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