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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1933-03-24
- event Death Date 2021-07-05
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 15.7
- info Birth Place Columbia, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by William Smith
7.3
The Outsiders
1983-03-25
7
Rumble Fish
1983-10-09
5.8
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13
0
Neon Signs
1996-01-01
6.3
Red Dawn
1984-08-10
4.2
L.A. Vice
1989-10-01
0
Eagle's Law
1988-01-01
5.6
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988-01-29
5.8
The Ultimate Warrior
1975-10-02
6.7
Boss Nigger
1975-08-17
4.7
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973-06-01
2.9
Zombiegeddon
2003-07-12
2.2
Deadly Memories
2002-01-01
6.9
Maverick
1994-05-20
6.9
Conan the Barbarian
1982-04-02
4.9
Uncle Sam
1996-11-13
6
Eye of the Tiger
1986-07-07
3.9
The Phantom Empire
1987-10-01
0
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001-02-01
2
Feast
1992-01-01
4
Rapturious
2007-10-02
5.8
Grave of the Vampire
1972-08-23
4.9
The Thing with Two Heads
1972-07-19
4.7
The Swinging Barmaids
1975-07-15
5.2
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961-05-03
3.7
Moon in Scorpio
1987-10-14
0
Voices from the Graves
2006-01-01
2.5
Big Sister 2000
1995-01-01
2
Hollywood Cops
1997-01-01
4.7
Hollywood Man
1976-10-01
5.4
Angels Die Hard
1970-07-08
3.7
Fever Pitch
1985-11-22
5.1
Fast Company
1979-03-18
4.8
East L.A. Warriors
1989-10-16
6.1
The Frisco Kid
1979-07-06
5.8
Any Which Way You Can
1980-12-17
6.4
Darker Than Amber
1970-08-14
3.5
Inner Rage
2006-01-01
4
Blackjack
1978-11-01
5.8
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971-09-29
5.7
C.C. and Company
1970-10-14
7.2
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-18
5
Black Samson
1974-08-14
5.5
Hammer
1972-07-04
3.6
The Final Sanction
1990-11-30
3.5
Run, Angel, Run!
1969-04-18
6.4
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977-02-09
4.2
Memorial Valley Massacre
1989-09-27
6
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973-05-25
5.4
Action U.S.A.
1989-07-01
3.6
Piranha
1972-11-08
3.1
The Roller Blade Seven
1991-09-06
5.8
Seven
1979-09-07
4.6
Scorchy
1976-10-08
5.1
GetEven
1993-09-24
4.8
The Losers
1970-06-08
2.4
Empire of Ash III
1990-06-26
6.6
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000-05-30
2
Y.M.I.
2004-03-05
5
Backtrack!
1969-05-26
4.4
Terror In Beverly Hills
1989-08-26
5.6
The Deadly Trackers
1973-12-21
3.4
Cybernator
1991-07-05
3
The Sex Symbol
1974-09-17
5
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993-06-25
6.8
Mail Order Bride
1964-03-10
3.6
Girls Town
1959-10-05
3.3
Dr. Minx
1975-11-01
6
Spirit of the Eagle
1991-01-01
3.8
Jungle Assault
1989-10-18
2
God Has a Rap Sheet
2003-05-07
5.6
The Last American Hero
1973-07-27
4
Commando Squad
1987-06-01
2
Blood & Guts
1978-09-15
2.8
Evil Altar
1988-11-01
0
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
2014-03-21
5.2
Bulletproof
1988-04-20
4.2
Instant Karma
1990-04-27
4.7
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993-04-15
4.5
Policewomen
1974-02-09
5
Three Guns for Texas
1968-10-31
0
Win, Place or Steal
1975-02-01
6
The Colony
1996-07-04
6.2
Maniac Cop
1988-05-13
4.8
The Shooter
1997-10-23
6.3
Hell to Pay
2005-08-12
5.4
Never So Few
1959-12-07
3.4
Hell on the Battleground
1987-04-01
0
Forgotten Heroes
1990-01-01
1
Runaway, Runaway
1971-05-17
7.4
American Me
1992-03-13
7.5
Gilda
1946-04-25
6
Taken Alive
1994-05-12
6.9
36 Hours
1964-11-26
0
The Rebels
1979-05-14
4.4
The Last Riders
1992-02-01
7
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944-11-28
6.7
Going My Way
1944-01-01
0
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
2003-08-18
6.2
Deadly Breed
1989-07-20
6
The Man Hunter
1972-03-20
5.3
Broken Vessels
1998-04-18
3.2
Cartel
1990-06-14
4
Kiss and Be Killed
1991-01-01
0
Merchant of Evil
1991-01-01
8
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007-02-20
3.8
B.O.R.N.
