William Smith
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
Credits
- 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 · Vice as Spooky Harlow
- 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 · A Mission to Kill as
- 2003 · Zombiegeddon as Lord Zombie
- 2003 · God Has a Rap Sheet as Lucifer
- 2002 · Deadly Memories as Sheriff Taggart
- 2001 · Justice League as Draaga (voice)
- 2001 · The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula as Count Dracula
- 2001 · The Vampire Hunters Club as Johnny
- 2000 · Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Conan's Father (archive footage)
- 2000 · Never Look Back as Lee Clayton
- 1999 · Debbie Does Damnation as
- 1999 · Wasteland Justice as Moon
- 1998 · Blood of His Own as
- 1998 · Broken Vessels as Bo
- 1998 · Heat of Las Vegas as Mario Verelli
- 1997 · The Shooter as Jerry Krants
- 1997 · Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
- 1997 · Doublecross on Costa's Island as L. E.
- 1997 · Hollywood Cops as Rinaldi
- 1996 · Uncle Sam as Major
- 1996 · The Colony as Theo Maxwell
- 1996 · Neon Signs as Clyde
- 1996 · Raw Energy as Sam Stompkins
- 1995 · Big Sister 2000 as The Man
- 1994 · Manosaurus as Sheriff Todd
- 1994 · Due South as Harold Geiger
- 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 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Silas Quint
- 1993 · Return of the Roller Blade Seven as Pharoah
- 1992 · Vinnie & Bobby as Warren Bean
- 1992 · American Me as Deacon
- 1992 · The Last Riders as Hammer
- 1992 · Shadow of the Dragon as Eric Brunner
- 1992 · Feast as Det. George Bordelli
- 1992 · Dark Secrets as Robert
- 1991 · The Roller Blade Seven as Pharoah
- 1991 · Cybernator as Colonel Peck
- 1991 · Spirit of the Eagle as Hatchett
- 1991 · Merchant of Evil as Victor Fortunetti
- 1991 · Kiss and Be Killed as Det. Murdoch
- 1990 · The Final Sanction as Maj. Galashkin
- 1990 · Shades of L.A. as
- 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 · Memorial Valley Massacre as Gen. Mintz
- 1989 · Terror In Beverly Hills as President
- 1989 · Deadly Breed as Captain
- 1989 · Action U.S.A. as Conover
- 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 · Supercarrier as
- 1988 · Hell Comes to Frogtown as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
- 1988 · Eagle's Law as
- 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 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · Wildside as
- 1985 · The Mean Season as Albert O'Shaughnessy
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Clyde Thorson
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1984 · Hunter as Sgt. Neville Sigerson
- 1984 · Hunter as Sgt. Sal Drasso
- 1984 · Red Dawn as Strelnikov
- 1984 · Airwolf as Steele
- 1984 · Airwolf as Patterson
- 1984 · The Jerk, Too as Suicide
- 1983 · Masquerade as
- 1983 · Rumble Fish as Patterson the Cop
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · The Yellow Rose as
- 1983 · Hardcastle and McCormick as
- 1983 · The Outsiders as Store Clerk
- 1983 · The A-Team as Jase Tataro
- 1983 · The A-Team as Dimitri Shasta Kovich
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Harold T. Turner
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Conan the Barbarian as Conan's Father
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
- 1982 · Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang as Monk Hardwick
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as Cady
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as
- 1981 · Code Red as
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Jack Wilson
- 1980 · The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes as Tolar
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as Tugwell
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as The Trebor
- 1979 · Benson as
- 1979 · Seven as Drew
- 1979 · The Frisco Kid as Matt Diggs
- 1979 · The Rebels as John Waverly
- 1979 · Fast Company as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
- 1979 · B. J. and the Bear as
- 1978 · Blackjack as Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith)
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Blood & Guts as Dan O'Neil
- 1977 · The Oregon Trail as
- 1977 · Logan's Run as
- 1977 · CHiPs as Stan
- 1977 · Twilight's Last Gleaming as Hoxey
- 1976 · Scorchy as Carl Henrich
- 1976 · Hollywood Man as Rafe Stoker
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Falconetti
- 1976 · Crackle of Death as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
- 1976 · City of Angels as
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man as Falconetti
- 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 · Bronk as
- 1975 · Win, Place or Steal as Tom
- 1974 · The Sex Symbol as Butch Wischnewski
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Jerry Grimes
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Jim Elkhorn
- 1974 · Planet of the Apes as
- 1974 · Black Samson as Johnny Nappa
- 1974 · Movin' On as
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Jerry Grimes
- 1974 · Policewomen as Karate Instructor
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Cmdr. Maxwell
- 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 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Piranha as Caribe
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Capt. Luther Staggers
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Search as
- 1972 · Grave of the Vampire as James Eastman
- 1972 · The Thing with Two Heads as Hysterical Condemned Man
- 1972 · Hammer as Brenner
- 1972 · The Man Hunter as Clel Bocock
- 1971 · Chrome and Hot Leather as T.J.
- 1971 · Columbo as Nichols
- 1971 · Runaway, Runaway as Frank
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 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 · 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 · Here Come the Brides as Kitana
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as Jack Harper
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
- 1968 · Julia as
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · Custer as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · Ironside as Larry
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Vincent Sandler
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as John Brent
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Dekker
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1966 · Batman as Adonis
- 1965 · I Dream of Jeannie as Turk
- 1965 · Laredo as Joe Riley
- 1964 · 36 Hours as Guy (uncredited)
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Catoga
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Campuits
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Amos (uncredited)
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Amos Martin
- 1964 · Mail Order Bride as Lank
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Deputy Raynor
- 1962 · Zero One as Jimmy Delaney
- 1962 · Combat! as Richter
- 1962 · Combat! as German Sergeant
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Tommy Lad
- 1962 · The Virginian as Andy Adams
- 1962 · The Virginian as Bill
- 1962 · The Virginian as Paul Rogers
- 1962 · The Virginian as Joe Riley
- 1962 · The Virginian as Spector
- 1961 · Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Captain of the Guard
- 1961 · The Asphalt Jungle as Sgt. Danny Keller
- 1959 · Never So Few as MP Officer #1
- 1959 · Mr. Lucky as
- 1959 · Girls Town as Man (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Mating Game as Barney
- 1958 · The Ed Wynn Show as Dink
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Andy Witcoe
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Thomas Lance
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jude Bonner
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Latch
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1952 · Death Valley Days as Marshall Hendry Brown
- 1952 · Death Valley Days as Dan Turner
- 1948 · The Boy with Green Hair as Boy (uncredited)
- 1947 · I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Young Boy (uncredited)
- 1946 · Gilda as Man (uncredited)
- 1945 · A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Boy (uncredited)
- 1944 · Meet Me in St. Louis as Little Boy (uncredited)
- 1944 · Going My Way as Choir Member (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Ghost of Frankenstein as Boy (uncredited)