William Smith
Acting
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
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movieIrresistible
2020
Hofbrau Bar Fly
movieDoses of Horror
2018
Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRock n' Roll Cops Lite
2014
Rinaldi (archive footage)
movieThe Boneyard Collection
2008
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
movieRapturious
2007
Sheriff
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007
Man with Machine Gun
movieHell to Pay
2005
Emil Brax
movieZombiegeddon
2003
Lord Zombie
movieGod Has a Rap Sheet
2003
Lucifer
movieDeadly Memories
2002
Sheriff Taggart
tvJustice League
2001
Draaga (voice)
movieThe Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001
Count Dracula
movieVice
2000
Spooky Harlow
movieConan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
Conan's Father (archive footage)
movieNever Look Back
2000
Lee Clayton
movieHeat of Las Vegas
1998
Mario Verelli
movieThe Shooter
1997
Jerry Krants
tvBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
movieHollywood Cops
1997
Rinaldi
movieUncle Sam
1996
Major
movieThe Colony
1996
Theo Maxwell
tvNash Bridges
1996
Boris Zarkov
movieNeon Signs
1996
Clyde
movieRaw Energy
1996
Sam Stompkins
movieBig Sister 2000
1995
The Man
movieManosaurus
1994
Sheriff Todd
tvDue South
1994
Harold Geiger
movieMaverick
1994
Riverboat Poker Player
movieGetEven
1993
Normad
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
Silas Quint
tvVinnie & Bobby
1992
Warren Bean
movieAmerican Me
1992
Deacon
movieThe Last Riders
1992
Hammer
movieFeast
1992
Det. George Bordelli
movieShadow of the Dragon
1992
Eric Brunner
movieDark Secrets
1992
Robert
movieCybernator
1991
Colonel Peck
movieSpirit of the Eagle
1991
Hatchett
movieKiss and Be Killed
1991
Det. Murdoch
Merchant of Evil
1991
Victor Fortunetti
movieThe Final Sanction
1990
Maj. Galashkin
movieCartel
1990
Mason
movieForgotten Heroes
1990
General Gregori Zelenkov
movieSlow Burn
1989
Antonio Scarpelli
movieB.O.R.N.
1989
Dr. Farley
movieJungle Assault
1989
General Mitchell
movieEast L.A. Warriors
1989
Martelli
movieL.A. Vice
1989
Capt. Joe Wilkes
movieTerror in Beverly Hills
1989
President
movieDeadly Breed
1989
Captain
movieAction U.S.A.
1989
Conover
movieMemorial Valley Massacre
1988
Gen. Mintz
movieEvil Altar
1988
Reed Weller
moviePlatoon Leader
1988
Major Flynn
movieManiac Cop
1988
Captain Ripley
movieRed Nights
1988
Phillip
movieBulletproof
1988
Russian Major
movieHell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
movieThe Phantom Empire
1987
Dr. Chambers
movieCommando Squad
1987
Morgan Denny
movieHell on the Battleground
1987
Colonel Meredith
movieFever Pitch
1985
Panama Hat
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Shadow Play")
movieThe Mean Season
1985
Albert O'Shaughnessy
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Clyde Thorson
tvHunter
1984
Sgt. Neville Sigerson / Sgt. Sal Drasso
movieRed Dawn
1984
Strelnikov
tvAirwolf
1984
Steele / Patterson
tvThe Master
1984
Alan Kane
movieThe Jerk, Too
1984
Suicide
movieRumble Fish
1983
Patterson the Cop
movieThe Outsiders
1983
Store Clerk
tvThe A-Team
1983
Jase Tataro / Dimitri Shasta Kovich
tvKnight Rider
1982
Harold T. Turner
tvMatt Houston
1982
J.D. Harris
movieConan the Barbarian
1982
Conan's Father
tvT. J. Hooker
1982
R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
movieTales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
Monk Hardwick
movieAny Which Way You Can
1980
Jack Wilson
tvTrapper John, M.D.
