8.0
8.0
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007
as Man with Machine Gun
William Smith
Also known as: William Emmett Smith
Acting
Born:March 24, 1933
Died:July 5, 2021(aged 88)
Birthplace:Columbia, Missouri, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Syracuse University, University of Paris, University of California, Los Angeles, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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CommunityBiography
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".
Filmography (129 movies)
7.4
7.4
American Me
1992
as Deacon
7.4
7.4
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Tolar
7.2
7.2
The Outsiders
1983
as Store Clerk
7.0
7.0
Rumble Fish
1983
as Patterson the Cop
6.8
6.8
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as Conan's Father
6.7
6.7
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Conan's Father (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Boss Nigger
1975
as Jed Clayton
6.6
6.6
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Lank
6.4
6.4
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Hoxey
6.4
6.4
Darker Than Amber
1970
as Terry
6.3
6.3
Red Dawn
1984
as Strelnikov
6.3
6.3
Hell to Pay
2005
as Emil Brax
6.2
6.2
The Mean Season
1985
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
6.1
6.1
Maniac Cop
1988
as Captain Ripley
6.1
6.1
The Frisco Kid
1979
as Matt Diggs
6.0
6.0
Spirit of the Eagle
1991
as Hatchett
6.0
6.0
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973
as Martelli
6.0
6.0
Crowhaven Farm
1970
as Patrolman Hayes
6.0
6.0
The Man Hunter
1972
as Clel Bocock
6.0
6.0
Taken Alive
1994
as L.E.
6.0
6.0
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973
Producer
6.0
6.0
Crackle of Death
1976
as Shaman Jim Elkhorn
6.0
6.0
The Colony
1996
as Theo Maxwell
6.0
6.0
Eye of the Tiger
1986
as Blade
5.9
5.9
The Mating Game
1959
as Barney
5.7
5.7
Any Which Way You Can
1980
as Jack Wilson
5.7
5.7
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
as Carrot
5.7
5.7
Seven
1979
as Drew
5.6
5.6
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001
as Count Dracula
5.6
5.6
The Deadly Trackers
1973
as Schoolboy
5.6
5.6
Grave of the Vampire
1972
as James Eastman
5.6
5.6
The Last American Hero
1973
as Kyle Kingman
5.6
5.6
Deadly Breed
1989
as Captain
5.5
5.5
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
5.5
5.5
Platoon Leader
1988
as Major Flynn
5.4
5.4
Action U.S.A.
1989
as Conover
5.4
5.4
C.C. and Company
1970
as Moon
5.4
5.4
Never So Few
1959
as MP Officer #1
5.4
5.4
Angels Die Hard
1970
as Tim
5.3
5.3
Backtrack!
1969
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage)
5.2
5.2
Hammer
1972
as Brenner
5.1
5.1
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Captain of the Guard
5.1
5.1
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
as T.J.
5.1
5.1
Fast Company
1979
as Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
5.0
5.0
Killer Story
2004
as Monty
5.0
5.0
Hard Time Romance
1991
5.0
5.0
Three Guns for Texas
1968
as Texas Ranger Joe Riley
5.0
5.0
Emperor of the Bronx
1990
as Fitz
4.9
4.9
Bulletproof
1988
as Russian Major
4.8
4.8
Broken Vessels
1998
as Bo
4.8
4.8
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
as Hysterical Condemned Man
4.8
4.8
Uncle Sam
1996
as Major
4.7
4.7
Hollywood Man
1976
Writer
4.7
4.7
Black Samson
1974
as Johnny Nappa
4.6
4.6
East L.A. Warriors
1989
as Martelli
4.6
4.6
GetEven
1993
as Normad
4.6
4.6
The Losers
1970
as Link Thomas
4.6
4.6
The Shooter
1997
as Jerry Krants
4.5
4.5
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973
as Neil Agar
4.4
4.4
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993
as Pharoah
4.2
4.2
The Swinging Barmaids
1975
as Harry
4.2
4.2
Debbie Does Damnation
1999
4.2
4.2
Doublecross on Costa's Island
1997
as L. E.
