William Smith
from Columbia, Missouri, USA
from Columbia, Missouri, USA
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".
Hofbrau Bar Fly
Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rinaldi (archive footage)
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
Man with Machine Gun
Sheriff
Voices from the Graves
Lester Jiggs
Inner Rage
Sam
Emil Brax
Cal
Killer Story
Monty
Lucifer
Lord Zombie
(Unknown)
Rinaldi
Sheriff Taggart
The Vampire Hunters Club
Johnny
Count Dracula
Lee Clayton
Conan's Father (archive footage)
Spooky Harlow
Moon
(Unknown)
Mario Verelli
Bo
(Unknown)
Rinaldi
L. E.
Jerry Krants
Clyde
Sam Stompkins
Theo Maxwell
Major
The Man
L.E.
Riverboat Poker Player
Sheriff Todd
Pharoah
Pharoah
Normad
Robert
Eric Brunner
Det. George Bordelli
Hammer
Deacon
Merchant of Evil
Victor Fortunetti
Hatchett
Det. Murdoch
Hard Time Romance
(Unknown)
Colonel Peck
Pharoah
General Gregori Zelenkov
Pop
Fitz
Mason
Lucas
Maj. Galashkin
Conover
Captain
President
Capt. Joe Wilkes
Martelli
General Mitchell
Dr. Farley
Antonio Scarpelli
(Unknown)
Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Russian Major
Phillip
Captain Ripley
Major Flynn
Reed Weller
Gen. Mintz
Badd
Colonel Meredith
Morgan Denny
Dr. Chambers
Burt
Blade
Albert O'Shaughnessy
Panama Hat
Suicide
Strelnikov
Store Clerk
Patterson the Cop
Monk Hardwick
Conan's Father
Tolar
Jack Wilson
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Matt Diggs
Drew
Dan O'Neil
Andy Mayfield
Hoxey
Shaman Jim Elkhorn
Rafe Stoker
Carl Henrich
Tom
Sheldon Casey
Harry
Jed Clayton
Carrot
Gus Dolan
Karate Instructor
Jerry Grimes
Johnny Nappa
Butch Wischnewski
Jack Lowell
Camper John Allen
Martelli
Neil Agar
Kyle Kingman
Schoolboy
Clel Bocock
Brenner
Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
James Eastman
Caribe
Frank
T.J.
Link Thomas
Tim
Terry
Moon
Patrolman Hayes
Angel
Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
Amos (as Bill Smith)
Texas Ranger Joe Riley
Lank
Guy (uncredited)
Captain of the Guard
Barney
Young Man (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
MP Officer #1
Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Young Boy (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Choir Member (uncredited)
Little Boy (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Director