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
all 217
Movies 141
TV Shows 76
Director 2
Voice 1
Irresistible (2020)
Doses of Horror (2018)
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite (2014)
Her Morbid Desires (2009)
The Boneyard Collection (2008)
Rapturious (2007)
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story (2007)
Voices from the Graves (2006)
Inner Rage (2006)
Vice (2005)
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)
Justice League (2001)
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula (2001)
The Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
Never Look Back (2000)
Debbie Does Damnation (1999)
Wasteland Justice (1999)
Blood of His Own (1998)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1998)
Broken Vessels (1998)
Heat of Las Vegas (1998)
The Shooter (1997)
Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997)
Hollywood Cops (1997)
Uncle Sam (1996)
The Colony (1996)
Raw Energy (1996)
Neon Signs (1996)
Big Sister 2000 (1995)
Manosaurus (1994)
Due South (1994)
Maverick (1994)
Taken Alive (1994)
GetEven (1993)
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven (1993)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1993)
Vinnie & Bobby (1992)
American Me (1992)
The Last Riders (1992)
Dark Secrets (1992)
Shadow of the Dragon (1992)
Feast (1992)
The Roller Blade Seven (1991)
Cybernator (1991)
Spirit of the Eagle (1991)
Merchant of Evil (1991)
Kiss and Be Killed (1991)
The Final Sanction (1990)
Shades of L.A. (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)
Memorial Valley Massacre (1989)
Terror In Beverly Hills (1989)
Deadly Breed (1989)
Action U.S.A. (1989)
Evil Altar (1988)
Platoon Leader (1988)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Red Nights (1988)
Bulletproof (1988)
Supercarrier (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)
Downtown (1986)
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Fever Pitch (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Wildside (1985)
The Mean Season (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Highway to Heaven (1984)
Hunter (1984)
Red Dawn (1984)
Airwolf (1984)
The Jerk, Too (1984)
Masquerade (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
The Yellow Rose (1983)
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
The A-Team (1983)
Knight Rider (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
T. J. Hooker (1982)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (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)
Hagen (1980)
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Benson (1979)
Seven (1979)
The Frisco Kid (1979)
The Rebels (1979)
Fast Company (1979)
B. J. and the Bear (1979)
Blackjack (1978)
Vega$ (1978)
Blood & Guts (1978)
The Oregon Trail (1977)
Logan's Run (1977)
CHiPs (1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Scorchy (1976)
Hollywood Man (1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
Crackle of Death (1976)
City of Angels (1976)
Dr. Minx (1975)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Boss Nigger (1975)
The Swinging Barmaids (1975)
Bronk (1975)
Win, Place or Steal (1975)
The Sex Symbol (1974)
Police Woman (1974)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Planet of the Apes (1974)
Black Samson (1974)
Movin' On (1974)
Policewomen (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man (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)
Police Story (1973)
A Taste of Hell (1973)
Piranha, Piranha (1972)
Kung Fu (1972)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Search (1972)
Grave of the Vampire (1972)
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
Hammer (1972)
The Man Hunter (1972)
Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
Columbo (1971)
Runaway, Runaway (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
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)
Here Come the Brides (1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Julia (1968)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
Custer (1967)
Ironside (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Felony Squad (1966)
Batman (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Laredo (1965)
36 Hours (1964)
Tom, Dick and Mary (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Mail Order Bride (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Zero One (1962)
Combat! (1962)
Stoney Burke (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
Never So Few (1959)
Mr. Lucky (1959)
Girls Town (1959)
The Mating Game (1959)
The Ed Wynn Show (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Lassie (1954)
Death Valley Days (1952)
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Gilda (1946)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Going My Way (1944)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Nam a la caza del tigre
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1933-03-24
Deathday2021-07-05 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceColumbia, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam E. Smith, Bill Smith, Big Bill Smith, William Smith II
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