William Smith (actor)
| William Smith | |
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Smith in Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
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| Born |
March 24, 1933 Columbia, Missouri, United States |
| Other names | Big Bill Smith |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1942-present |
| Spouse(s) | Michele Smith (1969; divorced; 1 son) Joanne Cervelli (1989 - present; 1 daughter) |
| Website | williamsmith |
William Smith (born March 24, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in almost three hundred feature films and television productions.
One of his better-known roles was Anthony Falconetti in the 1970s television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man.
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.
Smith is a lifelong bodybuilder and has the distinction of being the final Marlboro Man before cigarette advertising was discontinued on television.
Smith served in the United States Air Force. He won the 200 pound (91 kg) arm-wrestling championship of the world multiple times and also won the United States Air Force weightlifting championship. Smith is a record holder for reverse-curling his own bodyweight. His trademark arms measured 18 and 1/2 inches. Smith held a 31-1 record as an amateur boxer and studied martial arts with kenpo instructor Ed Parker for several years. He also played semi-pro football in Germany and competed in motocross and downhill skiing events.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University and a Master's degree in Russian Studies from UCLA. He taught Russian at UCLA before abandoning his Ph.D. studies for a MGM contract and stunt doubling for the former Tarzan Lex Barker in the 1958 French film The Strange Awakening.
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