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William Smith
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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 serie…
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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".
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Irresistible
as Hofbrau Bar Fly
Doses of Horror
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
The Boneyard Collection
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Rapturious
as Sheriff
No Poster
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
as Man with Machine Gun
No Poster
Inner Rage
as Sam
No Poster
Voices from the Graves
as Lester Jiggs
Hell to Pay
as Emil Brax
No Poster
Killer Story
as Monty
Y.M.I.
as Cal
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
as Rinaldi
A Mission to Kill
Zombiegeddon
as Lord Zombie
God Has a Rap Sheet
as Lucifer
Deadly Memories
as Sheriff Taggart
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
as Count Dracula
No Poster
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Johnny
Vice
as Spooky Harlow
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
Never Look Back
as Lee Clayton
Debbie Does Damnation
Wasteland Justice
as Moon
Blood of His Own
Broken Vessels
as Bo
Heat of Las Vegas
as Mario Verelli
The Shooter
as Jerry Krants
Doublecross on Costa's Island
as L. E.
Hollywood Cops
as Rinaldi
Uncle Sam
as Major
The Colony
as Theo Maxwell
Neon Signs
as Clyde
Raw Energy
as Sam Stompkins
Big Sister 2000
as The Man
Manosaurus
as Sheriff Todd
Maverick
as Riverboat Poker Player
Taken Alive
as L.E.
GetEven
as Normad
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
American Me
as Deacon
The Last Riders
as Hammer
Shadow of the Dragon
as Eric Brunner
Feast
as Det. George Bordelli
Dark Secrets
as Robert
The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Cybernator
as Colonel Peck
No Poster
Hard Time Romance
Kiss and Be Killed
as Det. Murdoch
Spirit of the Eagle
as Hatchett
No Poster
Merchant of Evil
as Victor Fortunetti
The Final Sanction
as Maj. Galashkin
Empire of Ash III
as Lucas
Cartel
as Mason
Emperor of the Bronx
as Fitz
Instant Karma
as Pop
Forgotten Heroes
as General Gregori Zelenkov
Slow Burn
as Antonio Scarpelli
B.O.R.N.
as Dr. Farley
Jungle Assault
as General Mitchell
East L.A. Warriors
as Martelli
L.A. Vice
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
Terror in Beverly Hills
as President
Deadly Breed
as Captain
Action U.S.A.
as Conover
Memorial Valley Massacre
as Gen. Mintz
Evil Altar
as Reed Weller
Platoon Leader
as Major Flynn
Maniac Cop
as Captain Ripley
Red Nights
as Phillip
Bulletproof
as Russian Major
Hell Comes to Frogtown
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Eagle's Law
Moon in Scorpio
as Burt
The Phantom Empire
as Dr. Chambers
Commando Squad
as Morgan Denny
Hell on the Battleground
as Colonel Meredith
The Badd One
as Badd
Eye of the Tiger
as Blade
Fever Pitch
as Panama Hat
The Mean Season
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
Red Dawn
as Strelnikov
The Jerk, Too
as Suicide
Rumble Fish
as Patterson the Cop
The Outsiders
as Store Clerk
Conan the Barbarian
as Conan's Father
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Monk Hardwick
Any Which Way You Can
as Jack Wilson
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Tolar
Seven
as Drew
The Frisco Kid
as Matt Diggs
Fast Company
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Blackjack
as Andy Mayfield
Blood & Guts
as Dan O'Neil
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Hoxey
Scorchy
as Carl Henrich
Hollywood Man
as Rafe Stoker
Crackle of Death
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
Dr. Minx
as Gus Dolan
The Ultimate Warrior
as Carrot
Boss Nigger
as Jed Clayton
The Swinging Barmaids
as Harry
Death Among Friends
as Sheldon Casey
Win, Place or Steal
as Tom
The Sex Symbol
as Butch Wischnewski
Black Samson
as Johnny Nappa
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
as Jerry Grimes
Policewomen
as Karate Instructor
The Deadly Trackers
as Schoolboy
The Last American Hero
as Kyle Kingman
Invasion of the Bee Girls
as Neil Agar
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
as Martelli
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Camper John Allen
A Taste of Hell
as Jack Lowell
Piranha
as Caribe
Grave of the Vampire
as James Eastman
The Thing with Two Heads
as Hysterical Condemned Man (uncredited)
Hammer
as Brenner
The Man Hunter
as Clel Bocock
Chrome and Hot Leather
as T.J.
Runaway, Runaway
as Frank
Crowhaven Farm
as Patrolman Hayes
C.C. and Company
as Moon
Darker Than Amber
as Terry
Angels Die Hard
as Tim
The Losers
as Link Thomas
The Over the Hill Gang
as Amos (as Bill Smith)
Backtrack!
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
Run, Angel, Run!
as Angel
Three Guns for Texas
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
36 Hours
as Guy (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
as Lank
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Captain of the Guard
The Gazebo
as Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
Never So Few
as MP Officer #1
Girls Town
as Man (uncredited)
Ask Any Girl
as Young Man (uncredited)
The Mating Game
as Barney
The Boy with Green Hair
as Boy (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Young Boy (uncredited)
Gilda
as Man (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Boy (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Going My Way
as Choir Member (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Boy (uncredited)