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William Smith
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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".
- 225 titles
- 220 Acting
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Acting (220)
Conan's Father
Riverboat Poker Player
Store Clerk
Harold T. Turner
Jase Tataro / Dimitri Shasta Kovich
Strelnikov
Nichols
Turk
Patterson the Cop
Man (uncredited)
Draaga (voice)
Adonis
Silas Quint
Captain Ripley
Hofbrau Bar Fly
Steele / Patterson
Clyde Thorson
Cmdr. Maxwell
Little Boy (uncredited)
Deacon
Jack Wilson
Vincent Sandler / John Brent / Dekker
(segment "Shadow Play")
Capt. Luther Staggers
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Choir Member (uncredited)
Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Boy (uncredited)
Matt Diggs
Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
Stan
The Trebor
Andy Witcoe
Wyatt Earp
Richter / German Sergeant
Albert O'Shaughnessy
Jude Bonner / Latch
Boris Zarkov
Boy (uncredited)
Tolar
Mickey Sims
Neville Sigerson / Sgt. Sal Drasso
R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
Cady
Jim Elkhorn
Hoxey
Tommy Lad
Harold Geiger
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Neil Agar
Guy (uncredited)
Major
Larry
MP Officer #1
Jed Clayton
Carrot
Boy (uncredited)
Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
Blade
Major Flynn
Captain of the Guard
Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
James Eastman
Drew
Russian Major
Patron / Modok
Kyle Kingman
Gen. Mintz
Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
Monk Hardwick
Andy Adams / Bill / Joe Riley / Paul Rogers / Spector
Conover
Catoga / Campuits / Amos (uncredited) / Amos Martin
Falconetti
Thomas Lance
J.D. Harris
Jack Harper
Patrolman Hayes
Normad
Dr. Chambers
Moon
Alan Kane
Tugwell
Schoolboy
Man (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Burt
Terry
Brenner
Karate Instructor
Harry
Tolar
Barney
Jerry Krants
Martelli
Sheriff
Maj. Galashkin
Young Man (uncredited)
Kitana
Joe Riley
Link Thomas
Caribe
President
Pharoah
Lord Zombie
Johnny Nappa
Colonel Peck
Carl Henrich
Amos (as Bill Smith)
Marshall Hendry Brown / Dan Turner
Rafe Stoker
Falconetti
Count Dracula
Morgan Denny
Sheriff Taggart
Deputy Leroy / Luther / Spence
Hammer
Bo
Lucas
Panama Hat
Pharoah
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
T.J.
Captain
Capt. Joe Wilkes
Lank
Mason
L. E.
Gus Dolan
Tim
Dr. Farley
Andy Mayfield
Colonel Meredith
Pop
General Mitchell
Angel
Sheldon Casey
Reed Weller
Pharoah
Phillip
The Man
Det. George Bordelli
Mario Verelli
Emil Brax
Rinaldi
Deputy Raynor
Hatchett
Lieutenant Joe Cardiff
Suicide
Joe
Butch Wischnewski
Dan O'Neil
Robert
Lucifer
Sheriff Todd
Lee Clayton
Eric Brunner
Antonio Scarpelli
Martelli
Texas Ranger Joe Riley
Warren Bean
Cal
Jack Lowell
Shaman Jim Elkhorn
Fitz
Young Boy (uncredited)
Det. Murdoch
Camper John Allen
L.E.
Monk Hardwick
Theo Maxwell
Clel Bocock
Jerry Grimes
Moon
Jimmy Delaney
General Gregori Zelenkov
Clyde
Sam Stompkins
Sgt. Danny Keller
Badd
Dink
John Waverly
Rinaldi
Spooky Harlow
Tom
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Writing (1)
Crew (1)
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Appearances (4)
Conan's Father (archive footage)
Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
Rinaldi (archive footage)