1989-10-26
5.8
The Mating Game
1959-04-29
5.4
Platoon Leader
1988-10-01
5
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947-07-31
6.3
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001-08-20
5
Killer Story
2004-03-09
3
Red Nights
1988-05-12
6
Debbie Does Damnation
1999-11-02
3.5
Shadow of the Dragon
1992-01-01
5
Emperor of the Bronx
1990-06-01
0
Blood of His Own
1998-12-31
6.3
The Mean Season
1985-02-15
0
The Badd One
1987-01-01
2
Wasteland Justice
1999-01-01
0
Vice
2005-10-25
2
Never Look Back
2000-03-31
1
Heat of Las Vegas
1998-01-23
4.8
Doses of Horror
2018-01-05
3
The Jerk, Too
1984-01-06
0
Raw Energy
1996-01-01
2
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982-01-16
7.6
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945-02-28
2
Manosaurus
1994-11-01
5.4
The Boneyard Collection
2008-01-01
0
Dark Secrets
1992-01-01
6
Crackle of Death
1976-03-28
5.2
Doublecross on Costa's Island
1997-01-01
6.1
Irresistible
2020-07-01
6
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973-04-27
4
Slow Burn
1989-12-31
6.2
The Boy with Green Hair
1948-11-26
5.6
The Over the Hill Gang
1969-07-06
0
A Mission to Kill
2003-08-15
7
Planet of the Apes
1974-09-13
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
6.8
Movin' On
1974-05-08
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983-09-18
6.8
CHiPs
1977-09-15
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
1979-02-10
6.3
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23
6.3
T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13
7.6
Due South
1994-09-22
5.4
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
7
Mr. Lucky
1959-10-24
7.2
Benson
1979-09-13
7.4
Batman
1966-01-12
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981-11-24
7.6
Airwolf
1984-01-22
7.8
The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7.6
Knight Rider
1982-09-26
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
6.9
Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05
7
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983-10-03
6.5
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.6
Combat!
1962-10-02
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
6.2
Lassie
1954-09-12
7.2
Hunter
1984-09-18
6.9
Ironside
1967-03-28
7.5
The Fall Guy
1981-11-04
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974-09-13
6.4
Laredo
1965-09-16
7
Felony Squad
1966-09-12
7
Vega$
1978-09-20
6
The Yellow Rose
1983-10-02
6.3
Police Woman
1974-09-13
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
7.1
Police Story
1973-03-20
6
Julia
1968-09-17
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.9
Search
1972-09-13
6
City of Angels
1976-02-03
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
6
Here Come the Brides
1968-09-25
5.5
Supercarrier
1988-03-06
5.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08
5.7
Stoney Burke
1962-10-01
5.7
Wildside
1985-03-21
6
Custer
1967-09-06
5
The Oregon Trail
1977-09-21
6
Shades of L.A.
1990-10-10
5
The Asphalt Jungle
1961-04-02
6.2
Bronk
1975-04-17
6.6
Logan's Run
1977-09-16
8.1
Justice League
2001-11-17
5
Masquerade
1983-12-15
7.5
The A-Team
1983-01-23
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
7.2
Hunter
1984-09-18
0
The Ed Wynn Show
1958-09-25
7.6
Combat!
1962-10-02
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
5.5
Code Red
1981-09-20
6
Zero One
1962-10-03
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
8.5
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976-09-21
6.5
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
7.5
The Rockford Files
1974-09-13
7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976-02-01
7.6
Airwolf
1984-01-22
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
7.5
The A-Team
1983-01-23
6.4
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
7.5
Vinnie & Bobby
1992-05-30
7.6
Kung Fu
1972-10-14
6.4
Death Valley Days
1952-10-01
6.9
Ironside
1967-03-28
7.3
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997-05-25
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
6.4
Death Valley Days
1952-10-01
7.9
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-09-18
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981-11-24
6.9
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-09-20
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20
