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Show J ASK ME ABOUT TV By Val Carew THE SMITH LAD I read somewhere that actor William Smith was on a series called "Laredo." If so, whom did he play? What else can you tell me about him? A fan, Gregory, S.D. Smith was indeed on "Laredo." He played a character char-acter named joe Riley who dressed in well-fitting fringed buckskins. Neville Brand and Peter Brown also starred, as a trio of Texas Rangers. Philip Carey, now of "One Life To Live," where he plays Asa Buchanan, was their commanding com-manding officer. The show was on two seasons, 1965 to 1967, and the second season Dutch-born Robert Wolders (who was married to actress Merle Oberon) joined the cast. Tin I i 4 of his brawn, be is mainly cast as hulks. He once told me, "In this town if you have muscles they never believe you can also have brains." SLY ONE I saw Sylvester Sylves-ter Stallone on an early morning talk show and they flashed an address at which to write him, but I didn't get it in time. Do you have his address? S.L., Tampa, Fla. Write to him in care of Jeff Wald Assoc., 9356 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. i s, ' ' Tods, A , f X I. V- J v i Sylvester Stallone " William Smith NOT THESE DAYS -Why don't the people who write "Days of Our Lives" get Marlena's life straightened straight-ened out? Don't they think i she has suffered enough? P.H., Marian, N.C. There's no such thing as too much suffering in soaps that makes ratings and stars. (Do you have a question about TV? Write Val Carew at 200 Park Avenue, Room 602, New York, NY 1 01 66.) Smith also played the evil Falconetti, the man with the eye patch on the original series "Rich Man, Poor Man." He is married, an intellectual and a regular visitor to the gym. Because |
