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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Stage Name: William Smith
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Tanggal Lahir: 1933-03-24
Lokasi Lahir: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Riwayat Perfilman
2003
A Mission to Kill
1998
Blood of His Own
1990
Shades of L.A.
1988
Supercarrier
1988
Eagle's Law
1985
Wildside
1984
Highway to Heaven
1983
Masquerade
1983
The Yellow Rose
1982
Matt Houston
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Code Red
1979
Benson
1979
B. J. and the Bear
1978
Vega$
1977
The Oregon Trail
1977
Logan's Run
1976
City of Angels
1975
Bronk
1974
Planet of the Apes
1974
Police Woman
1974
Movin' On
1973
Police Story
1972
Search
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
Julia
1967
Custer
1967
Ironside
1966
Felony Squad
1959
Mr. Lucky
1954