William Smith
Acting
Born: March 24, 1933 · Columbia, Missouri, USA
Died: July 5, 2021 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
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. 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
1982
Maverick
1994
The Outsiders
1983
Knight Rider
1982
The A-Team
1983
Red Dawn
1984
Columbo
1971
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Rumble Fish
1983
Gilda
1946
Justice League
2001
Batman
1966
Photos (4)
Movies (139)
Conan the Barbarian
Conan's Father
Rumble Fish
Patterson the Cop
The Outsiders
Store Clerk
Maniac Cop
Captain Ripley
Gilda
Man (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
Little Boy (uncredited)
Irresistible
Hofbrau Bar Fly
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Hoxey
Maverick
Riverboat Poker Player
Any Which Way You Can
Jack Wilson
American Me
Deacon
Red Dawn
Strelnikov
Ask Any Girl
Young Man (uncredited)
The Frisco Kid
Matt Diggs
The Mean Season
Albert O'Shaughnessy
Never So Few
MP Officer #1
The Ultimate Warrior
Carrot
The Boy with Green Hair
Boy (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Uncle Sam
Major
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Boy (uncredited)
Memorial Valley Massacre
Gen. Mintz
The Gazebo
Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
The Losers
Link Thomas
The Shooter
Jerry Krants
Boss Nigger
Jed Clayton
Grave of the Vampire
James Eastman
The Phantom Empire
Dr. Chambers
The Last American Hero
Kyle Kingman
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Neil Agar
36 Hours
Guy (uncredited)
C.C. and Company
Moon
The Swinging Barmaids
Harry
Eye of the Tiger
Blade
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Boy (uncredited)
Terror in Beverly Hills
President
Fast Company
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
The Mating Game
Barney
Bulletproof
Russian Major
Action U.S.A.
Conover
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Captain of the Guard
Shadow of the Dragon
Eric Brunner
Platoon Leader
Major Flynn
Going My Way
Choir Member (uncredited)
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
Jerry Grimes
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Conan's Father (archive footage)
Crowhaven Farm
Patrolman Hayes
Doublecross on Costa's Island
L. E.
The Last Riders
Hammer
The Roller Blade Seven
Pharoah
The Deadly Trackers
Schoolboy
Rapturious
Sheriff
Seven
Drew
The Jerk, Too
Suicide
Evil Altar
Reed Weller
Vice
Spooky Harlow
Policewomen
Karate Instructor
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Young Boy (uncredited)
Three Guns for Texas
Texas Ranger Joe Riley
Zombiegeddon
Lord Zombie
Mail Order Bride
Lank
The Boneyard Collection
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
Pharoah
The Thing with Two Heads
Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Count Dracula
Girls Town
Man (uncredited)
Taken Alive
L.E.
The Over the Hill Gang
Amos (as Bill Smith)
Fever Pitch
Panama Hat
Deadly Breed
Captain
Emperor of the Bronx
Fitz
Commando Squad
Morgan Denny
B.O.R.N.
Dr. Farley
Empire of Ash III
Lucas
Backtrack!
Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
Hammer
Brenner
The Sex Symbol
Butch Wischnewski
Y.M.I.
Cal
Angels Die Hard
Tim
Win, Place or Steal
Tom
Cartel
Mason
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
Martelli
Deadly Memories
Sheriff Taggart
Hell to Pay
Emil Brax
L.A. Vice
Capt. Joe Wilkes
Hell on the Battleground
Colonel Meredith
Scorchy
Carl Henrich
East L.A. Warriors
Martelli
Never Look Back
Lee Clayton
Broken Vessels
Bo
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Tolar
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
Rinaldi
Feast
Det. George Bordelli
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Pharoah
Instant Karma
Pop
Black Samson
Johnny Nappa
Blood & Guts
Dan O'Neil
Darker Than Amber
Terry
Crackle of Death
Shaman Jim Elkhorn
Doses of Horror
Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Cops
Rinaldi
Moon in Scorpio
Burt
Chrome and Hot Leather
T.J.
Death Among Friends
Sheldon Casey
GetEven
Normad
Wasteland Justice
Moon
God Has a Rap Sheet
Lucifer
Red Nights
Phillip
Kiss and Be Killed
Det. Murdoch
Run, Angel, Run!
