![]() These early, ground-breaking features defined the genre, and would be imitated endlessly (but never duplicated). His first biker flick, Run, Angel, Run! (1969), was shot in 13 days for under $100,000-and made $13 million! This was followed by Angels Die Hard (1970). On the big screen, Bill is legendary for biker flicks (he does his own motorcycle riding). James "Kimo" Carew (the episode with Cathy Lee Crosby, "The Kahuna," drew particularly high ratings). He was a series regular in Hawaii Five-O (1968), where he played Det. He's best remembered for appearing in Batman (1966) as, appropriately, Adonis in the last episode. On TV he played in many westerns (did his own horseback riding), cop and sci-fi shows. Bill would go on to become one of Hollywood's best-known character actors, with over 300 TV and movie credits. He studied at the University of Munich, and Syracuse University. After high school, he joined the Air Force and served during the Korean War and flew secret ferret missions over Russia while in the NSA. ![]() From 1942, when he was eight, through young adulthood, Bill appeared in many movies as an extra (uncredited). After losing everything to the dust bowl, the family moved to California. He was born on March 24, 1933, in Columbia, Missouri, on Rolling Acres, a Hereford cattle ranch. Biker, bare-knuckle brawler, cowboy, Bee-Girl fighter, vampire hunter. Here’s the IMDB bio of William Smith, whom I only described as a “meat log” of a human being because I was not aware that he is still alive.
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