W.O. Smith
Acting
Biography
W.O. Smith was born on May 2, 1917 in Bartow, Georgia, USA as William Oscar Smith. He was an actor, known for A Real American Hero (1978) and Nashville 99 (1977). He died on May 31, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Known For
Featuring Claude Atkins as Metro Nashville police lieutenant and Jerry Reed as his sidekick, this show features many country music personalities and is shot on location at various downtown Nashville sites as well as other locations (including Opryland).
Nashville 99
When two boys are killed and two girls are blinded for life in a tragic accident, Buford Pusser, the town sheriff, is determined to get revenge. Though he must bend the law, Pusser is resolved to get the bootleg booze and dope king of the county who provided the poisoned moonshine that caused the accident. Based on the real-life folk hero whose career inspired the Walking Tall movies.