Cast
William Smith
Acting
Cast
William Smith
Known for
Acting
Born
1933-03-24
From
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Died
2021-07-05
Also known as William E. Smith, Bill Smith, Big Bill Smith
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 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".
The Outsiders
as Store Clerk
Conan the Barbarian
as Conan's Father
Red Dawn
as Strelnikov
Maverick
as Riverboat Poker Player
Any Which Way You Can
as Jack Wilson
Gilda
as Man (uncredited)
American Me
as Deacon
Irresistible
as Hofbrau Bar Fly
Maniac Cop
as Captain Ripley
Rumble Fish
as Patterson the Cop
36 Hours
as Guy (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Cartel
as Mason
The Gazebo
as Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited)
Crowhaven Farm
as Patrolman Hayes
Never So Few
as MP Officer #1
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Boy (uncredited)
The Mean Season
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
Slow Burn
as Antonio Scarpelli
Instant Karma
as Pop
Commando Squad
as Morgan Denny
Taken Alive
as L.E.
The Colony
as Theo Maxwell
The Shooter
as Jerry Krants
Platoon Leader
as Major Flynn
Eye of the Tiger
as Blade
Wasteland Justice
as Moon
Hollywood Cops
as Rinaldi
Mail Order Bride
as Lank
Deadly Memories
as Sheriff Taggart
The Last American Hero
as Kyle Kingman
Hollywood Man
as Rafe Stoker
Boss Nigger
as Jed Clayton
Hell Comes to Frogtown
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Hoxey
Going My Way
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Bulletproof
as Russian Major
The Frisco Kid
as Matt Diggs
Zombiegeddon
as Lord Zombie
Raw Energy
as Sam Stompkins
The Over the Hill Gang
as Amos (as Bill Smith)
Vice
as Spooky Harlow
Invasion of the Bee Girls
as Neil Agar
Fast Company
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Boy (uncredited)
Uncle Sam
as Major
Hell to Pay
as Emil Brax
The Losers
as Link Thomas
Black Samson
as Johnny Nappa
Policewomen
as Karate Instructor
The Mating Game
as Barney
Chrome and Hot Leather
as T.J.
Scorchy
as Carl Henrich
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Captain of the Guard
C.C. and Company
as Moon
East L.A. Warriors
as Martelli
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Tolar
The Ultimate Warrior
as Carrot
The Deadly Trackers
as Schoolboy
The Boneyard Collection
as Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
Piranha
as Caribe
The Jerk, Too
as Suicide
Broken Vessels
as Bo
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Young Boy (uncredited)
The Man Hunter
as Clel Bocock
Rapturious
as Sheriff
Seven
as Drew
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Johnny
GetEven
as Normad
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
as Jerry Grimes
Darker Than Amber
as Terry
The Sex Symbol
as Butch Wischnewski
Hammer
as Brenner
The Boy with Green Hair
as Boy (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
The Phantom Empire
as Dr. Chambers
Doses of Horror
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood & Guts
as Dan O'Neil
Evil Altar
as Reed Weller
Fever Pitch
as Panama Hat
Backtrack!
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Monk Hardwick
Action U.S.A.
as Conover
Never Look Back
as Lee Clayton
Run, Angel, Run!
as Angel
Memorial Valley Massacre
as Gen. Mintz
The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Ask Any Girl
as Young Man (uncredited)
Y.M.I.
as Cal
Big Sister 2000
as The Man
Cybernator
as Colonel Peck
Girls Town
as Man (uncredited)
Three Guns for Texas
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
Moon in Scorpio
as Burt
B.O.R.N.
as Dr. Farley
The Last Riders
as Hammer
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Camper John Allen
Grave of the Vampire
as James Eastman
The Thing with Two Heads
as Hysterical Condemned Man
Feast
as Det. George Bordelli
Death Among Friends
as Sheldon Casey
Hell on the Battleground
as Colonel Meredith
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
as Man with Machine Gun
Kiss and Be Killed
as Det. Murdoch
Shadow of the Dragon
as Eric Brunner
L.A. Vice
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
Hard Time Romance
The Swinging Barmaids
as Harry
Forgotten Heroes
as General Gregori Zelenkov
Jungle Assault
as General Mitchell
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Blood of His Own
Emperor of the Bronx
as Fitz
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
as Count Dracula
God Has a Rap Sheet
as Lucifer
The Final Sanction
as Maj. Galashkin
Crackle of Death
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
Deadly Breed
as Captain
Empire of Ash III
as Lucas
Doublecross on Costa's Island
as L. E.
Neon Signs
as Clyde
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
as Rinaldi
Manosaurus
as Sheriff Todd
Terror in Beverly Hills
as President
Red Nights
as Phillip
Runaway, Runaway
as Frank
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
as Martelli
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Pharoah
Heat of Las Vegas
as Mario Verelli
Debbie Does Damnation
Voices from the Graves
as Lester Jiggs
Win, Place or Steal
as Tom
Blackjack
as Andy Mayfield
Dark Secrets
as Robert
Dr. Minx
as Gus Dolan
The Badd One
as Badd
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
Angels Die Hard
as Tim
Killer Story
as Monty
Spirit of the Eagle
as Hatchett
A Mission to Kill
A Taste of Hell
as Jack Lowell
Eagle's Law
Inner Rage
as Sam
Merchant of Evil
as Victor Fortunetti