William Smith
Acting
Born: Mar 24, 1933 — Died: Jul 05, 2021
From: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapturious | Sheriff | 2007 | 3.9 |
| Voices from the Graves | Lester Jiggs | 2006 | — |
| Zombiegeddon | Lord Zombie | 2003 | 3.154 |
| Deadly Memories | Sheriff Taggart | 2002 | 2.7 |
| The Vampire Hunters Club | Johnny | 2001 | 8.0 |
| Hollywood Cops | Rinaldi | 1997 | 3.75 |
| Neon Signs | Clyde | 1996 | 9.0 |
| Uncle Sam | Major | 1996 | 4.87 |
| Big Sister 2000 | The Man | 1995 | 3.25 |
| Maverick | Riverboat Poker Player | 1994 | 6.895 |
| Feast | Det. George Bordelli | 1992 | 4.75 |
| L.A. Vice | Capt. Joe Wilkes | 1989 | 4.375 |
| Eagle's Law | 1988 | 10.0 | |
| Hell Comes to Frogtown | Captain Devlin / Count Sodom | 1988 | 5.503 |
| The Phantom Empire | Dr. Chambers | 1987 | 3.7 |
| Moon in Scorpio | Burt | 1987 | 3.778 |
| Eye of the Tiger | Blade | 1986 | 6.008 |
| Red Dawn | Strelnikov | 1984 | 6.301 |
| The Outsiders | Store Clerk | 1983 | 7.191 |
| Rumble Fish | Patterson the Cop | 1983 | 6.997 |
| Conan the Barbarian | Conan's Father | 1982 | 6.802 |
| Hollywood Man | Rafe Stoker | 1976 | 4.909 |
| The Ultimate Warrior | Carrot | 1975 | 5.754 |
| Boss Nigger | Jed Clayton | 1975 | 6.6 |
| The Swinging Barmaids | Harry | 1975 | 4.563 |
| Invasion of the Bee Girls | Neil Agar | 1973 | 4.6 |
| Grave of the Vampire | James Eastman | 1972 | 5.622 |
| The Thing with Two Heads | Hysterical Condemned Man | 1972 | 4.979 |
| Atlantis: The Lost Continent | Captain of the Guard | 1961 | 5.198 |
| The Ghost of Frankenstein | Boy (uncredited) | 1942 | 5.808 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1933 |
| From | Columbia, Missouri, USA |