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William Smith (1933-2021) was an American actor. Smith was probably best known for his roles in the television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) and the movies Any Which Way You Can (1980) and Red Dawn (1984). His IMDB page shows 274 acting credits from 1942 to 2020. This page will rank William Smith movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
William Smith Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
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R.I.P. Mr. Smith
Thank you Mike.
RIP William Smith
Millions watched Rich Man Poor Man in the 1970s and they hated his character, the murderous Falconetti. Going way back he had a tiny role as a little boy in the Universal horror classic Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).
My favorite role of his is as Conan’s father in Conan the Barbarian (1982), a film I watched many times in my video years.
I’ve seen 10 of the 25 films on the chart. Favorites are – Any Which Way You Can, Maverick, Twilight’s Last Gleaming and Conan the Barbarian
Nice tribute Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve…..thanks for checking out our William Smith tribute page. I have seen 9 of the movies listed….only one behind you. I did not include his early uncredited roles…but you are 100% correct…he was in 1942’s Ghost of Frankenstein. I have seen all of your favorites. With the exception of Twilight’s Last Gleaming…I saw the other three in theaters. Thanks for the feedback. Rest in Peace William Smith.
One of Hollywood’s best tough guy, RIP.
Hey George. I agree 100%. For years he was known in my mind as that boxer in the Eastwood chimp movie. Then the evil Russian in Red Dawn. He leaves behind a very good movie legacy. RIP!
I first saw William Smith in Seven from 1979 doubled billed with something called Jaguar Lives.
William Smith appeared in lots of films that connect him to no one the Oracle List (basically everything 1970 on).. Bill had been missing from the Oracle list since they went to Wikipedia info. He was # 698 on the last list based on IMDB stats but he was # 74 on the 2000 list. These are the actors on the 2020 list he appeared with.
11 ERNEST BORGNINE Go Naked in the World (1961)
14 MAX VON SYDOW Conan the Barbarian (1982)
14 MAX VON SYDOW The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
16 DENNIS HOPPER Rumble Fish (1983)
27 ALFRED MOLINA Maverick (1994)
29 HARRISON FORD The Frisco Kid (1979)
41 DONALD PLEASENCE Ground Zero (1987)
52 NED BEATTY The Last American Hero (1973)
53 JOHN SAXON Fast Company (1979)
53 JOHN SAXON Fever Pitch (1985)
57 HARRY DEAN STANTON Red Dawn (1984)
57 HARRY DEAN STANTON Win, Place or Steal (1975)
71 NICOLAS CAGE Rumble Fish (1983)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL Win, Place or Steal (1975)
80 MARTIN LANDAU The Gazebo (1959)
89 DANNY TREJO Bulletproof (1988)
98 DAVID NIVEN Ask Any Girl (1959)
106 SHIRLEY MACLAINE Ask Any Girl (1959)
110 JEFF BRIDGES The Last American Hero (1973)
117 RICHARD HARRIS The Deadly Trackers (1973)
120 CLINT EASTWOOD Any Which Way You Can (1980)
131 BURT LANCASTER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
136 SHANE RIMMER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
140 MICKEY ROURKE Rumble Fish (1983)
143 JACK WARDEN Summertree (1971)
146 ROBERT FORSTER Uncle Sam (1997)
161 ROBERT LOGGIA Her Morbid Desires (2008)
163 CLINT HOWARD B.O.R.N. (1988)
168 JAMES HONG Broken Vessels (1998)
168 JAMES HONG Never So Few (1959)
171 MEL GIBSON Maverick (1994)
174 DANNY GLOVER Maverick (1994)
185 GIANCARLO GIANNINI Fever Pitch (1985)
186 DAVID STRAITHAIRN When Nature Calls (1985)
187 JAMES EARL JONES Conan the Barbarian (1982)
189 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Conan the Barbarian (1982)
194 CHARLES DURNING Never Look Back (2000)
194 CHARLES DURNING Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
206 MICHAEL DOUGLAS Summertree (1971)
221 SEYMOUR CASSEL Eye of the Tiger (1986)
223 JAMES COBURN Maverick (1994)
