{"id":3267,"date":"2026-06-22T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2026-06-22T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:02:03","slug":"beloved-film-and-tv-actor-dies-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=3267","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Film and TV Actor Dies at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1103\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">William Smithers<\/span><\/span>, known for portraying the ruthless Jeremy Wendell in <em data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1086\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/em>, has died at 98.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1317\">Born in 1927, Smithers served in the military before entering acting, later appearing in major TV series like <em data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1234\">The Twilight Zone<\/em>, <em data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1249\">Perry Mason<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1265\">Gunsmoke<\/em>, along with films such as <em data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1302\">Papillon<\/em> and <em data-start=\"1307\" data-end=\"1316\">Scorpio<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1480\">He became a familiar face in Hollywood over decades, but his most iconic role came on <em data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1413\">Dallas<\/em>, where he played a powerful oil executive and rival to J.R. Ewing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1662\">Beyond acting, Smithers was also known for a landmark legal battle with MGM over contract rights, a case that he ultimately won and which later became studied in entertainment law.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1789\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">His career spanned more than 60 years, earning him a reputation as a steady and respected figure in both television and film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>William Smithers, known for portraying the ruthless Jeremy Wendell in Dallas, has died at 98. Born in 1927, Smithers served in the military before entering <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=3267\" title=\"Beloved Film and TV Actor Dies at 91\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3270,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267\/revisions\/3270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}