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".

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Filmografia

I ragazzi della 56ª strada

Rusty il selvaggio

Il terrore di Frankenstein

Neon Signs

Alba rossa

L.A. Vice

Eagle's Law

Apocalisse a Frogtown - La città delle rane

Gli avventurieri del pianeta Terra

Boss Nigger

L'invasione delle api regine

Zombiegeddon

Maverick

Deadly Memories

Conan il barbaro

A prova di vendetta

Uncle Sam

The Phantom Empire

The Vampire Hunters Club

Feast

La bara del vampiro

Rapturious

The Thing with Two Heads

The Swinging Barmaids

Atlantide, il continente perduto

Moon in Scorpio

Voices from the Graves

Big Sister 2000

Hollywood Cops

Hollywood Man

Angels Die Hard

La febbre del gioco

Veloci di mestiere

East L.A. Warriors

Scusi, dov'è il West?

Fai come ti pare

Grande caldo per il racket della droga

Inner Rage

Blackjack

Chrome and Hot Leather

Quattro sporchi bastardi

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Black Samson

Hammer

L'ultima sfida

Run, Angel, Run!

Ultimi bagliori di un crepuscolo

Memorial Valley Massacre

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Action U.S.A.

Piranha

The Roller Blade Seven

Sette uomini da uccidere

Scorchy

GetEven

Un mucchio di bastardi

Empire of Ash III

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

Y.M.I.

Backtrack!

Terror in Beverly Hills

La rossa ombra di Riata

Cybernator

The Sex Symbol

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven

Ad ovest del Montana

Girls Town

Dr. Minx

Jungle Assault

Spirit of the Eagle

God Has a Rap Sheet

Il diavolo del volante

Commando Squad

Blood & Guts

Evil Altar