William Smith
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1933-03-24
- Décès:
- 2021-07-05
- Lieu de naissance:
- Columbia, Missouri, USA
Biographie
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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Filmographie
Irresistible
Doses of Horror
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
The Boneyard Collection
Rapturious
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
Voices from the Graves
Inner Rage
Hell to Pay
Killer Story
Y.M.I.
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
A Mission to Kill
Zombiegeddon
God Has a Rap Sheet
Deadly Memories
La Ligue des justiciers
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
The Vampire Hunters Club
Vice
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Never Look Back
Debbie Does Damnation
Wasteland Justice
Blood of His Own
Broken Vessels
Heat of Las Vegas
The Shooter
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Hollywood Cops
Doublecross on Costa's Island
Uncle Sam
The Colony
Nash Bridges
Neon Signs
Raw Energy
Big Sister 2000
Manosaurus
Un tandem de choc
Maverick
Taken Alive
GetEven
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Walker, Texas Ranger
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
Vinnie & Bobby
Sans rémission
The last riders
Feast
Shadow of the Dragon
Dark Secrets
The Roller Blade Seven
Cybernator
Hard Time Romance
Spirit of the Eagle
Kiss and Be Killed
Merchant of Evil
The Final Sanction
Shades of L.A.
Empire of Ash III
Cartel
Emperor of the Bronx
Instant Karma
Forgotten Heroes
Slow Burn
B.O.R.N.
Jungle Assault
East L.A. Warriors
L.A. Vice
Terror in Beverly Hills
Deadly Breed
La cavale infernale
Memorial Valley Massacre
Evil Altar
Platoon Leader
Maniac Cop
Red Nights
À l'épreuve des balles
Supercarrier
Transmutations
Eagle's Law
Moon in Scorpio
The Phantom Empire
Commando Squad
Hell on the Battleground
The Badd One
L'Œil du tigre
Fever Pitch
La Cinquième Dimension
Wildside
Un été pourri
Arabesque
Les Routes du paradis
Rick Hunter, inspecteur choc
L'Aube rouge
Supercopter
L'Homme au katana
The Jerk, Too
Masquerade
Rusty James
Les deux font la paire
The Yellow Rose
Le Juge et le Pilote
Outsiders
L'Agence tous risques
K2000
Matt Houston
Conan le barbare
Hooker
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Simon & Simon
L'Homme qui tombe à pic
Code Red
Ça va cogner…
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Trapper John, M.D.
Buck Rogers au XXVe siècle
Benson
Seven
Un rabbin au Far West
The Rebels
Fast Company
B. J. and the Bear
Blackjack
Vegas
Blood & Guts
L'Île fantastique
The Oregon Trail
L'Âge de cristal
CHiPs
L'ultimatum des 3 mercenaires
Scorchy
Hollywood Man
Le Riche et le pauvre (Livre II : Les Héritiers)
Crackle of Death
City of Angels
Le Riche et le pauvre
Dr. Minx
New-York ne répond plus
Boss Nigger
The Swinging Barmaids
Death Among Friends
Bronk
Win, Place or Steal
The Sex Symbol
La Planète des Singes
Dossiers Brûlants
Sergent Anderson
L'aventure est au bout de la route
Black Samson
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
Cette femme est un flic
L'homme qui valait trois milliards
Le shérif ne pardonne pas
Le dernier héros
L'invasion des femmes abeilles
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
Camper John
Police Story
A Taste of Hell
Piranha
Kung Fu
Les Rues de San-Francisco
Search
Bébé vampire
La chose à deux têtes
Hammer
The Man Hunter
Chrome and Hot Leather
Columbo
Runaway, Runaway
Opération danger
Crowhaven Farm
C.C. and Company
La Loi du Talion
Angels Die Hard
Les Machines Du Diable
The Over the Hill Gang
Hawaï police d'État
Backtrack!
Run, Angel, Run!
Three Guns for Texas
Here Come the Brides
The Mod Squad
Julia
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Custer
The Second Hundred Years
L'Homme de fer
Mission : Impossible
Brigade criminelle
Batman
Jinny de mes rêves
Laredo
36 heures avant le débarquement
Daniel Boone
A l'ouest du Montana
Haute Tension
Zero One
Combat !
Stoney Burke
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
Suspicion
Le Virginien
Atlantis, Terre engloutie
The Asphalt Jungle
Un mort récalcitrant
La Proie des vautours
Mr. Lucky
Ville filles
Une fille très avertie
Comment dénicher un mari
The Ed Wynn Show
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (Disneyland - Walt Disney Présente - Le Monde Merveilleux De Disney En Couleurs )
Lassie
Les Aventuriers du Far West
Le Garçon aux cheveux verts
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Gilda
Le Lys de Brooklyn
Le Chant du Missouri
La Route semée d'étoiles
Le Spectre de Frankenstein