William Smithers, an actor best known for a recurring role on the hit ’80s TV series Dallas as well as a featured role in the 1973 Steve McQueen prison drama Papillon, died May 26 in Santa Barbara, California. He was 98. His death was first reported by the local newspaper Santa Barbara Independent yesterday. A […]
William Smithers, an actor best known for a recurring role on the hit ’80s TV series Dallas as well as a featured role in the 1973 Steve McQueen prison drama Papillon, died May 26 in Santa Barbara, California. He was 98. His death was first reported by the local newspaper Santa Barbara Independent yesterday. A […]
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The veteran character actor, who played the ruthless oilman Jeremy Wendell on the CBS primetime soap, gave nemesis J.R. Ewing all he could handle.
