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