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	Acting
Most Rating	10.826
Birthday	1933-03-24
Place of Birth	Columbia, Missouri, USA
Also Known As	William E. Smith, Bill Smith, Big Bill Smith, William Smith II,

The Outsiders

Rumble Fish

The Ghost of Frankenstein

Neon Signs

Red Dawn

L.A. Vice

Eagle's Law

Hell Comes to Frogtown

The Ultimate Warrior

Boss Nigger

Invasion of the Bee Girls

Zombiegeddon

Maverick

Deadly Memories

Conan the Barbarian

Eye of the Tiger

Uncle Sam

The Phantom Empire

The Vampire Hunters Club

Feast

Grave of the Vampire

Rapturious

The Thing with Two Heads

The Swinging Barmaids

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Moon in Scorpio

Voices from the Graves

Big Sister 2000

Hollywood Cops

Hollywood Man

Angels Die Hard

Fever Pitch

Fast Company

East L.A. Warriors

The Frisco Kid

Any Which Way You Can

Darker Than Amber

Inner Rage

Blackjack

Chrome and Hot Leather

C.C. and Company

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Black Samson

Hammer

The Final Sanction

Run, Angel, Run!

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Memorial Valley Massacre

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Action U.S.A.

Piranha

The Roller Blade Seven

Seven

Scorchy

GetEven

The Losers

Empire of Ash III

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

Y.M.I.

Backtrack!

Terror In Beverly Hills

The Deadly Trackers

Cybernator

The Sex Symbol

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven

Mail Order Bride

Girls Town

Dr. Minx

Jungle Assault

Spirit of the Eagle

God Has a Rap Sheet

The Last American Hero

Commando Squad

Blood & Guts

Evil Altar

Rock n' Roll Cops Lite

Bulletproof

Instant Karma

Return of the Roller Blade Seven

Policewomen