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