228 JOHN RATZENBERGER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
229 KURT RUSSELL The Mean Season (1985)
233 ANDY GARCIA The Mean Season (1985)
241 GEOFFREY LEWIS Any Which Way You Can (1980)
241 GEOFFREY LEWIS Maverick (1994)
244 ED LAUTER The Last American Hero (1973)
253 RANCE HOWARD B.O.R.N. (1988)
265 HENRY SILVA Bulletproof (1988)
274 DAN HEDAYA Maverick (1994)
286 TOM CRUISE The Outsiders (1983)
296 JAMES GARNER 36 Hours (1965)
296 JAMES GARNER Maverick (1994)
300 JOE PANTOLIANO The Mean Season (1985)
315 CHARLES BRONSON Never So Few (1959)
329 DIANE LANE Rumble Fish (1983)
329 DIANE LANE The Outsiders (1983)
346 GARY BUSEY Bulletproof (1988)
346 GARY BUSEY Eye of the Tiger (1986)
346 GARY BUSEY The Last American Hero (1973)
357 BURT YOUNG Never Look Back (2000)
357 BURT YOUNG Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
366 ANN-MARGRET C.C. and Company (1970)
377 GLENN FORD Gilda (1946)
377 GLENN FORD The Gazebo (1959)
391 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Rumble Fish (1983)
392 KAREN BLACK Legend of the Roller Blade Seven (1992)
392 JOE ESTEVAZ Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1992)
392 KAREN BLACK The Roller Blade Seven (1991)
413 JOSEPH COTTEN Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
417 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI The Frisco Kid (1979)
423 BO HOPKINS Uncle Sam (1997)
423 BO HOPKINS Vice (2000)
426 JODIE FOSTER Maverick (1994)
432 RICHARD ROUNDTREE Maniac Cop (1988)
433 CHARLIE SHEEN Red Dawn (1984)
441 TERI GARR Summertree (1971)
445 JAMES GAMMON Any Which Way You Can (1980)
447 TRACEY WALTER Rumble Fish (1983)
463 JURGEN PROCHNOW The Elite (2001)
466 CHARLES NAPIER Never Look Back (2000)
471 MATT DILLON Rumble Fish (1983)
471 MATT DILLON The Outsiders (1983)
475 BRITT EKLAND Moon in Scorpio (1987)
495 JACK THOMPSON GROUND ZERO (1987)
500 WILLIAM FORSYTHE American Me (1992)
501 RALPH BELLAMY The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
502 RICHARD WIDMARK Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
507 ROB LOWE THE OUTSIDERS (1983)
512 RAY MILLAND The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
532 DUB TAYLOR Maverick (1994)
532 DUB TAYLOR Three Guns for Texas (1968)
549 VINCENT PRICE The Song of Bernadette (1943)
580 YUL BRYNNER The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
591 CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA AMERICAN ME (1992)
591 CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA BULLETPROOF (1988)
597 PAUL FIX Mail Order Bride (1964)
618 RICHARD JOHNSON Never So Few (1959)
626 BEN JOHNSON Red Dawn (1984)
633 ALEXANDER KNOX Saturday’s Hero (1951)
646 CHRIS PENN Rumble Fish (1983)
648 RICHARD JORDAN The Mean Season (1985)
650 CLYDE KUSATSU The Frisco Kid (1979)
657 RICHARD MASUR The Mean Season (1985)
659 PATRICK SWAYZE Red Dawn (1984)
659 PATRICK SWAYZE The Outsiders (1983)
666 SID HAIG C.C. & COMPANY (1970)
666 SID HAIG COMMANDO SQUAD (1987)
667 PETER LAWFORD Never So Few (1959)
673 C. THOMAS HOWELL Red Dawn (1984)
673 C. THOMAS HOWELL The Outsiders (1983)
686 ROSCOE LEE BROWNE Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
687 STEPHEN MCHATTIE THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR (1975)
694 TOM BOWER American Me (1992)
700 GARRICK HAGON Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
718 GEORGE TAKEI NEVER SO FEW (1959)
727 ROBERT RYAN The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
748 GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA Go Naked in the World (1961)
748 GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA Never So Few (1959)
749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Mail Order Bride (1964)
749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Nutty Professor (1963)
754 RYAN O’NEAL Fever Pitch (1985)
756 DEBBIE REYNOLDS The Gazebo (1959)
756 DEBBIE REYNOLDS The Mating Game (1959)
781 WARREN OATES Mail Order Bride (1964)
788 MARCEL DALIO The Song of Bernadette (1943)
806 HENRY GIBSON The Nutty Professor (1963)
