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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
Sat Jul 10, 2021, 09:50 AM Jul 2021

Bummer! William Smith, action star who fought Clint Eastwood and other icons onscreen, dead at 88

William Smith, an action star from classic films like "Any Which Way You Can" and "Red Dawn," died on Monday. He was 88.

Joanne Cervelli Smith, his wife of 31 years, confirmed the actor's death to USA TODAY on Friday. She did not disclose his cause of death.

According to IMDb, Smith starred in several films and television series from 1942 to 2020, including 1942's “The Ghost of Frankenstein," 1943's “The Song of Bernadette" and 1982's "Conan the Barbarian." In the 1970s, his fame grew playing the villainous Falconetti in "Rich Man, Poor Man," an early and extremely popular TV miniseries.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/07/09/william-smith-any-which-way-you-can-and-red-dawn-dead-88/7922711002/

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Bummer! William Smith, action star who fought Clint Eastwood and other icons onscreen, dead at 88 (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2021 OP
Conan's daddy (Of Barbarian fame) RIP rickyhall Jul 2021 #1
i haven't seen most of his work ItsjustMe Jul 2021 #2
A working actor underpants Jul 2021 #3
I remember him. Lots of tough guy roles. RiP LakeArenal Jul 2021 #4

ItsjustMe

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2. i haven't seen most of his work
Sat Jul 10, 2021, 10:16 AM
Jul 2021

But i do know he was In a lot of bad movies, and a few good ones.

One of my favorites of his movies was the "The Ultimate Warrior" with Yul Brynner.

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