William Smith
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1933-03-24
Deathday 2021-07-05 (88 years old)
Place of Birth Columbia, Missouri, USA
Also Known As William E. Smith, Bill Smith, Big Bill Smith, William Smith II
William Smith
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".
Known For
Actor
as Hofbrau Bar Fly
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
as Sheriff
as Man with Machine Gun
as Lester Jiggs
as Sam
as Spooky Harlow
as Emil Brax
as Monty
as Cal
as Rinaldi
as Lord Zombie
as Lucifer
as Sheriff Taggart
as Count Dracula
as Johnny
as Draaga (voice)
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
as Lee Clayton
as Moon
as Bo
as Mario Verelli
as Jerry Krants
as Rinaldi
as L. E.
as Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
as Major
as Theo Maxwell
as Clyde
as Sam Stompkins
as The Man
as Sheriff Todd
as Riverboat Poker Player
as L.E.
as Harold Geiger
as Normad
as Pharoah
as Pharoah
as Silas Quint
as Deacon
as Hammer
as Det. George Bordelli
as Eric Brunner
as Robert
as Warren Bean
as Pharoah
as Colonel Peck
as Hatchett
as Det. Murdoch
as Victor Fortunetti
as Maj. Galashkin
as Lucas
as Mason
as Fitz
as Pop
as General Gregori Zelenkov
as Antonio Scarpelli
as Dr. Farley
as General Mitchell
as Martelli
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
as Gen. Mintz
as President
as Captain
as Conover
as Reed Weller
as Major Flynn
as Captain Ripley
as Phillip
as Russian Major
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
as Burt
as Dr. Chambers
as Morgan Denny
as Colonel Meredith
as Badd
as Blade
as Panama Hat
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
as Strelnikov
as Suicide
as Clyde Thorson
as Sgt. Neville Sigerson
as Sgt. Sal Drasso
as Steele
as Patterson
as Patterson the Cop
as Store Clerk
as Jase Tataro
as Dimitri Shasta Kovich
as Conan's Father
as Monk Hardwick
as Harold T. Turner
as R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
as Cady
as Jack Wilson
as Drew
as Matt Diggs
as John Waverly
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
as Tugwell
as The Trebor
as Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith)
as Dan O'Neil
as Hoxey
as Stan
as Carl Henrich
as Rafe Stoker
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
as Falconetti
as Falconetti
as Gus Dolan
as Carrot
as Jed Clayton
as Harry
as Tom
as Butch Wischnewski
as Johnny Nappa
as Jerry Grimes
as Karate Instructor
as Jim Elkhorn
as Jerry Grimes
as Cmdr. Maxwell
as Schoolboy
as Kyle Kingman
as Neil Agar
as Martelli
as Camper John Allen
as Caribe
as James Eastman
as Hysterical Condemned Man
as Brenner
as Clel Bocock
as Capt. Luther Staggers
as T.J.
as Frank
as Nichols
as Patrolman Hayes
as Moon
as Terry
as Tim
as Link Thomas
as Amos (as Bill Smith)
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
as Angel
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
as Kitana
as Jack Harper
as Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
as Larry
as Vincent Sandler
as John Brent
as Dekker
as Adonis
as Turk
as Joe Riley
as Guy (uncredited)
as Lank
as Catoga
as Campuits
as Amos (uncredited)
as Amos Martin
as Deputy Raynor
as Jimmy Delaney
as Richter
as German Sergeant
as Tommy Lad
as Andy Adams
as Bill
as Paul Rogers
as Joe Riley
as Spector
as Captain of the Guard
as Sgt. Danny Keller
as MP Officer #1
as Man (uncredited)
as Barney
as Dink
as Andy Witcoe
as Thomas Lance
as Jude Bonner
as Latch
as Marshall Hendry Brown
as Dan Turner
as Boy (uncredited)
as Young Boy (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Boy (uncredited)
as Little Boy (uncredited)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
as Boy (uncredited)
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director
Crew
as Stunts