Angel
Prologue to Wounded Knee
Camper John Allen
Blackjack
Andy Mayfield
Hollywood Man
Rafe Stoker
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Monk Hardwick
Piranha
Caribe
Debbie Does Damnation
1999
The Man Hunter
Clel Bocock
Heat of Las Vegas
Mario Verelli
Blood of His Own
1998
Dr. Minx
Gus Dolan
A Taste of Hell
Jack Lowell
The Final Sanction
Maj. Galashkin
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
Rinaldi (archive footage)
The Badd One
Badd
The Colony
Theo Maxwell
Spirit of the Eagle
Hatchett
Dark Secrets
Robert
Forgotten Heroes
General Gregori Zelenkov
Eagle's Law
1988
A Mission to Kill
2003
Cybernator
Colonel Peck
Neon Signs
Clyde
Runaway, Runaway
Frank
Big Sister 2000
The Man
Raw Energy
Sam Stompkins
Jungle Assault
General Mitchell
Slow Burn
Antonio Scarpelli
Manosaurus
Sheriff Todd
TV Shows (100)
Columbo
Nichols · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Andy Witcoe · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Clyde Thorson · 1 eps
Ironside
1 eps
Ironside
Larry · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Harold T. Turner · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Thomas Lance · 1 eps
The A-Team
Jase Tataro · 1 eps
The A-Team
Dimitri Shasta Kovich · 1 eps
The Virginian
Andy Adams · 1 eps
The Virginian
Bill · 1 eps
The Virginian
Paul Rogers · 1 eps
The Virginian
Joe Riley · 1 eps
The Virginian
Spector · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Det. James 'Kimo' Carew · 20 eps
Mission: Impossible
Vincent Sandler · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
John Brent · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Dekker · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Tommy Lad · 1 eps
Lassie
1 eps
Batman
Adonis · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Boris Zarkov · 1 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Cmdr. Maxwell · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
Airwolf
Steele · 1 eps
Airwolf
Patterson · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Wyatt Earp · 1 eps
Simon & Simon
1 eps
Simon & Simon
Cady · 1 eps
T. J. Hooker
R.K. 'Blood' Henderson · 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
Turk · 1 eps
Combat!
Richter · 1 eps
Combat!
German Sergeant · 1 eps
Police Woman
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play") · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Catoga · 2 eps
Daniel Boone
Campuits · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Amos (uncredited) · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Amos Martin · 2 eps
Hunter
Neville Sigerson · 1 eps
Hunter
Sgt. Sal Drasso · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Silas Quint · 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
Due South
Harold Geiger · 1 eps
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo") · 1 eps
The Fall Guy
2 eps
Benson
1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
Tugwell · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jude Bonner · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Latch · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Mickey Sims · 1 eps
Matt Houston
J.D. Harris · 1 eps
Police Story
(uncredited) · 1 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Deputy Raynor · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Trebor · 1 eps
Vega$
1 eps
Justice League
Draaga (voice) · 2 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
1 eps
The Mod Squad
2 eps
The Mod Squad
Jack Harper · 1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Jim Elkhorn · 1 eps
Laredo
Joe Riley · 57 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Deputy Leroy · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Luther · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Spence · 1 eps
CHiPs
Stan · 3 eps
Julia
1 eps
B. J. and the Bear
2 eps
Stoney Burke
Lieutenant Joe Cardiff · 1 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man
Falconetti · 12 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Falconetti · 22 eps
Planet of the Apes
Tolar · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Monk Hardwick · 1 eps
Mr. Lucky
1 eps
The Master
Alan Kane · 1 eps
Bronk
1 eps
Here Come the Brides
Kitana · 1 eps
Movin' On
1 eps
Logan's Run
Patron / Modok · 1 eps
Masquerade
1 eps
Code Red
2 eps
The Second Hundred Years
Joe · 1 eps
Shades of L.A.
1 eps
City of Angels
1 eps
Death Valley Days
Marshall Hendry Brown · 1 eps
Death Valley Days
Dan Turner · 1 eps
The Yellow Rose
1 eps
Custer
1 eps
The Oregon Trail
1 eps
Supercarrier
1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
Sgt. Danny Keller · 14 eps
Zero One
Jimmy Delaney · 39 eps
Wildside
6 eps
The Rebels
John Waverly · 2 eps
The Ed Wynn Show
Dink · 1 eps
Vinnie & Bobby
Warren Bean · 1 eps
Search
1 eps
Kung Fu
Capt. Luther Staggers · 1 eps
