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Was William Smith really in this film?

posted 19 years ago by violencegang
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Veteran B-movie actor William Smith has claimed for many years that he was in Ghost of Frankenstein, playing the boy who kicks Cloestine's ball onto the roof of a building, only to be frightened away by the Monster. However, in a recent interview with Fangoria, Janet Ann Gallow, who played Cloestine, said that the boy in question was not William Smith, and there is evidence to back this up; for instance, Smith was born in 1934, which would have made him eight years old in 1942, but the boy in the film looks to be at least eleven, maybe twelve years old. Does anyone out there know the truth?

[–] Tipster 19 years ago

Smith IS in the scene -- but NOT as the kid who kicks Cloestine's ball. As the three bullies get ready to pick on Cloestine, he's a kid extra in the distant background. Later in the scene, he's standing behind Cloestine's father as he (the father) looks up at the Monster and Cloestine on the roof. Then in the courthouse scene that follows, he's one of the spectators in the crowded doorway, on the left hand side of the screen. So Smith is just an extra in GHOST OF FRANK, but he likes to tell people that he had the more prominent role of the kid who kicked the ball.

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[–] porfle 19 years ago

Right -- in the brief shot in which Cloestine stands in the doorway, Smith looks at her and then back toward the camera, and if you freeze-frame at this precise moment, you'll see an unmistakable William Smith face.

[–] MrBook_ 16 years ago

That is so weird. I had never heard about this before.

I AM NOT MONTEL WILLIAMS.

[–] barron0skar 18 years ago

No thats not true my god fathers nephew kicked the ball..

[–] shotgunnergauge5150 18 years ago

I kicked the ball,and I`ll kick it again if someone does`nt tell me who William Smith is?

"Do not let thorns in your side become nails in your coffin".-Bruce Richard Bundy 10/2006

[–] Tipster 17 years ago

*I* kicked the ball. *I* am Spartacus.

[–] shotgunnergauge5150 17 years ago

LOL,I found out who William Smith is! Unfortunately I only remember his performance and face from "Every Which Way You Can".....

"Do not let thorns in your side become nails in your coffin".-Bruce Richard Bundy 10/2006

[–] 13sabbath 16 years ago

Didn't he play in "Fresh Prince?"

[–] jquirk-1 16 years ago

Yeah, I remember this guy. He was Conan the Barbarian's father in the first film with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was also in a lot of TV shows, including an episode of Columbo called "The Greenhouse Jungle," which also starred Ray Milland as the special guest killer.

[–] danielw06 15 years ago

i know its a while scince the last comment but william smithis a great actor, he was in laredo, rich man poor man, hawaii fiveo, and a hundred more movies. look him up on imdb this is a very intresting man he holds great strength records and a very educated man he is so athletic its unbelieveable. WILLIAM SMITH is as big an actor as clint, bronson, newman, or todays tom cruise, and taller than them too, DANNY

[–] offramp_tavanipupu 13 years ago

He was in Men In Black.

[–] Negasonic_WoodChipper_Warhead 9 years ago

That was Willard Christopher Smith Jr., also known as The Fresh Prince.
He has yet to appear in any Frankenstein movie.

It's true! I chopped him up. But I didn't kill him!

[–] Bill-16 7 years ago

I think he is easiest to spot in the courtroom scene near doorway.. Some of his Characters are scarier than Frankenstein Monster. But, he seems like such a nice guy in interviews.

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[–] armouredway 7 years ago

William Smith was in a pretty good horror film from 1972. Grave of the Vampire (1972)

[–] msirich 7 years ago

Scroll back to the cast and click on "show more". William Smith is "village boy, uncredited". Click on his name and you will know exactly who he is.