William Smith
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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".
Known for
Credits
Boss Nigger (1975)
as Jed Clayton
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Conan the Barbarian (1982)
as Conan's Father
The Outsiders (1983)
as Store Clerk
Red Dawn (1984)
as Strelnikov
Maverick (1994)
as Riverboat Poker Player
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Patterson the Cop
Maniac Cop (1988)
as Captain Ripley
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Irresistible (2020)
as Hofbrau Bar Fly
American Me (1992)
as Deacon
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
as Jack Wilson
Gilda (1946)
as Man (uncredited)
Never So Few (1959)
as MP Officer #1
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
as Blade
The Mean Season (1985)
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
The Frisco Kid (1979)
as Matt Diggs
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Hoxey
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
as Boy (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Boy (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Boy (uncredited)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
as Captain of the Guard
The Shooter (1997)
as Jerry Krants
Going My Way (1944)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
The Last American Hero (1973)
as Kyle Kingman
Uncle Sam (1996)
as Major
The Gazebo (1959)
as Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
as Neil Agar
Crackle of Death (1976)
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
as Carrot
Grave of the Vampire (1972)
as James Eastman
The Mating Game (1959)
as Barney
B.O.R.N. (1989)
as Dr. Farley
C.C. and Company (1970)
as Moon
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter (1974)
as Jerry Grimes
The Deadly Trackers (1973)
as Schoolboy
36 Hours (1964)
as Guy (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
as Young Boy (uncredited)
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Tolar
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
as Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
Zombiegeddon (2003)
as Lord Zombie
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Young Man (uncredited)
Seven (1979)
as Drew
Win, Place or Steal (1975)
as Tom
Mail Order Bride (1964)
as Lank
Fast Company (1979)
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997)
as L. E.
Evil Altar (1988)
as Reed Weller
The Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
as Johnny
The Roller Blade Seven (1991)
as Pharoah
The Phantom Empire (1987)
as Dr. Chambers
Action U.S.A. (1989)
as Conover
The Sex Symbol (1974)
as Butch Wischnewski
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven (1993)
as Pharoah
The Over the Hill Gang (1969)
as Amos (as Bill Smith)
Rapturious (2007)
as Sheriff
Platoon Leader (1988)
as Major Flynn
Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
as T.J.
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982)
as Monk Hardwick
Commando Squad (1987)
as Morgan Denny
Scorchy (1976)
as Carl Henrich
Emperor of the Bronx (1990)
as Fitz
Hell on the Battleground (1987)
as Colonel Meredith
The Boneyard Collection (2008)
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)
as Gen. Mintz
Broken Vessels (1998)
as Bo
East L.A. Warriors (1989)
as Martelli
The Swinging Barmaids (1975)
as Harry
The Losers (1970)
as Link Thomas
Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1993)
as Pharoah
Crowhaven Farm (1970)
as Patrolman Hayes
Empire of Ash III (1990)
as Lucas
Terror in Beverly Hills (1989)
as President
A Taste of Hell (1973)
as Jack Lowell
Bulletproof (1988)
as Russian Major
Hell to Pay (2005)
as Emil Brax
Policewomen (1974)
as Karate Instructor
Shadow of the Dragon (1992)
as Eric Brunner
Three Guns for Texas (1968)
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
Taken Alive (1994)
as L.E.
Voices from the Graves (2006)
as Lester Jiggs
God Has a Rap Sheet (2003)
as Lucifer
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula (2001)
as Count Dracula
Black Samson (1974)
as Johnny Nappa
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story (2007)
as Man with Machine Gun
Vice (2000)
as Spooky Harlow
The Jerk, Too (1984)
as Suicide
The Rock 'n Roll Cops (2003)
as Rinaldi
Fever Pitch (1985)
as Panama Hat
Inner Rage (2006)
as Sam
Heat of Las Vegas (1998)
as Mario Verelli
The Man Hunter (1972)
as Clel Bocock
Red Nights (1988)
as Phillip
GetEven (1993)
as Normad
Spirit of the Eagle (1991)
as Hatchett
Doses of Horror (2018)
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angels Die Hard (1970)
as Tim
Kiss and Be Killed (1991)
as Det. Murdoch
Darker Than Amber (1970)
as Terry
Backtrack! (1969)
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
The Last Riders (1992)
as Hammer
Debbie Does Damnation (1999)
Actor
Instant Karma (1990)
as Pop
Never Look Back (2000)
as Lee Clayton
Girls Town (1959)
as Man (uncredited)
L.A. Vice (1989)
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
Blood & Guts (1978)
as Dan O'Neil
The Colony (1996)
as Theo Maxwell
Blood of His Own (1998)
Actor
Moon in Scorpio (1987)
as Burt
Hammer (1972)
as Brenner
Prologue to Wounded Knee (1973)
as Camper John Allen
Cartel (1990)
as Mason
The Badd One (1987)
as Badd
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite (2014)
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
Wasteland Justice (1999)
as Moon
Blackjack (1978)
as Andy Mayfield
The Final Sanction (1990)
as Maj. Galashkin
Deadly Memories (2002)
as Sheriff Taggart
Cybernator (1991)
as Colonel Peck
Y.M.I. (2004)
as Cal
Run, Angel, Run! (1969)
as Angel
Death Among Friends (1975)
as Sheldon Casey
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973)
as Martelli
Neon Signs (1996)
as Clyde
Big Sister 2000 (1995)
as The Man
Hollywood Man (1976)
as Rafe Stoker
Dr. Minx (1975)
as Gus Dolan
Piranha (1972)
as Caribe
Jungle Assault (1989)
as General Mitchell
Deadly Breed (1989)
as Captain
Feast (1992)
as Det. George Bordelli
Dark Secrets (1992)
as Robert
Slow Burn (1989)
as Antonio Scarpelli
Hollywood Cops (1997)
as Rinaldi
A Mission to Kill (2003)
Actor
Eagle's Law (1988)
Actor
Hard Time Romance (1991)
Actor
Runaway, Runaway (1971)
as Frank
Killer Story (2004)
as Monty
Forgotten Heroes (1990)
as General Gregori Zelenkov
Manosaurus (1994)
as Sheriff Todd
Raw Energy (1996)
as Sam Stompkins
Merchant of Evil (1991)
as Victor Fortunetti