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".
| 年份 | 片名 | 分级 | 原名 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 出演 | |||
| 2001 | 正义联盟 | L | Justice League |
| 1959 | 战云 | 12 | Never So Few |
| 1948 | 惨绿少年 | 0 | The Boy with Green Hair |
| 1946 | 吉尔达 | e 12 | Gilda |
| 1944 | 与我同行 | U | Going My Way |
| 1944 | 火树银花 | AA | Meet Me in St. Louis |
| 1942 | 科学怪人的鬼魂 | T | The Ghost of Frankenstein |
| 1997 | 胜者为王 | 0 | The Shooter |
| 1996 | 夺命惊吓 | R | Uncle Sam |
| 1994 | 赌侠马华力 | PG | Maverick |
| 1992 | 黑帮大时代 | 16 | American Me |
| 1988 | 鬼面公仆 | 14 | Maniac Cop |
| 1988 | 勇闯青蛙城 | 16 | Hell Comes to Frogtown |
| 1988 | 铁血中尉 | 16 | Platoon Leader |
| 1987 | 幽灵帝国 | R | The Phantom Empire |
| 1985 | 奇异的世界 | 18+ | The Twilight Zone |
| 1985 | 血腥风暴 | 16 | The Mean Season |
| 1984 | 天狐入侵 | 18 | Red Dawn |
| 1983 | 斗鱼 | M | Rumble Fish |
| 1983 | 小教父 | M | The Outsiders |
| 1982 | 野蛮人柯南 | M | Conan the Barbarian |
| 1982 | 霹雳游侠 | PG | Knight Rider |
| 1980 | 永不低头2 | M | Any Which Way You Can |
| 1979 | 枪手佳人流浪客 | 12 | The Frisco Kid |
| 1975 | 黑霸王 | 18 | Boss Nigger |
| 1974 | 考查克之锦衣夜行 | PG | Kolchak: The Night Stalker |
| 1974 | 无敌金刚 | PG | The Six Million Dollar Man |
| 1973 | 死亡大追杀 | 16 | The Deadly Trackers |
| 1973 | 黄蜂女来袭 | R | Invasion of the Bee Girls |
| 1972 | 双头怪人 | PG | The Thing with Two Heads |
| 1964 | 三十六小时谍报战 | 12 | 36 Hours |
| 1961 | 失落的大陆 | 12 | Atlantis: The Lost Continent |
| 工作人员 | |||
| 1975 | 黑霸王Stunts | 18 | Boss Nigger |