William Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 24, 1933
- Died
- Jul 5, 2021 (aged 88)
- Place of birth
- Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Credits
- 226
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
Conan the Barbarian
1982Movie
Conan's Father
Maverick
1994Movie
Riverboat Poker Player
The Outsiders
1983Movie
Store Clerk
Knight Rider
1982TV
Harold T. Turner
The A-Team
1983TV
Jase Tataro, Dimitri Shasta Kovich
Red Dawn
1984Movie
Strelnikov
Filmography
Irresistible
2020Movie
Hofbrau Bar Fly
Doses of Horror
2018Movie
Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
2014Movie
Rinaldi (archive footage)
The Boneyard Collection
2008Movie
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Rapturious
2007Movie
Sheriff
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007Movie
Man with Machine Gun
Voices from the Graves
2006Movie
Lester Jiggs
Inner Rage
2006Movie
Sam
Hell to Pay
2005Movie
Emil Brax
Killer Story
2004Movie
Monty
Y.M.I.
2004Movie
Cal
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
2003Movie
Rinaldi
A Mission to Kill
2003Movie
Zombiegeddon
2003Movie
Lord Zombie
God Has a Rap Sheet
2003Movie
Lucifer
Deadly Memories
2002Movie
Sheriff Taggart
Justice League
2001TV
Draaga (voice)
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001Movie
Count Dracula
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001Movie
Johnny
Vice
2000Movie
Spooky Harlow
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000Movie
Conan's Father (archive footage)
Never Look Back
2000Movie
Lee Clayton
Debbie Does Damnation
1999Movie
Wasteland Justice
1999Movie
Moon
Blood of His Own
1998Movie
Broken Vessels
1998Movie
Bo
Heat of Las Vegas
1998Movie
Mario Verelli
The Shooter
1997Movie
Jerry Krants
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997TV
Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
Hollywood Cops
1997Movie
Rinaldi
Doublecross on Costa's Island
1997Movie
L. E.
Uncle Sam
1996Movie
Major
The Colony
1996Movie
Theo Maxwell
Nash Bridges
1996TV
Boris Zarkov
Neon Signs
1996Movie
Clyde
Raw Energy
1996Movie
Sam Stompkins
Big Sister 2000
1995Movie
The Man
Manosaurus
1994Movie
Sheriff Todd
Due South
1994TV
Harold Geiger
Maverick
1994Movie
Riverboat Poker Player
Taken Alive
1994Movie
L.E.
GetEven
1993Movie
Normad
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993Movie
Pharoah
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993TV
Silas Quint
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993Movie
Pharoah
Vinnie & Bobby
1992TV
Warren Bean
American Me
1992Movie
Deacon
The Last Riders
1992Movie
Hammer
Feast
1992Movie
Det. George Bordelli
Shadow of the Dragon
1992Movie
Eric Brunner
Dark Secrets
1992Movie
Robert
The Roller Blade Seven
1991Movie
Pharoah
Cybernator
1991Movie
Colonel Peck
Hard Time Romance
1991Movie
Spirit of the Eagle
1991Movie
Hatchett
Kiss and Be Killed
1991Movie
Det. Murdoch
Merchant of Evil
1991Movie
Victor Fortunetti
The Final Sanction
1990Movie
Maj. Galashkin
Shades of L.A.
1990TV
Empire of Ash III
1990Movie
Lucas
Cartel
1990Movie
Mason
Emperor of the Bronx
1990Movie
Fitz
Instant Karma
1990Movie
Pop
Forgotten Heroes
1990Movie
General Gregori Zelenkov
Slow Burn
1989Movie
Antonio Scarpelli
B.O.R.N.
1989Movie
Dr. Farley
Jungle Assault
1989Movie
General Mitchell
East L.A. Warriors
1989Movie
Martelli
L.A. Vice
1989Movie
Capt. Joe Wilkes
Terror in Beverly Hills
1989Movie
President
Deadly Breed
1989Movie
Captain
Action U.S.A.
1989Movie
Conover
Memorial Valley Massacre
1988Movie
Gen. Mintz
Evil Altar
1988Movie
Reed Weller
Platoon Leader
1988Movie
Major Flynn
Maniac Cop
1988Movie
Captain Ripley
Red Nights
1988Movie
Phillip
Bulletproof
1988Movie
Russian Major
Supercarrier
1988TV
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988Movie
Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Eagle's Law
1988Movie
Moon in Scorpio
1987Movie
Burt
The Phantom Empire
1987Movie
Dr. Chambers
Commando Squad
1987Movie
Morgan Denny
Hell on the Battleground
1987Movie
Colonel Meredith
The Badd One
1987Movie
Badd
Eye of the Tiger
1986Movie
Blade
Fever Pitch
1985Movie
Panama Hat
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
(segment "Shadow Play")
Wildside
1985TV
The Mean Season
1985Movie
Albert O'Shaughnessy
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Clyde Thorson
Highway to Heaven
1984TV
Hunter
1984TV
Neville Sigerson, Sgt. Sal Drasso
Red Dawn
1984Movie
Strelnikov
Airwolf
1984TV
Steele, Patterson
The Master
1984TV
Alan Kane
The Jerk, Too
1984Movie
Suicide
Masquerade
1983TV
Rumble Fish
1983Movie
Patterson the Cop
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983TV
The Yellow Rose
1983TV
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983TV
The Outsiders
1983Movie
Store Clerk
The A-Team
1983TV
Jase Tataro, Dimitri Shasta Kovich
Knight Rider
1982TV
Harold T. Turner
Matt Houston
1982TV
J.D. Harris
Conan the Barbarian
1982Movie
Conan's Father
T. J. Hooker
1982TV
R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982Movie
Monk Hardwick
Simon & Simon
1981TV
Cady
The Fall Guy
1981TV
Code Red
1981TV
Any Which Way You Can
1980Movie
Jack Wilson
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980Movie
Tolar
Trapper John, M.D.
