![]() ![]() He made an appearance in the Kolchak: The Night Stalker The Energy Eater, playing an Indian Medicine man who helps Kolchak figure out the monster of the week.When one talks about actor William Smith, not only are they discussing the career of one of the most prolific and popular cult actors of all time, but also one of the screen’s greatest villains. In the 1976 television miniseries, Rich Man, Poor Man, Smith portrayed Anthony Falconetti, nemesis of the Jordache family. Smith has also made guest appearances in the 1974 pilot for The Rockford Files, “Backlash of the Hunter”, I Dream of Jeannie, and two appearances – as different characters – in episodes of The A-Team (the first season’s “Pros and Cons”, and season four’s “ The A-Team Is Coming, The A-Team Is Coming“). Smith starred in one episode of Kung Fu, and as the Treybor, a ruthless warlord, in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “Buck’s Duel to the Death”. He had also appeared much earlier as a guest star in Lord’s previous series about a rodeo circuit rider, Stoney Burke. ![]() Smith was added to the cast on the final season of Jack Lord’s long-running CBS crime drama, Hawaii Five-O as Honolulu Police Detective James “Kimo” Carew who was a new officer on the Five O unit. He has been described as the “greatest bad-guy character actor of our time”. Smith played Jude Bonner in a classic 1972 episode of Gunsmoke, “Hostage!”, where he beats and rapes Kitty and shoots her in the back (twice) - while wearing a shirt that exposes his cleavage. In 1967, Smith guest starred on Wayne Maunder’s short-lived ABC military-western Custer. Smith’s character was good-natured with muscles of steel co-star Peter Brown’s character was a ladies’ man, and Neville Brand portrayed a relentless bumbler. One of his earliest leading roles was as Joe Riley, a Texas Ranger on the NBC western series Laredo (1965–1967). Smith holds the distinction of being the final Marlboro Man before cigarette advertising was discontinued on television.īy 1961, Smith was a regular on the television series The Asphalt Jungle, portraying police Sergeant Danny Keller. government, but his marriage to a French actress meant the loss of security clearance. ![]() He had both CIA and NSA clearance and intended to enter a classified position with the U.S. During the Korean War he was a Russian Intercept Interrogator and flew secret ferret missions over Russia. Smith is fluent in Russian, Serbo-Croatian, French and German. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Munich while learning languages through the military. studies for an MGM contract and stunt doubling for former screen Tarzan Lex Barker in a 1958 French film The Strange Awakening. He taught Russian at UCLA before abandoning his Ph.D. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse and a Master’s degree in Russian Studies from UCLA. Smith also played semi-pro football in Germany and competed in motocross and downhill skiing events. Smith held a 31-1 record as an amateur boxer and studied martial arts with kenpo instructor Ed Parker for several years. His trademark arms measured 18 and 1/2 inches. Smith is a record holder for reverse-curling his own bodyweight. Smith began his acting career at the age of eight when he first appeared on the Cult Faction radar in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), following that were the films The Song of Bernadette (1943), Going My Way (1944), Meet Me in St Louis (1944) and Gilda (1946).Īs he grew older Smith won the 200 pound (91 kg) arm-wrestling championship of the world multiple times and also won the United States Air Force weightlifting championship. William Smith aka “Big” Bill Smith was born on March 24th 1933 was in Columbia, Missouri.
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