813 ROD TAYLOR 36 Hours (1965)
813 ROD TAYLOR Ask Any Girl (1959)
813 ROD TAYLOR Darker Than Amber (1970)
813 ROD TAYLOR The Deadly Trackers (1973)
851 ALDO RAY Hollywood Cop (1987)
851 ALDO RAY Saturday’s Hero (1951)
863 MARGOT KIDDER Maverick (1994)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Action U.S.A. (1989)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Hollywood Cop (1987)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Terror in Beverly Hills (1989)
877 LLOYD NOLAN A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
888 R. LEE ERMEY Y.M.I. (2004)
916 WILLIAM HOOTKINS Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
928 YAPHET KOTTO Eye of the Tiger (1986)
943 BERT REMSEN Eye of the Tiger (1986)
943 BERT REMSEN Maverick (1994)
948 FRANK SINATRA Never So Few (1959)
951 KEVIN MCCARTHY Her Morbid Desires (2008)
965 EDWARD JAMES OLMOS AMERICAN ME (1992)
972 PEDRO ARMENDARIZ JR. The Deadly Trackers (1973)
975 RICHARD JAECKEL Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
977 KEIR DULLEA Mail Order Bride (1964)
981 PAUL WINFIELD Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
988 BARRY CORBIN ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN (1980)
Bill , considering all the bad action and biker films he was in actually with 26 Oscar winners.
ANNE REVERE THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943)
BARRY FITZGERALD Going My Way (1944)
BEN JOHNSON Red Dawn (1984)
BING CROSBY Going My Way (1944)
BURT LANCASTER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
DAVID NIVEN Ask Any Girl (1959)
DEBBIE REYNOLDS The Gazebo (1959)
DEBBIE REYNOLDS The Mating Game (1959)
DONNA REED Saturday’s Hero (1951)
ERNEST BORGNINE Go Naked in the World (1961)
EVA MARIE SAINT 36 Hours (1965)
FRANK SINATRA Never So Few (1959)
GIG YOUNG Ask Any Girl (1959)
JAMES COBURN Maverick (1994)
JAMES DUNN A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
JEFF BRIDGES The Last American Hero (1973)
JENNIFER JONES The Song of Bernadette (1943)
JODIE FOSTER Maverick (1994)
MARTIN LANDAU The Gazebo (1959)
MARY ASTOR Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Summertree (1971)
NICOLAS CAGE Rumble Fish (1983)
RAY MILLAND The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
RUTH GORDON ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN (1980)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE Ask Any Girl (1959)
YUL BRYNNER The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Hey Dan. As always thanks for the trivia lists and for checking out our William Smith tribute page. He made so many more movies than the 25 I listed here. Granted…those movies did not really even see movie theaters…..but he was a very busy actor. I can easily see him being on the old Oracle list. He still has lots of connections to the new list. Cameron Mitchell gets the honors of being the most frequent Oracle co-star with 4 movies. I agree with you 100% on your thinking of the pretty impressive total of 26 Oscar winning co-stars…I would have not guessed that high of oa number at all. Good stuff as always. Rest in peace William Smith.
I have seen 7 William smith movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Maverick.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Conan the Barbarian.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Mail Order Bride.
Favourite William Smith Movies:
Maverick
The Mating Game
36 Hours
Other William Smith Movies:
Any Which Way You Can
The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Mail Order Bride
Hey Flora. As always thanks for the feedback. Sad that this is connected with a passing. To me he was the type of actor….that you count on to give a good performance…..even if his character was bad most of the time. Tally count: Steve 10, me 9 and you 7. I have seen Maverick and 36 Hours from your favorites list….but not The Mating Game. On your “others” list I have seen Any Which Way You Can, The Outsiders and Rumble Fish (which I just re-watched in the last couple of months). Good stuff. Rest in Peace Mr. William Smith.