1933-03-24 Columbia, Missouri, USA
William Smith was an American film and television actor who appeared in more than 300 feature films and television productions, best known for playing Anthony Falconetti on the TV mini series "Rich Man, Poor Man". He held a BA from Syracuse and an MA in Russian Studies from UCLA. 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. He was a regular on the 1961 ABC television series The Asphalt Jungle, portraying police Sergeant Danny Keller. One of his earliest leading roles was as Joe Riley, a Texas Ranger on the NBC western series Laredo. In 1967, Smith guest starred as Jude Bonner on James Arness's long-lived western Gunsmoke. Smith was cast as John Richard Parker, brother of Cynthia Ann Parker, both taken hostage in Texas by the Comanche, in the 1969 episode "The Understanding" of the syndicated television series Death Valley Days, which was hosted by Robert Taylor. In the story line, Parker contracts the plague, is left for dead by his fellow Comanche warriors, and is rescued by his future Mexican wife, Yolanda (Emily Banks). He played outlaw turned temporary sheriff Hendry Brown in the 1969 episode "The Restless Man". In that story line, Brown takes the job of sheriff to tame a lawless town, begins to court a young woman (again played by Emily Banks), but soon returns to his deadly outlaw ways in search of bigger thrills. On Gunsmoke, Smith appeared in a 1972 episode, "Hostage!"; his character beats and rapes Amanda Blake's character Miss Kitty Russell and shoots her twice in the back. Smith has been described as the "greatest bad-guy character actor of our time".
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Irresistible | Hofbrau Bar Fly | 2020-07-01 |
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Doses of Horror | Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-01-05 |
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Rock n' Roll Cops Lite | Rinaldi (archive footage) | 2014-03-21 |
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The Boneyard Collection | Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires") | 2008-01-01 |
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Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story | Man with Machine Gun | 2007-02-20 |
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Rapturious | Sheriff | 2007-10-02 |
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Voices from the Graves | Lester Jiggs | 2006-01-01 |
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Inner Rage | Sam | 2006-01-01 |
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Hell to Pay | Emil Brax | 2005-08-12 |
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Y.M.I. | Cal | 2004-03-05 |
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Killer Story | Monty | 2004-03-09 |
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The Rock 'n Roll Cops | Rinaldi | 2003-08-18 |
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A Mission to Kill | 2003-08-15 | |
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God Has a Rap Sheet | Lucifer | 2003-05-07 |
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Zombiegeddon | Lord Zombie | 2003-07-12 |
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Deadly Memories | Sheriff Taggart | 2002-01-01 |
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The Vampire Hunters Club | Johnny | 2001-02-01 |
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The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula | Count Dracula | 2001-08-20 |
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Never Look Back | Lee Clayton | 2000-03-31 |
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Vice | Spooky Harlow | 2000-06-29 |
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | Conan's Father (archive footage) | 2000-05-30 |
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Wasteland Justice | Moon | 1999-01-01 |
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Debbie Does Damnation | 1999-11-02 | |
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Broken Vessels | Bo | 1998-04-18 |
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Blood of His Own | 1998-12-31 | |
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Heat of Las Vegas | Mario Verelli | 1998-01-23 |
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The Shooter | Jerry Krants | 1997-10-23 |
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Hollywood Cops | Rinaldi | 1997-01-01 |
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Doublecross on Costa's Island | L. E. | 1997-01-01 |
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Uncle Sam | Major | 1996-11-13 |
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The Colony | Theo Maxwell | 1996-07-04 |
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Raw Energy | Sam Stompkins | 1996-01-01 |
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Neon Signs | Clyde | 1996-01-01 |
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Big Sister 2000 | The Man | 1995-01-01 |
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Manosaurus | Sheriff Todd | 1994-11-01 |
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Taken Alive | L.E. | 1994-05-12 |
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Maverick | Riverboat Poker Player | 1994-05-20 |
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GetEven | Normad | 1993-09-24 |
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Legend of The Roller Blade Seven | Pharoah | 1993-06-25 |
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Return of the Roller Blade Seven | Pharoah | 1993-04-15 |
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The Last Riders | Hammer | 1992-02-01 |
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Shadow of the Dragon | Eric Brunner | 1992-01-01 |
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American Me | Deacon | 1992-03-13 |
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Feast | Det. George Bordelli | 1992-01-01 |
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Dark Secrets | Robert | 1992-01-01 |
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The Roller Blade Seven | Pharoah | 1991-09-06 |
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Spirit of the Eagle | Hatchett | 1991-01-01 |
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Cybernator | Colonel Peck | 1991-07-05 |
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Hard Time Romance | 1991-05-08 | |
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Kiss and Be Killed | Det. Murdoch | 1991-01-01 |
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Merchant of Evil | Victor Fortunetti | 1991-01-01 |
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Empire of Ash III | Lucas | 1990-06-26 |
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Forgotten Heroes | General Gregori Zelenkov | 1990-01-01 |
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Emperor of the Bronx | Fitz | 1990-06-01 |
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Cartel | Mason | 1990-06-14 |
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Instant Karma | Pop | 1990-04-27 |
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The Final Sanction | Maj. Galashkin | 1990-11-30 |
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L.A. Vice | Capt. Joe Wilkes | 1989-10-01 |
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Slow Burn | Antonio Scarpelli | 1989-12-31 |
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East L.A. Warriors | Martelli | 1989-10-16 |
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Jungle Assault | General Mitchell | 1989-10-18 |
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Terror in Beverly Hills | President | 1989-08-26 |
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B.O.R.N. | Dr. Farley | 1989-10-26 |
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Action U.S.A. | Conover | 1989-07-01 |
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Deadly Breed | Captain | 1989-07-20 |
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Hell Comes to Frogtown | Captain Devlin / Count Sodom | 1988-01-29 |
