William Smith

Oyuncu Doğum: 1933-03-24 • Columbia, Missouri, USA

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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".

William Smith

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Filmografi (Rol Aldığı Yapımlar)

Eagle's Law

The Badd One

Raw Energy

The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter

The Rebels

Neon Signs

Forgotten Heroes

The Rock 'n Roll Cops

A Mission to Kill

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Justice League

Columbo

The Vampire Hunters Club

Win, Place or Steal

Taken Alive

The Man Hunter

Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story

Blood of His Own

Vice

Camper John

Combat!

Combat!

Vinnie & Bobby

The Wonderful World of Disney

Rich Man, Poor Man

Alfred Hitchcock Saati

I Dream of Jeannie

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Perry Mason

Alacakaranlık Kuşağı

Kung Fu

The Fall Guy

Airwolf

Airwolf

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Due South

The Yellow Rose

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Bir Genç Kız Yetişiyor

Kara Şimşek

Murder, She Wrote

The Colony

American Me

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

Emperor of the Bronx

Crackle of Death

Masquerade

A Takımı

A Takımı

Şeytanın Kızı Gilda

Highway to Heaven

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Batman

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

The Six Million Dollar Man

Hawaii Five-O

Dışarıdakiler

Hunter

Hunter

Search

The Streets of San Francisco

36 Hours

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Siyam Balığı

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Sensiz Olamam

Merchant of Evil

Benson

Walker, Texas Ranger

Vega$

Daniel Boone

Shades of L.A.

The Ed Wynn Show

Code Red

Daniel Boone