Actor. Tall with a muscular build, he started out as a child performer before evolving into a busy character actor in films and television, who was often cast in villainous roles. He was born into a family who owned a cattle ranch in Missouri. After his family relocated to California, he broke into pictures with a minor role in the film "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942) and went on to small parts in the the memorable features "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), "Going My Way" (1944), "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945). Smith who was able to speak several languages fluently which included Russian, Serbo-Croatian, German and French enlisted with the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Due to his ability to speak other languages, he was assigned to the National Security Agency with who he was an interrogator in addition to flying missions. Following his return home, he enrolled at the University of Syracuse and later studied at the University of Munich, the Sorbonne in Paris and UCLA where he received his Masters degree and Doctorate. He resumed his acting and appeared in a wide range of films and TV programs before landing his first recurring part as 'Danny Keller' in television series "The Asphalt Jungle" (1961). He went on to play 'Jimmy Delaney' in "Zero One" (1962 to 1965) and 'Joe Riley' in "Laredo" (1965 to 1967). Among Smith's many other television credits include "Wagon Train," "Perry Mason," "Batman," "Mission: Impossible," "Columbo," "The Rockford Files" and "Kolchak: The Night Stalker." He will be remembered from playing 'Falconetti' in the TV-Mini series "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976) and "Rich Man, Poor Man- Book II" (1976 to 1977), in addition to his role as 'Detective James 'Kimo' Carew' during the last season of "Hawaii Five-0" (1979 to 1980). Movie audiences will be familiar with Smith's role as 'Terry' the psychotic killer who had a memorable fight scene with Rod Taylor towards the end of the mystery thriller "Darker Than Amber" (1970) and for playing 'Jack Wilson' who had a memorable fight scene with Clint Eastwood in "Any Which Way You Can" (1980).