William Smith
Known for
Careers this long are unusual: William Smith is an American actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. Among the rest of the work, 'Maverick' stands out. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. 'Conan the Barbarian' is the most-watched work of the career, as Conan's Father.
William Smith
118 Movies
53 Series
Careers this long are unusual: William Smith is an American actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. Among the rest of the work, 'Maverick' stands out. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. 'Conan the Barbarian' is the most-watched work of the career, as Conan's Father.
Movies
Plays Conan's Father
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Plays Store Clerk
The Outsiders
1983
Plays Strelnikov
Red Dawn
1984
Plays Patterson the Cop
Rumble Fish
1983
Plays Riverboat Poker Player
Maverick
1994
Plays Captain Ripley
Maniac Cop
1988
Plays Deacon
American Me
1992
Plays Jack Wilson
Any Which Way You Can
1980
Plays Lank
Mail Order Bride
1964
Plays Hofbrau Bar Fly
Irresistible
2020
Plays MP Officer #1
Never So Few
1959
Plays Matt Diggs
The Frisco Kid
1979
Plays Albert O'Shaughnessy
The Mean Season
1985
Plays Clel Bocock
The Man Hunter
1972
Plays Hoxey
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Plays Neil Agar
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973
Plays Captain of the Guard
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
Plays Reed Weller
Evil Altar
1988
Plays Kyle Kingman
The Last American Hero
1973
Plays Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Plays Major
Uncle Sam
1996
Plays Jed Clayton
Boss Nigger
1975
Plays Emil Brax
Hell to Pay
2005
Plays Major Flynn
Platoon Leader
1988
Plays Lord Zombie
Zombiegeddon
2003
Plays Drew
Seven
1979
Plays Gen. Mintz
Memorial Valley Massacre
1988
Plays Barney
The Mating Game
1959
Plays Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson
Fast Company
1979
Plays Dr. Chambers
The Phantom Empire
1987
Plays Blade
Eye of the Tiger
1986
Plays Karate Instructor
Policewomen
1974
Plays Sheriff
Rapturious
2007
Plays James Eastman
Grave of the Vampire
1972
Plays Pharoah
The Roller Blade Seven
1991
Plays Count Dracula
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
2001
Plays Russian Major
Bulletproof
1988
Plays Capt. Joe Wilkes
L.A. Vice
1989
Plays Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Plays Schoolboy
The Deadly Trackers
1973
Plays Jerry Krants
The Shooter
1997
Plays Moon
C.C. and Company
1970
Plays Morgan Denny
Commando Squad
1987
Plays Dr. Farley
B.O.R.N.
1989
Plays Normad
GetEven
1993
Plays Carl Henrich
Scorchy
1976
Plays Link Thomas
The Losers
1970
Plays Carrot
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
Plays Conover
Action U.S.A.
1989
Plays Lucas
Empire of Ash III
1990
TV Shows
Plays Joe Riley
Laredo
1965
Plays Jimmy Delaney
Zero One
1962
Plays Falconetti
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Plays Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Plays Sgt. Danny Keller
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Plays Stan
CHiPs
1977
Plays Catoga
Daniel Boone
1964
Plays Draaga (voice)
Justice League
2001
Plays John Waverly
The Rebels
1979
Plays Tolar
Planet of the Apes
1974
Plays Clyde Thorson
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Plays Tugwell
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Plays R.K. 'Blood' Henderson
T. J. Hooker
1982
Plays Harold Geiger
Due South
1994
Plays Deputy Raynor
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Plays Adonis
Batman
1966
Plays (segment "Shadow Play")
The Twilight Zone
1985
Plays Steele
Airwolf
1984
Plays Harold T. Turner
Knight Rider
1982
Plays Silas Quint
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Plays Andy Witcoe
Perry Mason
1957
Plays Jude Bonner
Gunsmoke
1955
Plays Richter
Combat!
1962
Plays Vincent Sandler
Mission: Impossible
1966
Plays Sgt. Neville Sigerson
Hunter
1984
Plays Jim Elkhorn
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Plays Andy Adams
The Virginian
1962
Plays J.D. Harris
Matt Houston
1982
Plays Kitana
Here Come the Brides
1968
Plays Patron / Modok
Logan's Run
1977
Latest Trailers
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Irresistible
Full Filmography
Irresistible
Hofbrau Bar Fly
2020
Film
The Boneyard Collection
Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008
Film
Rapturious
Sheriff
2007
Film
Hell to Pay
Emil Brax
2005
Film
Y.M.I.
Cal
2004
Film
The Rock 'n Roll Cops
Rinaldi
2003
Film
Zombiegeddon
Lord Zombie
2003
Film
God Has a Rap Sheet
Lucifer
2003
Film
Justice League
Draaga (voice) · 2 episodes
2001–2002
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is William Smith still alive?
William Smith passed away on July 5, 2021 at age 88.
What are the most famous roles of William Smith?
William Smith is best known for roles in Conan the Barbarian, Maverick, The Outsiders.
How many movies has William Smith been in?
Over a 79-year career (since 1942), William Smith has appeared in 118 movies and 52 TV shows.
What was William Smith's first movie?
The career of William Smith began with The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).
What is William Smith's most recent movie or series?
William Smith's most recent release is Irresistible, which premiered on July 1, 2020.
What TV shows has William Smith appeared in?
On television, William Smith has appeared in Knight Rider, The A-Team, Columbo, I Dream of Jeannie.
William Smith
1933-03-24 · Columbia, Missouri, USA
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".