William Smith
Acting
Born March 24, 1933 ยท Columbia, Missouri, USA
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".
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Acting (145)
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
Killer Story
2004
Y.M.I.
2004
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
2003
A Mission to Kill
2003
Zombiegeddon
2003
God Has a Rap Sheet
2003
Deadly Memories
2002
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001
Vice
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
Never Look Back
2000
Debbie Does Damnation
1999
Wasteland Justice
1999
Blood of His Own
1998
Broken Vessels
1998
Heat of Las Vegas
1998
The Shooter
1997
Hollywood Cops
1997
Doublecross on Costa's Island
1997
Uncle Sam
1996
The Colony
1996
Neon Signs
1996
Raw Energy
1996
Big Sister 2000
1995
Manosaurus
1994
Maverick
1994
Taken Alive
1994
GetEven
1993
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993
American Me
1992
The Last Riders
1992
Feast
1992
Shadow of the Dragon
1992
Dark Secrets
1992
The Roller Blade Seven
1991
Cybernator
1991
Hard Time Romance
1991
Spirit of the Eagle
1991
Kiss and Be Killed
1991
Merchant of Evil
1991
The Final Sanction
1990
Empire of Ash III
1990
Cartel
1990
Emperor of the Bronx
1990
Instant Karma
1990
Forgotten Heroes
1990
Slow Burn
1989
B.O.R.N.
1989
Jungle Assault
1989
East L.A. Warriors
1989
L.A. Vice
1989
Terror in Beverly Hills
1989
Deadly Breed
1989
Action U.S.A.
1989
Memorial Valley Massacre
1988
Evil Altar
1988
Platoon Leader
1988
Maniac Cop
1988
Red Nights
1988
Bulletproof
1988
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Eagle's Law
1988
Moon in Scorpio
1987
The Phantom Empire
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
Red Dawn
1984
The Jerk, Too
1984
Rumble Fish
1983
The Outsiders
1983
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
Any Which Way You Can
1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
Seven
1979
The Frisco Kid
1979
Fast Company
1979
Blackjack
1978
Blood & Guts
1978
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Scorchy
1976
Hollywood Man
1976
Crackle of Death
1976
Dr. Minx
1975
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
Boss Nigger
1975
The Swinging Barmaids
1975
Death Among Friends
1975
Win, Place or Steal
1975
The Sex Symbol
1974
Black Samson
1974
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974
Policewomen
1974
The Deadly Trackers
1973
The Last American Hero
1973
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973
A Taste of Hell
1973
Piranha
1972
Grave of the Vampire
1972
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
Hammer
1972
The Man Hunter
1972
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
Runaway, Runaway
1971
Crowhaven Farm
1970
C.C. and Company
1970
Darker Than Amber
1970
Angels Die Hard
1970
The Losers
1970
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
Backtrack!
1969
Run, Angel, Run!
1969
Three Guns for Texas
1968
36 Hours
1964
Mail Order Bride
1964
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
The Gazebo
1960
Never So Few
1959
Girls Town
1959
Ask Any Girl
1959
The Mating Game
1959
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