Acting · Columbia, Missouri, USA · Born March 24, 1933
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".
MovieIrresistible
2020
as Hofbrau Bar Fly
MovieDoses of Horror
2018
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieRock n' Roll Cops Lite
2014
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
MovieThe Boneyard Collection
2008
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
MovieRapturious
2007
as Sheriff
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007
as Man with Machine Gun
Voices from the Graves
2006
as Lester Jiggs
Inner Rage
2006
as Sam
MovieHell to Pay
2005
as Emil Brax
Killer Story
2004
as Monty
MovieY.M.I.
2004
as Cal
MovieThe Rock 'n Roll Cops
2003
as Rinaldi
MovieA Mission to Kill
2003
MovieZombiegeddon
2003
as Lord Zombie
MovieGod Has a Rap Sheet
2003
as Lucifer
MovieDeadly Memories
2002
as Sheriff Taggart
TVJustice League
2001
as Draaga (voice)
MovieThe Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001
as Count Dracula
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001
as Johnny
MovieVice
2000
as Spooky Harlow
MovieConan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
MovieNever Look Back
2000
as Lee Clayton
MovieDebbie Does Damnation
1999
MovieWasteland Justice
1999
as Moon
MovieBlood of His Own
1998
MovieBroken Vessels
1998
as Bo
MovieHeat of Las Vegas
1998
as Mario Verelli
MovieThe Shooter
1997
as Jerry Krants
TVBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
MovieHollywood Cops
1997
as Rinaldi
MovieDoublecross on Costa's Island
1997
as L. E.
MovieUncle Sam
1996
as Major
MovieThe Colony
1996
as Theo Maxwell
TVNash Bridges
1996
as Boris Zarkov
MovieNeon Signs
1996
as Clyde
MovieRaw Energy
1996
as Sam Stompkins
MovieBig Sister 2000
1995
as The Man
MovieManosaurus
1994
as Sheriff Todd
TVDue South
1994
as Harold Geiger
MovieMaverick
1994
as Riverboat Poker Player
MovieTaken Alive
1994
as L.E.
MovieGetEven
1993
as Normad
MovieLegend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993
as Pharoah
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Silas Quint
MovieReturn of the Roller Blade Seven
1993
as Pharoah
TVVinnie & Bobby
1992
as Warren Bean
MovieAmerican Me
1992
as Deacon
MovieThe Last Riders
1992
as Hammer
MovieFeast
1992
as Det. George Bordelli
MovieShadow of the Dragon
1992
as Eric Brunner
MovieDark Secrets
1992
as Robert
MovieThe Roller Blade Seven
1991
as Pharoah
MovieCybernator
1991
as Colonel Peck
Hard Time Romance
1991
MovieSpirit of the Eagle
1991
as Hatchett
MovieKiss and Be Killed
1991
as Det. Murdoch
Merchant of Evil
1991
as Victor Fortunetti
MovieThe Final Sanction
1990
as Maj. Galashkin
TVShades of L.A.
1990
MovieEmpire of Ash III
1990
as Lucas
MovieCartel
1990
as Mason
MovieEmperor of the Bronx
1990
as Fitz
MovieInstant Karma
1990
as Pop
MovieForgotten Heroes
1990
as General Gregori Zelenkov
MovieSlow Burn
1989
as Antonio Scarpelli
MovieB.O.R.N.
1989
as Dr. Farley
MovieJungle Assault
1989
as General Mitchell
MovieEast L.A. Warriors
1989
as Martelli
MovieL.A. Vice
1989
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
MovieTerror in Beverly Hills
1989
as President
MovieDeadly Breed
1989
as Captain
MovieAction U.S.A.
