Galashkin |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Cartel · as Mason |
| 1990 | Chance · as Captain Joe WilkesOp Plex |
| 1990 | Emperor of the Bronx · as Fitz |
| 1990 | Instant Karma · as Pop |
| 1990 | Forgotten Heroes · as General Gregori Zelenkov |
| 1989 | Slow Burn · as Antonio Scarpelli |
| 1989 | Merchants of Death · as Dr. FarleyOp Plex |
| 1989 | East L.A. Warriors · as MartelliOp Plex |
| 1989 | L.A. Vice · as Capt. Joe WilkesOp Plex |
| 1989 | The Young Riders · as Marshall Ben TurnerOp Plex |
| 1989 | Terror in Beverly Hills · as President |
| 1989 | Deadly Breed · as Captain |
| 1989 | Empire of Ash III · as Lucas |
| 1989 | Jungle Assault · as General Mitchell |
| 1989 | Action U.S.A. · as Conover |
| 1988 | Hell on the Battleground · as Colonel Meredith |
| 1988 | Memorial Valley Massacre · as Gen. Mintz |
| 1988 | Evil Altar · as Reed Weller |
| 1988 | Guns of Paradise · as Quincy Bradley |
| 1988 | Platoon Leader · as Major Flynn |
| 1988 | Maniac Cop · as Captain Ripley |
| 1988 | Red Nights · as Phillip |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Hell Comes to Frogtown · as Captain Devlin / Count SodomOp Plex |
| 1988 | The Phantom Empire · as Dr. ChambersOp Plex |
| 1988 | Tiger Cage · as Boris Katunik |
| 1987 | Moon in Scorpio · as Burt |
| 1987 | Bulletproof · as Russian Major |
| 1987 | Commando Squad · as Morgan Denny |
| 1987 | Houston Knights · as Sonny Nash |
| 1987 | Ohara · as H.r. 'bob' Ackroyd |
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger · as BladeOp Plex |
| 1986 | Downtown (1986) · as Cast |
| 1985 | Fever Pitch · as Panama Hat |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) · as (segment "shadow Play") |
| 1985 | When Nature Calls · as The Husband ("gena's Story" Trailer)Op Plex |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | The Mean Season · as Albert O'shaughnessy |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Clyde Thorson |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Hunter · as Sgt. Sal DrassoOp Plex |
| 1984 | Red Dawn · as Strelnikov |
| 1984 | Airwolf · as Patterson |
| 1984 | The Master · as Alan Kane |
| 1984 | The Jerk, Too · as Suicide |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) · as Carter Chapman |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Patterson The Cop |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Emerald Point N.A.S. · as Col. Willie Shell |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Danger Bay · as Harlan Blake |
| 1983 | The Outsiders · as Store Clerk |
| 1983 | The A-Team · as Jase Tataro |
| 1982 | Matt Houston · as J.d. Harris |
| 1982 | Knight Rider · as Harold T. Turner |
| 1982 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · as John Claxton |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian · as Conan's Father |
| 1982 | T.J. Hooker · as R.k. 'blood' Henderson |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon · as Cady |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes · as Tolar |
| 1980 | Any Which Way You Can · as Jack Wilson |
| 1980 | Wild Times · as 1st Marshal |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. · as Tugwell |
| 1979 | Seven · as Drew |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · as The Trebor |
| 1979 | The Frisco Kid · as Matt Diggs |
| 1979 | Fast Company · as Lonnie 'lucky Man' JohnsonOp Plex |
| 1979 | The Rebels · as John Waverly |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard · as Jason Steele |
| 1978 | Blackjack · as Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith) |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Blood & Guts · as Dan O'neil |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries · as Cast |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | Logan's Run · as Patron / Modok |
| 1977 | CHiPs · as Stan |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Hoxey |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island · as Wyatt Earp |
| 1976 | Scorchy · as Carl Henrich |
| 1976 | Hollywood Man · as Rafe StokerOp Plex |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II · as Falconetti |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man · as Falconetti |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Dr. Minx · as Gus Dolan |
| 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior · as Carrot |
| 1975 | The Swinging Barmaids · as Harry |
| 1975 | Death Among Friends · as Sheldon Casey |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight · as Lyman |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. · as Cowboy |
| 1974 | Crackle of Death · as Shaman Jim Elkhorn |
| 1974 | Boss · as Jed ClaytonOp Plex |
| 1974 | Win, Place or Steal · as Tom |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol · as Butch Wischnewski |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes · as Tolar |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker · as Jim Elkhorn |
| 1974 | Black Samson · as Johnny Nappa |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files · as Jerry Grimes |
