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".
Hell Comes to Frogtown
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Age 54 (now 88)
Doses of Horror
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 84 (now 88)
The Boneyard Collection
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Age 74 (now 88)
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
as Man with Machine Gun
Age 73 (now 88)
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
as Count Dracula
Age 68 (now 88)
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
Age 67 (now 88)
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Age 60 (now 88)
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Age 60 (now 88)
Hell Comes to Frogtown
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Age 54 (now 88)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Monk Hardwick
Age 48 (now 88)
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Tolar
Age 47 (now 88)
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
as Jerry Grimes
Age 41 (now 88)
The Thing with Two Heads
as Hysterical Condemned Man
Age 39 (now 88)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Captain of the Guard
Age 28 (now 88)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Young Boy (uncredited)
Age 14 (now 88)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
Age 64 (now 88)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as The Trebor
Age 46 (now 88)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Falconetti
Age 43 (now 88)
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Cmdr. Maxwell
Age 40 (now 88)
The Streets of San Francisco
as Mickey Sims
Age 39 (now 88)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 29 (now 88)
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Monk Hardwick
Age 21 (now 88)
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Also Known As
William E. Smith, Bill Smith, Big Bill Smith, William Smith II, William Emmett Smith Jr., William Emmett Smith
IMDB
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