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William Smith
Actor, Producer, Writer
Born March 24, 1933Died July 5, 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 Zombie |
| 2003 | God Has a Rap Sheet · as Lucifer |
| 2002 | Neon Signs · as Clyde |
| 2001 | Justice League (TV Series) · as Draaga (voice) |
| 2001 | The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula · as Count Dracula |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Vice · as Spooky Harlow |
| 2000 | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' · 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 Krants |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series) · as Wes Tronker (segment "devil's Tattoo") |
| 1997 | Hollywood Cops · as Rinaldi |
| 1997 | Doublecross on Costa's Island · as L. E. |
| 1997 | Ground Zero · as Cast |
| 1996 | Uncle Sam · as Major |
| 1996 | The Colony · as Theo Maxwell |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges (TV Series) · as Boris Zarkov |
| 1995 | Big Sister 2000 · as The Man |
| 1994 | Maverick · as Riverboat Poker Player |
| 1994 | Taken Alive · as L.e. |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Harold Geiger |
| 1993 | Champagne and Bullets · as Normad |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · 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 Peck |
| 1991 | Hard Time Romance · as Cast |
| 1991 | Spirit of the Eagle · as Hatchett |
| 1991 | Kiss and Be Killed · as Det. Murdoch |
| 1990 | The Final Sanction · as Maj. Galashkin |
| 1990 | Cartel · as Mason |
| 1990 | |
| 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. Farley |
| 1989 | East L.A. Warriors · as Martelli |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | The Young Riders (TV Series) · as Marshall Ben Turner |
| 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 | Evil Altar · as Reed Weller |
| 1988 | Guns of Paradise (TV Series) · as Quincy Bradley |
| 1988 | Platoon Leader · as Major Flynn |
| 1988 | Maniac Cop · as Captain Ripley |
| 1988 | Red Nights · as Phillip |
| 1988 | Supercarrier (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Hell Comes to Frogtown · as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom |
| 1988 | Memorial Valley Massacre · as Gen. Mintz |
| 1987 | Moon in Scorpio · as Burt |
| 1987 | The Phantom Empire · as Dr. Chambers |
| 1987 | Bulletproof · as Russian Major |
| 1987 | Commando Squad · as Morgan Denny |
| 1987 | Houston Knights (TV Series) · as Sonny Nash |
| 1987 | Ohara (TV Series) · as H.r. 'bob' Ackroyd |
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger · as Blade |
| 1986 | Downtown (1986) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1985 | Fever Pitch · as Panama Hat |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1985 | When Nature Calls · as The Husband ("gena's Story" Trailer) |
| 1985 | Wildside (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Mean Season · as Albert O'shaughnessy |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Clyde Thorson |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Red Dawn · as Strelnikov |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) · as Patterson |
| 1984 | The Master (TV Series) · as Alan Kane |
| 1984 | The Jerk, Too · as Suicide |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Carter Chapman |
| 1983 | Masquerade (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Patterson The Cop |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The Yellow Rose (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Emerald Point N.A.S. (TV Series) · as Col. Willie Shell |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Danger Bay (TV Series) · as Harlan Blake |
| 1983 | The Outsiders · as Store Clerk |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Dimitri Shasta Kovich |
| 1982 | Matt Houston (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Harold T. Turner |
| 1982 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV Series) · as John Claxton |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian · as Conan's Father |
| 1982 | T.J. Hooker (TV Series) · as R.k. 'blood' Henderson |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Cady |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Code Red (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes · as Tolar |
| 1980 | Any Which Way You Can · as Jack Wilson |
| 1980 | Wild Times (TV Series) · as 1st Marshal |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) · as Tugwell |
| 1979 | Seven · as Drew |
| 1979 | Benson (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as The Trebor |
| 1979 | The Frisco Kid · as Matt Diggs |
| 1979 | Fast Company · as Lonnie 'lucky Man' Johnson |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Jason Steele |
| 1978 | Blackjack · as Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith) |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Blood & Guts · as Dan O'neil |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Logan's Run (TV Series) |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) · as Stan |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Hoxey |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Frankenstein |
| 1976 | Scorchy · as Carl Henrich |
| 1976 | Hollywood Man · as Rafe Stoker |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Falconetti |
| 1976 | City of Angels (1976) (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Series) · as Falconetti |
| 1976 | The Oregon Trail (TV Series) |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Lyman |
| 1975 | Bronk (TV Series) |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. (TV Series) · as Cowboy |
| 1974 | Crackle of Death · as Shaman Jim Elkhorn |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Win, Place or Steal · as Tom |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol · as Butch Wischnewski |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Jim Elkhorn |
| 1974 | Black Samson · as Johnny Nappa |
| 1974 | Movin' On (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Jerry Grimes |
| 1974 | Policewomen · as Karate Instructor |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · 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 Agar |
| 1973 | Sweet Jesus, Preacherman · as Martelli |
| 1973 | Camper John · as Camper John Allen |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as George Harper |
| 1973 | A Taste of Hell · as Jack Lowell |
| 1972 | Piranha · as Caribe |
| 1972 | Grave of the Vampire · as James Eastman |
| 1972 | Hammer · as Brenner |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Thing with Two Heads · as Hysterical Condemned Man |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Nichols |
| 1971 | Summertree · as Draft Lawyer |
| 1971 | Bearcats (TV Series) · as Russell |
| 1971 | Longstreet (TV Series) · as Montana |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Crowhaven Farm · as Patrolman Hayes |
| 1970 | C.C. & Company · as Moon |
| 1970 | Most Deadly Game (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1970 | Darker Than Amber · as Terry |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · 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) |
| 1969 | Run, Angel, Run! · as Angel |
| 1968 | Three Guns for Texas · as Texas Ranger Joe Riley |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) · as Kitana |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Jack Harper |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Det. James 'kimo' Carew |
| 1968 | Julia (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Second Hundred Years (TV Series) · as Joe |
| 1967 | Custer (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Larry |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as John Brent |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as Adonis |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Turk |
| 1965 | Laredo (TV Series) · as Joe Riley |
| 1964 | 36 Hours · as Guy (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Catoga |
| 1964 | Broadside (TV Series) · as Brett Hadley |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride · as Lank |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Deputy Raynor |
| 1963 | The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) · as Clancy Tilson |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) (TV Series) · as Jimmy Delaney |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Richter |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Tommy Lad |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Paul Rogers |
| 1961 | Atlantis: The Lost Continent · as Captain Of The Guard |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) · as Sgt. Danny Keller |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1959 | The Gazebo · as Actor Who Trips Over Camera |
| 1959 | Never So Few · as Mp Officer #1 |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Girls Town · as Man (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl · as Young Man |
| 1959 | The Mating Game · as Barney |
| 1958 | The Ed Wynn Show (1958-59) (TV Series) · as Dink |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! · as Minor Role |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Andy Witcoe |
| 1957 | The Thin Man (TV Series) · as Stuart Page |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Thomas Lance |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night (TV Series) · as Louis Steel |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Latch |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Monk Hardwick |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Marshall Hendry Brown |
| 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 (TV Series) · 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) |