8/18/2023 0 Comments William smith actor arm wrestler![]() ![]() ![]() I wonder if it was for any of the roles we know from the completed film, or someone new who would have been created. what 's is interesting is that Bruce Lee offered him a part in enter the Dragon. Probably world most interesting man with that list of accomplishments. The “crack of the whip” sound is the result of the tip going supersonic & breaking the sound barrier, as was demonstrated in “slo-mo” video.Īuditioned for a role in Django Unchained (2012). In a 2011 History Channel special on “Marksmen” he was chosen as “the most skilled bull whip master known today.” In several feats of skill & accuracy he demonstrated among other things, how the tip at the end of a bull whip goes supersonic just before it pulls the flame off a candle. Inducted into the Venice Muscle Beach Bodybuilding Hall of Fame 2010.īill Smith is also a most accomplished bull whip master. Recipient of the 2005 Southern California Motion Picture Council Award. His favorite writer is Fyodor Dostoevsky. This role marks the first of his many appearances as a villain. In 1942’s The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), he plays the boy who throws the little girl’s ball to the top of the roof. Won the Light-Heavyweight German-Austrian Boxing Championship while in the service. Threw the discus 151 feet at a time when the top AAU distance was 150.6 feet. He stated in a horror magazine that during breaks on the set of The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), star Lon Chaney Jr., treated all of the children on the set to ice cream. Worked as a trainer at Bert Goodrich’s Hollywood GymĬhild actor in both “A” and “B” movies of the 1940s. Worked as a lifeguard on the French Riviera Olympia, Larry Scott.įought California wildfires in the early 1950s Stunt doubled for former Tarzan Lex Barker while living in France. Studied kung fu for eight years with Jimmy Woo and kenpo karate master Ed Parker. The network wanted Smith for the role, but producer Jerry Thorpe ultimately deemed him too muscular and menacing. Honorary member of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures.ĭirect descendant of Western figures Kit Carson and Daniel Boone.īruce Lee personally offered Smith the co-lead in Enter the Dragon (1973), but another film went over schedule and John Saxon stepped into the role.įilmed an eight-minute test pilot portraying Caine for the TV series Kung Fu (1972), wearing prosthetic eyepieces to make him appear Chinese. Won a Muscle Beach contest by performing 35 inverted handstand dips Has a Masters Degree in Russian and taught Russian Language Studies at UCLA in the late 1950s. Played semi-pro football for the Wiesbaden Flyers in Germany Performed over 5,100 continuous sit-ups over a five hour period Held the Air Force Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Championship He was the Marlboro Man in the final televised Marlboro commercial.įluent in English, Russian, German, French, Serbo-Croatian.Ĭompeted as a downhill skier in AAU events at Mammoth MountainĬompeted in motocross events with Steve McQueen and doubled as one of the track riders in C.C. Served in the Airforce, National Security Agency, during the Korean War. ![]() Record-holder for reverse-curling his own body weight.Ģ Time Arm Wrestling World Champion-200lb class-Petaluma, CA ![]() Lifetime Achievement Award from Academy of Bodybuilding and Fitness He had an awesome physique, good looks and a laundry list of accomplishments…Īppeared in the final episode of Batman (1966). One of my favorite roles was the pilot episode of The Rockford Files where he plays a thug/martial artist. He is probably best known as Conan’s father and as Clint Eastwood’s nemesis in “Any Which Way You Can”. Does anyone remember this guy? He has been in tons of movies (almost always a villain) and tv shows. ![]()
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