William Smith, ‘Laredo’ actor known for playing cowboys and brawlers, dead at 88

July 10, 2021

Actor William Smith, known for playing bikers, cowboys and brawlers in a series of television shows and hit movies, has died. He was 88.

Smith’s wife, Joanne Cervelli Smith, said the star of “Laredo” and “Rich Man, Poor Man” died Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. She declined to give the cause of death.

With his chiseled, mustachioed face and bulging biceps, Smith was a constant, rugged presence on screen in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, amassing nearly 300 credits.

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