A great tough guy and portrayer of villains, but he did a lot of other stuff too, RIP William.

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Bodybuilding and Fitness

Being a record-holder for reverse-curling his own body weight was a rumor. The correct weight he reverse-curled was 163 lbs.

Two-time Arm Wrestling World Champion--200-lb. class, Petaluma, CA.

He was the Marlboro Man in the final televised Marlboro commercial.

Competed as a downhill skier in AAU events at Mammoth Mountain

Competed in motocross events with Steve McQueen and doubled as one of the track riders in C.C. & Company (1970).

Had a 31-1 record as an amateur boxer

Held the Air Force Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Championship

Performed over 5,100 continuous sit-ups over a five-hour period.

Played semi-pro football for the Wiesbaden Flyers in Germany.

Won a Muscle Beach contest by performing 35 inverted handstand dips

Honorary member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures.

A direct descendant of Western figures Kit Carson and Daniel Boone.

Bruce 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.

Filmed an eight-minute test pilot portraying Caine for the TV series Kung Fu (1972), wearing prosthetic eyepieces to make him appear Chinese. The network wanted Smith for the role, but producer Jerry Thorpe ultimately deemed him too muscular and menacing.

Studied kung fu for eight years with Jimmy Woo and Kenpo karate master Ed Parker.

Turned down the role of Tarzan at MGM, but later stunt=doubled for former Tarzan Lex Barker while living in France.

Training partner of first Mr. Olympia, Larry Scott.

Fought California wildfires in the early 1950s

Worked as a lifeguard on the French Riviera

Worked as a trainer at Bert Goodrich's Hollywood Gym.

A child actor in both "A" and "B" movies of the 1940s. He stated in a horror magazine that during breaks on the set of The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), in which Smith played a village boy, the film's star Lon Chaney Jr., treated all the children on the set to ice cream.

Threw the discus 151 feet at a time when the top AAU distance was 150.6 feet.

Won the Light-Heavyweight German-Austrian Boxing Championship while in the service.

His favorite writer is Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Recipient of the 2005 Southern California Motion Picture Council Award and of the 2008 Silver Spur Award.

Inducted into the Venice Muscle Beach Bodybuilding Hall of Fame, in 2010.

His parents were William E. Smith (1891-1973) and Emily (née Richards) Smith (1895-1976). He and his elder sister (by two years), Emily, were named for their parents, William was born on his mother's 38th birthday.

Has one son with his former wife Michele, and one daughter with current wife Joanne.