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Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Actor · Born 1936-05-01 · Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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Biography

Ray Smith (1 May 1936 – 15 December 1991) was a Welsh actor who played the tough-talking police chief, Detective Superintendent Gordon Spikings, in the television series Dempsey and Makepeace. He was the first actor to play Brother Cadfael for BBC radio, and played a memorable Dai Bando in the BBC's 1975 adaptation of How Green Was My Valley - a touching performance given that Smith;s own father was a miner killed in a pit accident when Smith was just three years old. His final role work was in the TV adaptation of Kingsley Amis' novel, The Old Devils. He died just before filming concluded at the age of 55 from a massive heart attack and won the posthumous BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor in 1992.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Masada (1981) — Lentius
  2. Operation: Daybreak (1975) — Hájek
  3. Dempsey and Makepeace (1985) — Spikings
  4. Rogue Male (1976) — Fisherman
  5. Under Milk Wood (1972) — Mr Waldo
  6. The Painted Smile (1962) — Glynn
  7. Tomorrow at Ten (1963) — Mr. Briggs
  8. Colditz (1972) — Hans Hugenberg
  9. The Informers (1963) — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
  10. Thriller (1973) — Ben Tamplin
  11. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) — Chief prison officer
  12. Callan (1967)
  13. The Sailor's Return (1978) — Fred Leake
  14. Crown Court (1972)
  15. Public Eye (1965) — DI Percy Firbank
  16. Enemy at the Door (1978) — John Weston
  17. Country Matters (1972) — Mr Holland
  18. King Lear (1974) — Kent
  19. No Hiding Place (1959)
  20. 1990 (1977)
  21. Madame Bovary (1975) — Homais
  22. The Main Chance (1969) — Joe Holroyd
  23. Bill Brand (1976) — Moores
  24. Target (1977) — MP Jack Sissons
  25. Villains (1972) — Dave Swift
  26. Shaggy Dog (1968) — Mr Johnson
  27. Made (1972) — Policeman
  28. The Next Voice You See (1975) — Ben Tamplin
  29. Sanctuary (1967)
  30. Shadows of Fear (1970) — German
  31. The Hanged Man (1975) — Josef Milcjek
  32. The Mill on the Floss (1978) — Mr Tulliver
  33. How Green Was My Valley (1975) — Dai Bando
  34. The Company of Five (1968) — Arthur Gifford
  35. ITV Playhouse (1967)
  36. New Scotland Yard (1972) — Arthur Clevedon, QC
  37. Shades of Darkness (1983) — Sylvester Brand
  38. We'll Meet Again (1982) — Albert Mundy
  39. Stella (1968) — Man
  40. Sam (1973) — George Barraclough