William Smithers
| William Smithers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 10, 1927 (age 89) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1951 - 2011 |
| Spouse(s) | June Walsh (1948-1951) (annulled) Claire Heller (1954-1960) (divorced) S. Lorrie Hull (1995-present) |
William Smithers (born July 10, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series Dallas. He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989.
Smithers attended Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. After his freshman year, he was chosen to play the leading role of Thomas Jefferson in the first production of Paul Green's The Common Glory, presented at Williamsburg, Virginia. NY Times critic Brooks Atkinson called him "worth encouraging."
In 1951, he made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in the Dwight Deere Wiman production of Romeo and Juliet, starring Olivia de Havilland; for this performance he received a Theater World Award. In 1952, he was accepted as a life member of The Actors Studio. In 1957, he received an Obie Award for his portrayal of Treplev in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.
His other Broadway plays included Anouilh's Legend of Lovers, Calder Willingham's End as a Man, (begun as a project at the Actors Studio), Carson McCullers's The Square Root of Wonderful and Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy (performed in London and New York). Off-Broadway, he played leading roles in Frank Gilroy's Who'll Save the Plowboy? (Obie Award, Best Drama), Willingham's End as a Man (before the production went to Broadway), Sean O'Casey's Shadow of a Gunman (also begun as a Studio project) and George Bellak's The Troublemakers.
In 1965, he moved to Los Angeles to play David Schuster in the television series Peyton Place for nine months. He also played Stanley Norris on the soap Guiding Light from 1970-71, and from 1976–77 was a cast member in the series Executive Suite.
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