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