1979
Tugwell
tvBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
The Trebor
movieSeven
1979
Drew
movieThe Frisco Kid
1979
Matt Diggs
tvThe Rebels
1979
John Waverly
movieFast Company
1979
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
movieBlackjack
1978
Andy Mayfield
movieBlood & Guts
1978
Dan O'Neil
tvFantasy Island
1978
Wyatt Earp
tvLogan's Run
1977
Patron / Modok
tvCHiPs
1977
Stan
movieScorchy
1976
Carl Henrich
movieHollywood Man
1976
Rafe Stoker
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Falconetti
movieCrackle of Death
1976
Shaman Jim Elkhorn
tvRich Man, Poor Man
1976
Falconetti
movieDr. Minx
1975
Gus Dolan
movieBoss Nigger
1975
Jed Clayton
movieDeath Among Friends
1975
Sheldon Casey
movieThe Sex Symbol
1974
Butch Wischnewski
tvKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Jim Elkhorn
movieBlack Samson
1974
Johnny Nappa
moviePolicewomen
1974
Karate Instructor
tvThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Cmdr. Maxwell
movieThe Deadly Trackers
1973
Schoolboy
movieThe Last American Hero
1973
Kyle Kingman
movieInvasion of the Bee Girls
1973
Neil Agar
moviePrologue to Wounded Knee
1973
Camper John Allen
tvPolice Story
1973
(uncredited)
movieA Taste of Hell
1973
Jack Lowell
moviePiranha
1972
Caribe
tvKung Fu
1972
Capt. Luther Staggers
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
Mickey Sims
movieGrave of the Vampire
1972
James Eastman
movieThe Thing with Two Heads
1972
Hysterical Condemned Man
movieHammer
1972
Brenner
movieThe Man Hunter
1972
Clel Bocock
tvColumbo
1971
Nichols
movieCrowhaven Farm
1970
Patrolman Hayes
movieThe Losers
1970
Link Thomas
movieThe Over the Hill Gang
1969
Amos (as Bill Smith)
movieBacktrack!
1969
Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
movieThree Guns for Texas
1968
Texas Ranger Joe Riley
tvThe Mod Squad
1968
Jack Harper
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
tvThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Deputy Leroy / Luther
tvIronside
1967
Larry
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Vincent Sandler / John Brent / Dekker
tvBatman
1966
Adonis
tvLaredo
1965
Joe Riley
movie36 Hours
1964
Guy (uncredited)
tvDaniel Boone
1964
Catoga / Campuits / Amos (uncredited) / Amos Martin
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Deputy Raynor
tvZero One
1962
Jimmy Delaney
tvCombat!
1962
Richter / German Sergeant
tvStoney Burke
1962
Lieutenant Joe Cardiff
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Tommy Lad
tvThe Virginian
1962
Andy Adams / Bill / Paul Rogers / Joe Riley / Spector
movieAtlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
Captain of the Guard
tvThe Asphalt Jungle
1961
Sgt. Danny Keller
movieThe Gazebo
1959
Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
movieNever So Few
1959
MP Officer #1
movieGirls Town
1959
Man (uncredited)
movieAsk Any Girl
1959
Young Man (uncredited)
movieThe Mating Game
1959
Barney
tvPerry Mason
1957
Andy Witcoe
tvWagon Train
1957
Thomas Lance
tvGunsmoke
1955
Jude Bonner / Latch
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Monk Hardwick
tvDeath Valley Days
1952
Marshall Hendry Brown / Dan Turner
movieThe Boy with Green Hair
1948
Boy (uncredited)
movieI Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
Young Boy (uncredited)
movieGilda
1946
Man (uncredited)
movieA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
Boy (uncredited)
movieMeet Me in St. Louis
1944
Little Boy (uncredited)
movieGoing My Way
1944
Choir Member (uncredited)
movieThe Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
Boy (uncredited)
Production2
movieHollywood Man
1976
Producer
Crew1
movieBoss Nigger
1975
Stunts
Directing1
movieThe Kill Machine
Director
Writing1
movieHollywood Man
1976
Writer