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