| 1974 | Policewomen · as Karate Instructor |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man · as Cmdr. Maxwell |
| 1973 | The Deadly Trackers · as Schoolboy |
| 1973 | The Last American Hero · as Kyle Kingman |
| 1973 | Invasion of the Bee Girls · as Neil AgarOp Plex |
| 1973 | Sweet Jesus, Preacherman · as Martelli |
| 1973 | Camper John · as Camper John Allen |
| 1973 | Police Story · as (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones · as George Harper |
| 1973 | A Taste of Hell · as Jack Lowell |
| 1972 | Piranha · as Caribe |
| 1972 | Grave of the Vampire · as James EastmanOp Plex |
| 1972 | Hammer · as Brenner |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco · as Mickey Sims |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The Thing with Two Heads · as Hysterical Condemned Man |
| 1972 | Kung Fu · as Capt. Luther Staggers |
| 1972 | The Manhunter · as Clel Bocock |
| 1972 | The Runaway · as Frank |
| 1971 | Chrome and Hot Leather · as T.j. |
| 1971 | Columbo · as Nichols |
| 1971 | Summertree · as Draft Lawyer |
| 1971 | Bearcats · as Russell |
| 1971 | Longstreet · as Montana |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Crowhaven Farm · as Patrolman Hayes |
| 1970 | C.C. & Company · as MoonOp Plex |
| 1970 | Most Deadly Game · as Cast |
| 1970 | Darker Than Amber · as Terry |
| 1970 | Dan August · as Harry Carney |
| 1970 | Angels Die Hard · as Tim |
| 1970 | The Losers · as Link Thomas |
| 1969 | Backtrack! · as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | The Over-the-Hill Gang · as Amos (as Bill Smith)Op Plex |
| 1969 | Run, Angel, Run! · as Angel |
| 1968 | Three Guns for Texas · as Texas Ranger Joe Riley |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides · as Kitana |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad · as Jack Harper |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O · as Det. James 'kimo' Carew |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Ironside · as Larry |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett · as Deputy Leroy |
| 1967 | The Second Hundred Years · as Joe |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible · as John Brent |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Batman (1966) · as Adonis |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie · as Turk |
| 1965 | Laredo · as Joe Riley |
| 1964 | 36 Hours · as Guy (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone · as Amos Martin |
| 1964 | Broadside · as Brett Hadley |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride · as Lank |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre · as Deputy Raynor |
| 1963 | The Farmer's Daughter · as Clancy Tilson |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) · as Jimmy Delaney |
| 1962 | Combat! · as German Sergeant |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke · as Lieutenant Joe Cardiff |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · as Tommy Lad |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Spector |
| 1961 | Atlantis: The Lost Continent · as Captain Of The Guard |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Sgt. Danny Keller |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1959 | The Gazebo · as Actor Who Trips Over Camera (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Never So Few · as Mp Officer #1 |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Girls Town · as Man (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl · as Young Man (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Mating Game · as Barney |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! · as Minor Role |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Andy Witcoe |
| 1957 | The Thin Man · as Stuart Page |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Thomas Lance |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night · as Louis Steel |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Latch |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Monk Hardwick |
| 1954 | |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days · as Marshall Hendry BrownOp Plex |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero · as Minor Role |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair · as Boy (uncredited) |
| 1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now · as Young Boy (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Cast |
| 1946 | Gilda · as Man (uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · as Boy (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis · as Little Boy (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Going My Way · as Choir Member (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Song of Bernadette · as Sleeping Boy On The Trek |
| 1942 | The Ghost of Frankenstein · as Boy (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares · as Self - Panelist |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | The Lawbreakers · as Self |
| 2008 | Body Shop · as Co-Producer |
| 1976 | Hollywood ManOp Plex |
| 1973 |
| 1976 | Hollywood ManOp Plex |
| 1988 |
| 1992 | A Mission to Kill · as Story |