1979TV
Tugwell
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979TV
The Trebor
Benson
1979TV
Seven
1979Movie
Drew
The Frisco Kid
1979Movie
Matt Diggs
The Rebels
1979TV
John Waverly
Fast Company
1979Movie
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
B. J. and the Bear
1979TV
Blackjack
1978Movie
Andy Mayfield
Vega$
1978TV
Blood & Guts
1978Movie
Dan O'Neil
Fantasy Island
1978TV
Wyatt Earp
The Oregon Trail
1977TV
Logan's Run
1977TV
Patron / Modok
CHiPs
1977TV
Stan
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977Movie
Hoxey
Scorchy
1976Movie
Carl Henrich
Hollywood Man
1976Movie
Rafe Stoker
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976TV
Falconetti
Crackle of Death
1976Movie
Shaman Jim Elkhorn
City of Angels
1976TV
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976TV
Falconetti
Dr. Minx
1975Movie
Gus Dolan
The Ultimate Warrior
1975Movie
Carrot
Boss Nigger
1975Movie
Jed Clayton
The Swinging Barmaids
1975Movie
Harry
Death Among Friends
1975Movie
Sheldon Casey
Bronk
1975TV
Win, Place or Steal
1975Movie
Tom
The Sex Symbol
1974Movie
Butch Wischnewski
Planet of the Apes
1974TV
Tolar
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974TV
Jim Elkhorn
Police Woman
1974TV
Movin' On
1974TV
Black Samson
1974Movie
Johnny Nappa
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974Movie
Jerry Grimes
Policewomen
1974Movie
Karate Instructor
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974TV
Cmdr. Maxwell
The Deadly Trackers
1973Movie
Schoolboy
The Last American Hero
1973Movie
Kyle Kingman
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973Movie
Neil Agar
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973Movie
Martelli
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973Movie
Camper John Allen
Police Story
1973TV
(uncredited)
A Taste of Hell
1973Movie
Jack Lowell
Piranha
1972Movie
Caribe
Kung Fu
1972TV
Capt. Luther Staggers
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Mickey Sims
Search
1972TV
Grave of the Vampire
1972Movie
James Eastman
The Thing with Two Heads
1972Movie
Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
Hammer
1972Movie
Brenner
The Man Hunter
1972Movie
Clel Bocock
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971Movie
T.J.
Columbo
1971TV
Nichols
Runaway, Runaway
1971Movie
Frank
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
Crowhaven Farm
1970Movie
Patrolman Hayes
C.C. and Company
1970Movie
Moon
Darker Than Amber
1970Movie
Terry
Angels Die Hard
1970Movie
Tim
The Losers
1970Movie
Link Thomas
The Over the Hill Gang
1969Movie
Amos (as Bill Smith)
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
Backtrack!
1969Movie
Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
Run, Angel, Run!
1969Movie
Angel
Three Guns for Texas
1968Movie
Texas Ranger Joe Riley
Here Come the Brides
1968TV
Kitana
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Jack Harper
Julia
1968TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Deputy Leroy, Luther, Spence
Custer
1967TV
The Second Hundred Years
1967TV
Joe
Ironside
1967TV
Larry
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Vincent Sandler, John Brent, Dekker
Felony Squad
1966TV
Batman
1966TV
Adonis
I Dream of Jeannie
1965TV
Turk
Laredo
1965TV
Joe Riley
36 Hours
1964Movie
Guy (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Catoga, Campuits, Amos (uncredited), Amos Martin
Mail Order Bride
1964Movie
Lank
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Deputy Raynor
Zero One
1962TV
Jimmy Delaney
Combat!
1962TV
Richter, German Sergeant
Stoney Burke
1962TV
Lieutenant Joe Cardiff
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Tommy Lad
The Virginian
1962TV
Andy Adams, Bill, Joe Riley, Paul Rogers, Spector
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961Movie
Captain of the Guard
The Asphalt Jungle
1961TV
Sgt. Danny Keller
The Gazebo
1959Movie
Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
Never So Few
1959Movie
MP Officer #1
Mr. Lucky
1959TV
Girls Town
1959Movie
Man (uncredited)
Ask Any Girl
1959Movie
Young Man (uncredited)
The Mating Game
1959Movie
Barney
The Ed Wynn Show
1958TV
Dink
Perry Mason
1957TV
Andy Witcoe
Wagon Train
1957TV
Thomas Lance
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Jude Bonner, Latch
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Monk Hardwick
Lassie
1954TV
Death Valley Days
1952TV
Marshall Hendry Brown, Dan Turner
The Boy with Green Hair
1948Movie
Boy (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947Movie
Young Boy (uncredited)
Gilda
1946Movie
Man (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945Movie
Boy (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944Movie
Little Boy (uncredited)
Going My Way
1944Movie
Choir Member (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942Movie
Boy (uncredited)