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William Smithers

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Mostly Credited As:	William Smithers
Sometimes Credited As:	Bill Smithers
Birth Name:	Marion Smithers
Date Of Birth:	July 10, 1927 (Age 82)
Country Of Birth:	USA
Birth Place:	Richmond, Virginia, USA

William Smithers started his career in 6th grade participating in school productions. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy near the end of WWII. After being discharged, he enrolled in college and pursued his interest in acting while working in radio. He spent his summers performing with stock companies.

In 1950, he decided to try his luck in New York and got a job as an usher at the Alvin Theater. The following year, he made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Making her Broadway debut in the same production was Olivia de Havilland as Juliet. Accolades followed his stage career and he won an Obie award for Best Performance by an Actor in an Off-Broadway Play for his performance as Treplev in Checkov's The Sea Gull.

In 1965, he began working in television with the role of David Schuster in Peyton Place. He went on to play a variety of roles on television including Captain Merrick in the original Star Trek series and Jeremy
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William Smithers TV Appearances

Main cast

Show: Guiding Light(1952)

As: Stanley 'Stan' Norris (#2) (1971)

Episode Cast Credits

Show: Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
	• Payback	03x10: (Dec/10/1994)	As	Milo Crane
Show: Hunter (1984) (1984)
	• Kill Zone	07x04: (Oct/10/1990)	As	Major Cody
Show: Sledge Hammer! (1986)
	• They Call Me Mr. Trunk	02x13: (Dec/17/1987)	As	Col. Poltz
Show: Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
	• Charity Begins at Home	02x05: (Oct/29/1984)	As	Carling London
Show: Quincy, M.E. (1976)
	• Bitter Pill	07x09: (Jan/06/1982)	As	St. Sen Al Stevenson
	• Semper-Fidelis	04x20: (Mar/15/1979)	As	Colonel Charles Casey
Show: Dallas (1978) • 9 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Friday January 09th, 1981) Show all 9 episode cast credits
	• Gone, But Not Forgotten	05x02: (Oct/16/1981)	As	Jeremy Wendell
	• Ewing-Gate	04x23: (May/01/1981)	As	Jeremy Wendell
	• Full Circle	04x22: (Apr/17/1981)	As	Jeremy Wendell
	• New Beginnings	04x21: (Apr/10/1981)	As	Jeremy Wendell
Show: Cannon (1971)
	• The Return of Frank Cannon	(Nov/01/1980)	As	William Barrett
	• The Deadly Trail	04x05: (Oct/16/1974)	As	Colonel Cade
Show: Barnaby Jones (1973)
	• Homecoming for a Dead Man	08x08: (Nov/08/1979)	As	Felix Jordan
	• Theater of Fear	04x02: (Sep/26/1975)	As	Burt Parish
Show: Lucan (1977)
	• The Creature Beyond the Door	02x03: (Nov/27/1978)	As	Stockwood
Show: Most Wanted (1976)
	• Ms. Murder	01x10: (Jan/08/1977)	As	Demrey
Show: The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
	• The Programming of Charlie Blake	03x19: (Feb/06/1975)	As	Dr. Norman Jessup
Show: The Manhunter (1974)
	• The Lodester Ambush	01x12: (Dec/04/1974)	As	Jack Hobson
Show: The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
	• Doomsday, and Counting	01x06: (Mar/01/1974)	As	General Koskenko
Show: The Rookies (1972)
	• The Late Mr. Brent	02x17: (Jan/28/1974)	As	Pete Martin
Show: Cade's County (1971)
	• One Small Acceptable Death	01x14: (Jan/16/1972)	As	William Courtney
Show: Ironside (1967)
	• Tom Dayton Is Loose Among Us	03x26: (Apr/09/1970)	As	unknown
	• A World of Jackals	02x19: (Feb/13/1969)	As	unknown
Show: The Mod Squad (1968)
	• Survival House	02x19: (Feb/10/1970)	As	Hank Frederick
	• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet	01x11: (Dec/17/1968)	As	Lew Dickens
Show: Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
	• Go Get 'Em, Tiger	01x19: (Feb/10/1970)	As	George Howe
Show: Hawaii Five-O (1968)
	• Bored, She Hung Herself	02x16: (Jan/07/1970)	As	Warren Parker
Show: The F.B.I. (1965)
	• The Doll Courier	05x15: (Dec/21/1969)	As	John DeBecker
	• The Fraud	04x16: (Jan/12/1969)	As	Frank Stocker
	• Counter-Stroke	03x02: (Sep/24/1967)	As	Clay Keller
	• Rope of Gold	02x21: (Feb/12/1967)	As	Victor Kearney
Show: Star Trek (1966)
	• Bread and Circuses	02x25: (Mar/15/1968)	As	Merik
Show: Mannix (1967)
	• Eight to Five, Its a Miracle	01x21: (Feb/17/1968)	As	Pucci
Show: Mission: Impossible (1966) (1966)
	• The Emerald	02x18: (Jan/21/1968)	As	Victor Tomar
	• The Ransom	01x08: (Nov/05/1966)	As	Frank Egan, [Special Guest Stars]
Show: Tarzan (1966) (1966)
	• The Fanatics	02x07: (Oct/27/1967)	As	Brooks
Show: Judd for the Defense (1967)
	• The Deep End	01x02: (Sep/15/1967)	As	John Emery
Show: Jericho (1966) (1966)
	• Four O'Clock Bomb to London	01x13: (Dec/15/1966)	As	Fehrmann
Show: The Felony Squad (1966)
	• The Killer Instinct	01x13: (Dec/05/1966)	As	Roy Madden
Show: Shane (US) (1966)
	• The Wild Geese	01x03: (Sep/24/1966)	As	Del Packard
Show: Hallmark Hall Of Fame (1951)
	• Eagle in a Cage	15x03: (Oct/20/1965)	As	Gourgaud
	• Hamlet	02x32: (Apr/26/1953)	As	Horatio
Show: Combat! (1962)
	• Cry in the Ruins	03x27: (Mar/23/1965)	As	Lt. Markes
Show: Studio One (1948) • 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Monday September 12th, 1955) Show all 5 episode cast credits
	• Mutiny on the Shark (Part 2)	10x04: (Sep/30/1957)	As	Lt. Bill Meade
	• Mutiny on the Shark (Part 1)	10x03: (Sep/23/1957)	As	Lt. Bill Meade
	• The Staring Match	09x36: (Jun/17/1957)	As	Linus Hobbs
	• Walk Down the Hill	09x23: (Mar/18/1957)	As	Bernie Linton
Show: Omnibus (US) (1952)
	• Lee at Gettysburg	05x15: (Jan/20/1957)	As	General Hill
Show: Kraft Television Theatre (1947) (1947)
	• Edie and the Princess	07x48: (Jul/28/1954)	As	guest star
Show: The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
	• Man Drowning	06x22: (Jul/11/1954)	As	guest star