1989
as Conover
MovieMemorial Valley Massacre
1988
as Gen. Mintz
MovieEvil Altar
1988
as Reed Weller
MoviePlatoon Leader
1988
as Major Flynn
MovieManiac Cop
1988
as Captain Ripley
MovieRed Nights
1988
as Phillip
MovieBulletproof
1988
as Russian Major
TVSupercarrier
1988
MovieHell Comes to Frogtown
1988
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
MovieEagle's Law
1988
MovieMoon in Scorpio
1987
as Burt
MovieThe Phantom Empire
1987
as Dr. Chambers
MovieCommando Squad
1987
as Morgan Denny
MovieHell on the Battleground
1987
as Colonel Meredith
MovieThe Badd One
1987
as Badd
MovieEye of the Tiger
1986
as Blade
MovieFever Pitch
1985
as Panama Hat
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Shadow Play")
TVWildside
1985
MovieThe Mean Season
1985
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Clyde Thorson
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
TVHunter
1984
as Sgt. Neville Sigerson
MovieRed Dawn
1984
as Strelnikov
TVAirwolf
1984
as Steele
TVThe Master
1984
as Alan Kane
MovieThe Jerk, Too
1984
as Suicide
TVMasquerade
1983
MovieRumble Fish
1983
as Patterson the Cop
TVScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
TVThe Yellow Rose
1983
TVHardcastle and McCormick
1983
MovieThe Outsiders
1983
as Store Clerk
TVThe A-Team
1983
as Jase Tataro
TVKnight Rider
1982
as Harold T. Turner
TVMatt Houston
1982
as J.D. Harris
MovieConan the Barbarian
1982
as Conan's Father
TVT. J. Hooker
1982
as R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
MovieTales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
as Monk Hardwick
TVSimon & Simon
1981
TVThe Fall Guy
1981
TVCode Red
1981
MovieAny Which Way You Can
1980
as Jack Wilson
MovieThe Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Tolar
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
as Tugwell
TVBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as The Trebor
TVBenson
1979
MovieSeven
1979
as Drew
MovieThe Frisco Kid
1979
as Matt Diggs
TVThe Rebels
1979
as John Waverly
MovieFast Company
1979
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
TVB. J. and the Bear
1979
MovieBlackjack
1978
as Andy Mayfield
TVVega$
1978
MovieBlood & Guts
1978
as Dan O'Neil
TVFantasy Island
1978
as Wyatt Earp
TVThe Oregon Trail
1977
TVLogan's Run
1977
as Patron / Modok
TVCHiPs
1977
as Stan
MovieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Hoxey
MovieScorchy
1976
as Carl Henrich
MovieHollywood Man
1976
as Rafe Stoker
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Falconetti
MovieCrackle of Death
1976
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
TVCity of Angels
1976
TVRich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Falconetti
MovieDr. Minx
1975
as Gus Dolan
MovieThe Ultimate Warrior
1975
as Carrot
MovieBoss Nigger
1975
as Jed Clayton
MovieThe Swinging Barmaids
1975
as Harry
MovieDeath Among Friends
1975
as Sheldon Casey
TVBronk
1975
MovieWin, Place or Steal
1975
as Tom
MovieThe Sex Symbol
1974
as Butch Wischnewski
TVPlanet of the Apes
1974
as Tolar
TVKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Jim Elkhorn
TVPolice Woman
1974
TVMovin' On
1974
MovieBlack Samson
1974
as Johnny Nappa
MovieThe Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974
as Jerry Grimes
MoviePolicewomen
1974
as Karate Instructor
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Cmdr. Maxwell
MovieThe Deadly Trackers
1973
as Schoolboy
MovieThe Last American Hero
1973
as Kyle Kingman
MovieInvasion of the Bee Girls
1973
as Neil Agar
MovieSweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973
as Martelli
MoviePrologue to Wounded Knee
1973
as Camper John Allen
TVPolice Story
1973
as (uncredited)
MovieA Taste of Hell
1973
as Jack Lowell
MoviePiranha
1972
as Caribe
TVKung Fu
1972
as Capt. Luther Staggers
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Mickey Sims
TVSearch
1972
MovieGrave of the Vampire
1972
as James Eastman
MovieThe Thing with Two Heads
1972
as Hysterical Condemned Man
MovieHammer
1972
as Brenner
MovieThe Man Hunter
1972
as Clel Bocock
MovieChrome and Hot Leather
1971
as T.J.
TVColumbo
1971
as Nichols
MovieRunaway, Runaway
1971
as Frank
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieCrowhaven Farm
1970
as Patrolman Hayes
MovieC.C. and Company
1970
as Moon
MovieDarker Than Amber
1970
as Terry
MovieAngels Die Hard
1970
as Tim
MovieThe Losers
1970
as Link Thomas
MovieThe Over the Hill Gang
1969
as Amos (as Bill Smith)
MovieBacktrack!
1969
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
MovieRun, Angel, Run!
1969
as Angel
MovieThree Guns for Texas
1968
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
TVHere Come the Brides
1968
as Kitana
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
TVJulia
1968
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
TVCuster
1967
TVThe Second Hundred Years
1967
as Joe
TVIronside
1967
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Vincent Sandler
TVFelony Squad
1966
TVBatman
1966
as Adonis
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Turk
TVLaredo
1965
as Joe Riley
Movie36 Hours
1964
as Guy (uncredited)
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Catoga
MovieMail Order Bride
1964
as Lank
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Deputy Raynor
TVZero One
1962
as Jimmy Delaney
TVCombat!
1962
as Richter
TVStoney Burke
1962
as Lieutenant Joe Cardiff
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Tommy Lad
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Andy Adams
MovieAtlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Captain of the Guard
TVThe Asphalt Jungle
1961
as Sgt. Danny Keller
MovieThe Gazebo
1959
as Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
MovieNever So Few
1959
as MP Officer #1
TVMr. Lucky
1959
MovieGirls Town
1959
as Man (uncredited)
MovieAsk Any Girl
1959
as Young Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Mating Game
1959
as Barney
TVThe Ed Wynn Show
1958
as Dink
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Andy Witcoe
TVWagon Train
1957
as Thomas Lance
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Jude Bonner
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Monk Hardwick
TVLassie
1954
TVDeath Valley Days
1952
as Marshall Hendry Brown
MovieThe Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Boy (uncredited)
MovieI Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
as Young Boy (uncredited)
MovieGilda
1946
as Man (uncredited)
MovieA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
as Boy (uncredited)
MovieMeet Me in St. Louis
1944
as Little Boy (uncredited)
MovieGoing My Way
1944
as Choir Member (uncredited)
MovieThe Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Boy (uncredited)
