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William Smith

1933 - 2021

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William Emmett Smith (March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021) was an American actor. In a Hollywood career spanning more than 79 years, he appeared in almost three hundred feature films and television productions in a wide variety of character roles, often villainous or brutal, accumulating over 980 total credits, with his best known role being the menacing Anthony Falconetti in the 1970s television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Smith has received more than 172,405 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Smith is the 3,339th most popular actor (down from 3,253rd in 2019), the 5,012th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,057th in 2019) and the 1,498th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Smith ranks 3,339 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael C. Hall, Kazuhiko Inoue, Vahram Papazian, Leonid Bronevoy, Lennie James, and Ayelet Zurer. After him are Lior Raz, Bradley Whitford, Adriana Barraza, Mary Ure, Yvette Mimieux, and James Coco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, William Smith ranks 268. Before him are René Burri, Zelda Rubinstein, Shigeo Yaegashi, Constance Towers, James Rosenquist, and Sam Jones. After him are John Taylor, Jiří Tichý, Mary Ure, Ceija Stojka, Eldar Shengelaia, and Henry Darrow. Among people deceased in 2021, William Smith ranks 282. Before him are Jane Powell, C. George Boeree, Akira Miyawaki, Giuseppe Rotunno, Sam Jones, and Hana Hegerová. After him are Jean-François Stévenin, Henry Darrow, Angelica Bella, Andrej Hoteev, Bunny Wailer, and Danilo Popivoda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Smith ranks 5,012 out of 20,380. Before him are James Russo (1953), Michael C. Hall (1971), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Martin Brest (1951), Len Bias (1963), and Sylvia Beach (1887). After him are Lenny Wilkens (1937), Bradley Whitford (1959), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Boz Scaggs (1944), Yvette Mimieux (1942), and John Templeton (1912).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Smith ranks 1,498. Before him are Ronee Blakley (1945), Henry Gibson (1935), Richard Hatch (1945), Joan Van Ark (1943), James Russo (1953), and Michael C. Hall (1971). After him are Bradley Whitford (1959), Yvette Mimieux (1942), James Coco (1930), Daniel Baldwin (1960), George Burns (1896), and Rhonda Fleming (1923).

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Television and Movie Roles

Conan the Barbarian
Conan's Father
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.
Apr 2o 19826.802 / 10
Maniac Cop
Captain Ripley
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.
May 13o 19886.134 / 10
The Outsiders
Store Clerk
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Mar 25o 19837.221 / 10