4.0
4.0
Policewomen
1974
as Karate Instructor
4.0
4.0
The Last Riders
1992
as Hammer
4.0
4.0
Slow Burn
1989
as Antonio Scarpelli
4.0
4.0
Kiss and Be Killed
1991
as Det. Murdoch
4.0
4.0
Memorial Valley Massacre
1988
as Gen. Mintz
3.9
3.9
The Final Sanction
1990
as Maj. Galashkin
3.9
3.9
Doses of Horror
2018
as Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.8
3.8
Terror In Beverly Hills
1989
as President
3.8
3.8
Instant Karma
1990
as Pop
3.8
3.8
Scorchy
1976
as Carl Henrich
3.7
3.7
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993
as Pharoah
3.7
3.7
L.A. Vice
1989
as Capt. Joe Wilkes
3.6
3.6
Blackjack
1978
as Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith)
3.5
3.5
The Phantom Empire
1987
as Dr. Chambers
3.5
3.5
Piranha
1972
as Caribe
3.5
3.5
Inner Rage
2006
as Sam
3.5
3.5
Shadow of the Dragon
1992
as Eric Brunner
3.5
3.5
Rapturious
2007
as Sheriff
3.4
3.4
Commando Squad
1987
as Morgan Denny
3.4
3.4
Moon in Scorpio
1987
as Burt
3.4
3.4
Fever Pitch
1985
as Panama Hat
3.4
3.4
Run, Angel, Run!
1969
as Angel
3.4
3.4
Hell on the Battleground
1987
as Colonel Meredith
3.4
3.4
B.O.R.N.
1989
as Dr. Farley
3.4
3.4
Jungle Assault
1989
as General Mitchell
3.3
3.3
Feast
1992
as Det. George Bordelli
3.0
3.0
The Jerk, Too
1984
as Suicide
3.0
3.0
Cybernator
1991
as Colonel Peck
3.0
3.0
Cartel
1990
as Mason
2.8
2.8
The Roller Blade Seven
1991
as Pharoah
2.8
2.8
Evil Altar
1988
as Reed Weller
2.5
2.5
Red Nights
1988
as Phillip
2.5
2.5
Never Look Back
2000
as Lee Clayton
2.4
2.4
Dr. Minx
1975
as Gus Dolan
2.3
2.3
The Sex Symbol
1974
as Butch Wischnewski
2.2
2.2
Deadly Memories
2002
as Sheriff Taggart
2.1
2.1
Empire of Ash III
1990
as Lucas
2.0
2.0
Y.M.I.
2004
as Cal
2.0
2.0
Big Sister 2000
1995
as The Man
2.0
2.0
God Has a Rap Sheet
2003
as Lucifer
2.0
2.0
Wasteland Justice
1999
as Moon
2.0
2.0
Heat of Las Vegas
1998
as Mario Verelli
2.0
2.0
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
as Monk Hardwick
2.0
2.0
Manosaurus
1994
as Sheriff Todd
2.0
2.0
Blood & Guts
1978
as Dan O'Neil
1.7
1.7
Hollywood Cops
1997
as Rinaldi
1.0
1.0
Runaway, Runaway
1971
as Frank
The Rebels
1979
as John Waverly
Vice
2000
as Spooky Harlow
Win, Place or Steal
1975
as Tom
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
2003
as Rinaldi
Raw Energy
1996
as Sam Stompkins
Blood of His Own
1998
The Badd One
1987
as Badd
Forgotten Heroes
1990
as General Gregori Zelenkov
Dark Secrets
1992
as Robert
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001
as Johnny
Neon Signs
1996
as Clyde
Merchant of Evil
1991
as Victor Fortunetti
Voices from the Graves
2006
as Lester Jiggs
A Mission to Kill
2003
Eagle's Law
1988
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974
as Jerry Grimes
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
2014
as Rinaldi (archive footage)
The Kill Machine
TBA
Director
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