Z-Cars been running for seven years but which some considered 'cosy'. The one character present throughout the entire run (though not in every episode) was Bert Lynch, played by James Ellis (though John Phillips as Det. Chief Supt. Robins would reappear sporadically during the show's run – by the end of the series he had become Chief Constable). Other characters in the early days were Stratford Johns (Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt Watt), Robert Keegan (Sgt Blackitt), Joseph Brady (PC "Jock" Weir) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Also in 1960s episodes as David Graham was Colin Welland, later a screenwriter.
William Smith (actor) villainous role of the Soviet commander in the hit 1984 theatrical film "Red Dawn". In 1983, Smith appeared in two films from Francis Ford Coppola, in "The Outsiders" as a store clerk and in "Rumble Fish" as a police officer. In 1985, Smith landed the starring role of Brodie Hollister in the Disney mini-series "Wildside", created by writer-producer Tom Greene, and another role as the bookmaker's enforcer known as "Panama Hat" in director Richard Brooks's final movie, "Fever Pitch" (1985) opposite Ryan O'Neal. William Smith (actor) William Smith (born March 24, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in