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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1099318, member: 289"] I recently watched something with the actor William Smith in it and decided to look him up on the net. Wikipedia: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(actor)[/url] IMDB: [url]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810342/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm[/url] Wikipedia says "Smith earned a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts'][COLOR=#000000]Bachelor of Arts[/COLOR][/URL] from [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_University'][COLOR=#000000]Syracuse[/COLOR][/URL] and a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_degree'][COLOR=#000000]Master's degree[/COLOR][/URL] in Russian Studies from [COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles'][COLOR=#000000]UCLA[/COLOR][/URL]"[/COLOR]. It also outlines his incredible athletic achievements, including having 18 1/2 inch arms, (I assume they mean circumference rather than length) and "is a record holder for reverse-curling his own bodyweight". He won the Air Force weightlifting championship, had a 31-1 record as an amateur boxer, (so I guess he isn't perfect) and was a "student" of the martial arts. He also played semi-pro football in Germany, competed in motocross and downhill skiing events and won the 200 pound arm-wrestling championship of the world several times. But this pales compared to his academic and military career. He got a Master's Degree in Russian studies at UCLA wound up teaching Russian there. He "abandon(ed) his [COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy'][COLOR=#000000]Ph.D.[/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR]studies for an [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer'][COLOR=#000000]MGM[/COLOR][/URL] contract and stunt doubling for former screen [COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan']Tarzan[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Barker']Lex Barker[/URL][/COLOR] in a 1958 [COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']French[/URL] [/COLOR]film [COLOR=#000000][I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Awakening']The Strange Awakening[/URL]"[/I].[/COLOR] He also studied at the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Paris']Sorbonne[/URL] in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris']Paris[/URL] and the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Munich']University of Munich[/URL] while learning languages through the military. Smith is fluent in [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Language']Russian[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_Language']Serbo-Croatian[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Language']French[/URL][/COLOR] [/COLOR]and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Language'][COLOR=#000000]German[/COLOR][/URL]. During the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War'][COLOR=#000000]Korean War[/COLOR][/URL] he was a Russian Intercept Interrogator and flew secret ferret missions over Russia. He had both [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency'][COLOR=#000000]CIA[/COLOR][/URL] and [COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency']NSA[/URL] [/COLOR]clearance and intended to enter a classified position with the U.S. government, but his marriage to a French actress meant the loss of security clearance[SIZE=3]." I checked and the CIA was formed in 1947 and NSA in 1952, so they could have been involved in the Korean War. But Smith's listed date of birth is 3/24/33, meaning he would have been 20 years old when the Korean War ended 7/27/53. of course, he could have been working for the CIA and NSA in Korea after that. But it seems a remarkable career for such a young man. And how did he wind up stunt doubling Lex Barker in a 1958 French film after such a distinguished career. And it said he elft UCLA to do that. I thought that was before he started working for the government. And it seems a strange fate for such a person to wind up playing bad guys in B movies. Oh, and he was also the alst Marlboro Man. IMDB says he "studied at" Syracuse, (he's not listed as a football letterman by SU: how did Ben Schwartzwalder let such a specimen get away?). It says he joined the Air Force out of high school and "and flew secret ferret missions over Russia while in the NSA. " Apparently William Smith his his real name but it doesn't appear here: [url]http://armwrestlersonly.blogspot.com/2013/04/champions-of-petaluma-wwc.html[/url] And he, supposedly, was the "200 pound champion" when the classes were "right arm" and "left arm" champion. Well, an actor does need a good imagination. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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