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William Smith-When is 3 better than one? Ans- When it is a triple dose of the bad a** of the bijou.

Chris Nersinger
8 min readSep 27, 2023

Hi everyone, I am inviting you to get to know 3 different and rewarding personifications of William Smith. The most * badass* guy still to this date to ever appear on the big or small screen. I mean who can forget his scary performance as Falconetti in the 1976 TV miniseries Rich Man Poor Man (Peter Strauss/Nick Nolte and Ed Asner and a slew of who's who in Television). I really did not like him. He was so convincing as the villain. William also was the protagonist in Any Which Way You Can (Clint Eastwood) and 1970’s Darker Than Amber (Rod Taylor).

But William has been known to play against type as a “good” guy. William was hysterical in Policewomen (actually there was really only one main woman) as a karate instructor/trainer for the police, a small but role but scene stealing performance. The star of the film, Sondra Currie is practicing her martial arts with the karate instructor, who thinks that this small woman can’t really do any “damage”…

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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