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Eagle's Law | 1988-01-01 | |
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Memorial Valley Massacre | Gen. Mintz | 1988-12-09 |
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Evil Altar | Reed Weller | 1988-11-01 |
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Red Nights | Phillip | 1988-05-12 |
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Bulletproof | Russian Major | 1988-04-20 |
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Maniac Cop | Captain Ripley | 1988-05-13 |
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Platoon Leader | Major Flynn | 1988-10-01 |
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Hell on the Battleground | Colonel Meredith | 1987-04-01 |
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The Badd One | Badd | 1987-01-01 |
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Commando Squad | Morgan Denny | 1987-06-01 |
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Moon in Scorpio | Burt | 1987-10-14 |
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The Phantom Empire | Dr. Chambers | 1987-10-01 |
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Eye of the Tiger | Blade | 1986-07-07 |
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The Mean Season | Albert O'Shaughnessy | 1985-02-15 |
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Fever Pitch | Panama Hat | 1985-11-22 |
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Red Dawn | Strelnikov | 1984-08-10 |
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The Jerk, Too | Suicide | 1984-01-06 |
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Rumble Fish | Patterson the Cop | 1983-10-09 |
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The Outsiders | Store Clerk | 1983-03-25 |
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Conan the Barbarian | Conan's Father | 1982-03-16 |
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Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang | Monk Hardwick | 1982-01-16 |
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Any Which Way You Can | Jack Wilson | 1980-12-17 |
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The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | Tolar | 1980-11-18 |
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Seven | Drew | 1979-09-07 |
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Fast Company | Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson | 1979-03-18 |
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The Frisco Kid | Matt Diggs | 1979-07-06 |
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Blackjack | Andy Mayfield | 1978-11-01 |
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Blood & Guts | Dan O'Neil | 1978-09-15 |
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Twilight's Last Gleaming | Hoxey | 1977-02-09 |
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Crackle of Death | Shaman Jim Elkhorn | 1976-03-28 |
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Scorchy | Carl Henrich | 1976-10-08 |
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Hollywood Man | Rafe Stoker | 1976-10-01 |
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Boss Nigger | Jed Clayton | 1975-08-17 |
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Win, Place or Steal | Tom | 1975-02-01 |
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The Ultimate Warrior | Carrot | 1975-10-02 |
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Dr. Minx | Gus Dolan | 1975-11-12 |
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The Swinging Barmaids | Harry | 1975-07-15 |
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Death Among Friends | Sheldon Casey | 1975-05-20 |
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Policewomen | Karate Instructor | 1974-02-09 |
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The Sex Symbol | Butch Wischnewski | 1974-09-17 |
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The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter | Jerry Grimes | 1974-03-27 |
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Black Samson | Johnny Nappa | 1974-08-14 |
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Sweet Jesus, Preacherman | Martelli | 1973-05-25 |
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A Taste of Hell | Jack Lowell | 1973-01-01 |
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The Last American Hero | Kyle Kingman | 1973-07-27 |
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The Deadly Trackers | Schoolboy | 1973-12-21 |
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Camper John | Camper John Allen | 1973-04-27 |
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Invasion of the Bee Girls | Neil Agar | 1973-06-01 |
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The Man Hunter | Clel Bocock | 1972-03-20 |
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Grave of the Vampire | James Eastman | 1972-08-23 |
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Hammer | Brenner | 1972-07-04 |
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Piranha | Caribe | 1972-11-08 |
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The Thing with Two Heads | Hysterical Condemned Man | 1972-07-19 |
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Runaway, Runaway | Frank | 1971-05-17 |
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Chrome and Hot Leather | T.J. | 1971-09-29 |
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Crowhaven Farm | Patrolman Hayes | 1970-11-24 |
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Darker Than Amber | Terry | 1970-08-14 |
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C.C. and Company | Moon | 1970-10-14 |
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The Losers | Link Thomas | 1970-06-08 |
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Angels Die Hard | Tim | 1970-07-08 |
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The Over the Hill Gang | Amos (as Bill Smith) | 1969-07-06 |
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Backtrack! | Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage) | 1969-05-26 |
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Run, Angel, Run! | Angel | 1969-04-18 |
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Three Guns for Texas | Texas Ranger Joe Riley | 1968-10-31 |
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Mail Order Bride | Lank | 1964-03-10 |
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36 Hours | Guy (uncredited) | 1964-11-26 |
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Atlantis: The Lost Continent | Captain of the Guard | 1961-05-03 |
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Never So Few | MP Officer #1 | 1959-12-07 |
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The Mating Game | Barney | 1959-04-29 |
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The Gazebo | Actor Tripping Over Camera (uncredited) | 1959-12-18 |
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Girls Town | Man (uncredited) | 1959-10-05 |
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Ask Any Girl | Young Man (uncredited) | 1959-08-21 |
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The Boy with Green Hair | 1948-11-26 | |
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The Boy with Green Hair | Boy (uncredited) | 1948-11-26 |
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Young Boy (uncredited) | 1947-07-31 |
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Gilda | Man (uncredited) | 1946-04-25 |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Boy (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
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Going My Way | Choir Member (uncredited) | 1944-01-01 |
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Meet Me in St. Louis | Little Boy (uncredited) | 1944-11-28 |
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The Ghost of Frankenstein | Boy (uncredited) | 1942-03-13 |
