William Smith
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
245
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-03-24
Day of death
2021-07-05 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Columbia, Missouri, USA
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
Columbo
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Perry Mason
Murder, She Wrote
The A-Team
The A-Team
Batman
Knight Rider
Lassie
Ironside
Ironside
Wagon Train
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Hawaii Five-O
Combat!
Combat!
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Six Million Dollar Man
I Dream of Jeannie
Airwolf
Airwolf
Highway to Heaven
Nash Bridges
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Fall Guy
Hunter
Hunter
The Twilight Zone
T. J. Hooker
Conan the Barbarian
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Fantasy Island
Due South
Felony Squad
Matt Houston
Vega$
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Trapper John, M.D.
Police Woman
Hardcastle and McCormick
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Benson
Laredo
The Streets of San Francisco
Justice League
Alias Smith and Jones
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Maverick
Julia
The Outsiders
CHiPs
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Police Story
B. J. and the Bear
The Oregon Trail
Rich Man, Poor Man
The Gazebo
Mr. Lucky
Bulletproof
American Me
Hollywood Man
Movin' On
Here Come the Brides
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Broken Vessels
Killer Story
Policewomen
Planet of the Apes
Fever Pitch
The Losers
Fast Company
Uncle Sam
Bronk
Dark Secrets
Backtrack!
Black Samson
Runaway, Runaway
Evil Altar
The Colony
Logan's Run
Stoney Burke
The Rebels
The Shooter
Dr. Minx
Slow Burn
Prologue to Wounded Knee
Instant Karma
Hollywood Cops
Raw Energy
Seven
Search
The Master
Wasteland Justice
Deadly Breed
Rumble Fish
GetEven
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Meet Me in St. Louis
Taken Alive
Gilda
36 Hours
Neon Signs
Custer
Shades of L.A.
Zombiegeddon
Going My Way
East L.A. Warriors
Boss Nigger
Red Dawn
Code Red
Girls Town
Forgotten Heroes
Cybernator
The Yellow Rose
City of Angels
Masquerade
Commando Squad
Any Which Way You Can
Cartel
Kiss and Be Killed
Platoon Leader
The Second Hundred Years
The Frisco Kid
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
Manosaurus
The Boy with Green Hair
Zero One
Crowhaven Farm
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Thing with Two Heads
A Mission to Kill
Hammer
Irresistible
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Hell on the Battleground
The Last American Hero
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Run, Angel, Run!
The Mean Season
The Over the Hill Gang
The Last Riders
Darker Than Amber
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
The Phantom Empire
Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days
The Swinging Barmaids
The Asphalt Jungle
The Ultimate Warrior
Grave of the Vampire
Supercarrier
Eye of the Tiger
Angels Die Hard
The Deadly Trackers
Maniac Cop
Moon in Scorpio
Vinnie & Bobby
Y.M.I.
The Boneyard Collection
Action U.S.A.
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
The Ed Wynn Show
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
Hard Time Romance
Never Look Back
Crackle of Death
The Final Sanction
Invasion of the Bee Girls
The Sex Symbol
Shadow of the Dragon
The Man Hunter
L.A. Vice
Emperor of the Bronx
The Mating Game
The Jerk, Too
Death Among Friends
Wildside
God Has a Rap Sheet
Debbie Does Damnation
Spirit of the Eagle
C.C. and Company
Scorchy
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Three Guns for Texas
Big Sister 2000
Mail Order Bride
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
Blackjack
Memorial Valley Massacre
B.O.R.N.
Rapturious
Doses of Horror
Never So Few
Merchant of Evil
Red Nights
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Chrome and Hot Leather
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Hell to Pay
Terror In Beverly Hills
Win, Place or Steal
Kung Fu
Empire of Ash III
Doublecross on Costa's Island
Blood of His Own
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
Feast
Vice
Blood & Guts
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Inner Rage
Deadly Memories
Voices from the Graves
A Taste of Hell
The Roller Blade Seven
The Vampire Hunters Club
Piranha
Heat of Las Vegas
Jungle Assault
The Badd One
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
Eagle's Law
