William Smith
146 movies · 79 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 24, 1933
- Died
- Jul 5, 2021 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- William E. Smith · Bill Smith · Big Bill Smith · William Smith II
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.
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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".
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William Smith: movies and TV shows
Acting (224)
- 2020 Irresistible
as Hofbrau Bar Fly
- 2018 Doses of Horror
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
- 2008 The Boneyard Collection
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- 2007 Rapturious
as Sheriff
- 2007 Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
as Man with Machine Gun
- 2006 Voices from the Graves
as Lester Jiggs
- 2006 Inner Rage
as Sam
- 2005 Hell to Pay
as Emil Brax
- 2004 Killer Story
as Monty
- 2004 Y.M.I.
as Cal
- 2003 The Rock 'n Roll Cops
as Rinaldi
- 2003
- 2003 Zombiegeddon
as Lord Zombie
- 2003 God Has a Rap Sheet
as Lucifer
- 2002 Deadly Memories
as Sheriff Taggart
- 2001
- 2001 The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
as Count Dracula
- 2001 The Vampire Hunters Club
as Johnny
- 2000 Vice
as Spooky Harlow
- 2000 Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
- 2000 Never Look Back
as Lee Clayton
- 1999
- 1999 Wasteland Justice
as Moon
- 1998
- 1998 Broken Vessels
as Bo
- 1998 Heat of Las Vegas
as Mario Verelli
- 1997 The Shooter
as Jerry Krants
- 1997 Hollywood Cops
as Rinaldi
- 1997 Doublecross on Costa's Island
as L. E.
- 1996 Uncle Sam
as Major
- 1996 The Colony
as Theo Maxwell
- 1996
- 1996 Neon Signs
as Clyde
- 1996 Raw Energy
as Sam Stompkins
- 1995 Big Sister 2000
as The Man
- 1994 Manosaurus
as Sheriff Todd
- 1994
- 1994 Maverick
as Riverboat Poker Player
- 1994 Taken Alive
as L.E.
- 1993 GetEven
as Normad
- 1993 Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
- 1993
- 1993 Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
- 1992
- 1992 American Me
as Deacon
- 1992 The Last Riders
as Hammer
- 1992 Feast
as Det. George Bordelli
- 1992 Shadow of the Dragon
as Eric Brunner
- 1992 Dark Secrets
as Robert
- 1991 The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
- 1991 Cybernator
as Colonel Peck
- 1991
- 1991 Spirit of the Eagle
as Hatchett
- 1991 Kiss and Be Killed
as Det. Murdoch
- 1991 Merchant of Evil
as Victor Fortunetti
- 1990 The Final Sanction
as Maj. Galashkin
- 1990
- 1990 Empire of Ash III
as Lucas
- 1990 Cartel
as Mason
- 1990 Emperor of the Bronx
as Fitz
- 1990 Instant Karma
as Pop
- 1990 Forgotten Heroes
as General Gregori Zelenkov
- 1989 Slow Burn
as Antonio Scarpelli
- 1989 B.O.R.N.
as Dr. Farley
- 1989 Jungle Assault
as General Mitchell
- 1989 East L.A. Warriors
as Martelli
- 1989 L.A. Vice
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
- 1989 Terror in Beverly Hills
as President
- 1989 Deadly Breed
as Captain
- 1989 Action U.S.A.
as Conover
- 1988 Memorial Valley Massacre
as Gen. Mintz
- 1988 Evil Altar
as Reed Weller
- 1988 Platoon Leader
as Major Flynn
- 1988 Maniac Cop
as Captain Ripley
- 1988 Red Nights
as Phillip
- 1988 Bulletproof
as Russian Major
- 1988
- 1988 Hell Comes to Frogtown
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
- 1988
- 1987 Moon in Scorpio
as Burt
- 1987 The Phantom Empire
as Dr. Chambers
- 1987 Commando Squad
as Morgan Denny
- 1987 Hell on the Battleground
as Colonel Meredith
- 1987 The Badd One
as Badd
- 1986 Eye of the Tiger
as Blade
- 1985 Fever Pitch
as Panama Hat
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 The Mean Season
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 Red Dawn
as Strelnikov
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 The Jerk, Too
as Suicide
- 1983
- 1983 Rumble Fish
as Patterson the Cop
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983 The Outsiders
as Store Clerk
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Conan the Barbarian
as Conan's Father
- 1982
- 1982 Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Monk Hardwick
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 Any Which Way You Can
as Jack Wilson
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Seven
as Drew
- 1979 The Frisco Kid
as Matt Diggs
- 1979
- 1979 Fast Company
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
- 1979
- 1978 Blackjack
as Andy Mayfield
- 1978
- 1978 Blood & Guts
as Dan O'Neil
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Hoxey
- 1976 Scorchy
as Carl Henrich
- 1976 Hollywood Man
as Rafe Stoker
- 1976
- 1976 Crackle of Death
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975 Dr. Minx
as Gus Dolan
- 1975 The Ultimate Warrior
as Carrot
- 1975 Boss Nigger
as Jed Clayton
- 1975 The Swinging Barmaids
as Harry
- 1975 Death Among Friends
as Sheldon Casey
- 1975
- 1975 Win, Place or Steal
as Tom
- 1974 The Sex Symbol
as Butch Wischnewski
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 Black Samson
as Johnny Nappa
- 1974 The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
as Jerry Grimes
- 1974 Policewomen
as Karate Instructor
- 1974
- 1973 The Deadly Trackers
as Schoolboy
- 1973 The Last American Hero
as Kyle Kingman
- 1973 Invasion of the Bee Girls
as Neil Agar
- 1973 Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
as Martelli
- 1973 Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Camper John Allen
- 1973
- 1973 A Taste of Hell
as Jack Lowell
- 1972 Piranha
as Caribe
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Grave of the Vampire
as James Eastman
- 1972 The Thing with Two Heads
as Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
- 1972 Hammer
as Brenner
- 1972 The Man Hunter
as Clel Bocock
- 1971 Chrome and Hot Leather
as T.J.
- 1971
- 1971 Runaway, Runaway
as Frank
- 1971
- 1970 Crowhaven Farm
as Patrolman Hayes
- 1970 C.C. and Company
as Moon
- 1970 Darker Than Amber
as Terry
- 1970 Angels Die Hard
as Tim
- 1970 The Losers
as Link Thomas
- 1969 The Over the Hill Gang
as Amos (as Bill Smith)
- 1969
- 1969 Backtrack!
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
- 1969 Run, Angel, Run!
as Angel
- 1968 Three Guns for Texas
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964 36 Hours
as Guy (uncredited)
- 1964
- 1964 Mail Order Bride
as Lank
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
+ 24 more credits
Behind the camera (4)
- Upcoming The Kill Machine
Director
- 1976 Hollywood Man
Writer, Producer
- 1975 Boss Nigger
Stunts
- 1973 Prologue to Wounded Knee
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode