William Smith
Acting
🎂 1933-03-24
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".
Cast credits(238)
Nichols
1971
Andy Witcoe
1957
Self
1962
Clyde Thorson
1984
1954
Harold T. Turner
1982
Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
1968
Jase Tataro
1983
Dimitri Shasta Kovich
1983
Thomas Lance
1957
Adonis
1966
Andy Adams
1962
Bill
1962
Paul Rogers
1962
Joe Riley
1962
Spector
1962
1967
Larry
1967
Steele
1984
Patterson
1984
Turk
1965
Vincent Sandler
1966
John Brent
1966
Dekker
1966
1981
Cady
1981
Catoga
1964
Campuits
1964
Amos (uncredited)
1964
Amos Martin
1964
Silas Quint
1993
1984
1981
Jude Bonner
1955
Latch
1955
Richter
1962
German Sergeant
1962
Wyatt Earp
1978
Sgt. Neville Sigerson
1984
Sgt. Sal Drasso
1984
1974
Cmdr. Maxwell
1974
Tommy Lad
1962
R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
1982
Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo")
1997
Tugwell
1979
(segment "Shadow Play")
1985
J.D. Harris
1982
Harold Geiger
1994
Deputy Raynor
1963
1983
1966
Draaga (voice)
2001
1978
The Trebor
1979
Mickey Sims
1972
1979
1983
1971
Joe Riley
1965
Store Clerk
1983
1967
Deputy Leroy
1967
Jerry Grimes
1974
1972
1973
Stan
1977
Conan's Father
1982
1979
1959
Jim Elkhorn
1974
1968
Jack Harper
1968
Strelnikov
1984
Lieutenant Joe Cardiff
1962
Riverboat Poker Player
1994
1975
Falconetti
1976
1977
Captain Ripley
1988
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008
Hofbrau Bar Fly
2020
1968
Deacon
1992
1974
Falconetti
1976
Russian Major
1988
Terry
1970
Martelli
1973
1974
Monty
2004
Kitana
1968
1981
1983
1990
Monk Hardwick
1954
1983
Jack Wilson
1980
Sgt. Danny Keller
1961
Choir Member (uncredited)
1944
Dan O'Neil
1978
1977
1967
General Gregori Zelenkov
1990
Rafe Stoker
1976
Marshall Hendry Brown
1952
Dan Turner
1952
John Waverly
1979
Man (uncredited)
1946
Patterson the Cop
1983
Martelli
1989
1976
Albert O'Shaughnessy
1985
Pharoah
1991
Moon
1970
Mario Verelli
1998
Matt Diggs
1979
Hammer
1992
1988
Jimmy Delaney
1962
Boy (uncredited)
1942
Little Boy (uncredited)
1944
Pharoah
1993
Captain of the Guard
1961
1985
MP Officer #1
1959
Kyle Kingman
1973
Capt. Joe Wilkes
1989
Gen. Mintz
1988
Hoxey
1977
Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
1969
Boy (uncredited)
1948
Drew
1979
James Eastman
1972
Johnny Nappa
1974
Moon
1999
Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
1988
Mason
1990
Camper John Allen
1973
Harry
1975
Carrot
1975
Boy (uncredited)
1945
Pharoah
1993
Karate Instructor
1974
Major
1996
Lester Jiggs
2006
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
1979
Victor Fortunetti
1991
Guy (uncredited)
1964
Schoolboy
1973
Lucas
1990
Spooky Harlow
2000
Amos (as Bill Smith)
1969
Jed Clayton
1975
Shaman Jim Elkhorn
1976
Neil Agar
1973
Hysterical Condemned Man
1972
Pop
1990
Brenner
1972
The Man
1995
Dr. Farley
1989
Warren Bean
1992
Tolar
1980
Eric Brunner
1992
Caribe
1972
Major Flynn
1988
Barney
1959
Conover
1989
Dink
1958
Panama Hat
1985
Normad
1993
Blade
1986
1991
President
1989
Colonel Peck
1991
Sheriff
2007
Fitz
1990
Count Dracula
2001
Lee Clayton
2000
Conan's Father (archive footage)
2000
Clyde
1996
Clel Bocock
1972
Suicide
1984
Angel
1969
Lord Zombie
2003
T.J.
1971
Carl Henrich
1976
Dr. Chambers
1987
Lank
1964
Monk Hardwick
1982
Morgan Denny
1987
Det. George Bordelli
1992
Link Thomas
1970
Gus Dolan
1975
Colonel Meredith
1987
Patrolman Hayes
1970
Capt. Luther Staggers
1972
Theo Maxwell
1996
Bo
1998
Cal
2004
Lucifer
2003
Young Boy (uncredited)
1947
Tim
1970
Antonio Scarpelli
1989
Sheriff Taggart
2002
Rinaldi
1997
L.E.
1994
Jerry Krants
1997
Texas Ranger Joe Riley
1968
Johnny
2001
Det. Murdoch
1991
Maj. Galashkin
1990
Captain
1989
Reed Weller
1988
Butch Wischnewski
1974
Phillip
1988
Sam
2006
Sheriff Todd
1994
Robert
1992
Burt
1987
L. E.
1997
Emil Brax
2005
Hatchett
1991
Rinaldi
2003
1998
Man (uncredited)
1959
Frank
1971
1999
Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Tom
1975
Sam Stompkins
1996
Man with Machine Gun
2007
Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith)
1978
General Mitchell
1989
Rinaldi (archive footage)
2014
1988
2003
Badd
1987
