Ray Smith
Acting
1936-05-01 · Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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.
Filmography(66)
movieThe Old Devils
as Charlie Norris · 1992 · 0.0
movieThe Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Margaine · 1987 · 0.0
tvDempsey and Makepeace
as Spikings · 1985 · 6.5
movieBewitched
as Sylvester Brand · 1983 · 0.0
tvShades of Darkness
as Sylvester Brand · 1983 · 7.7
tvWe'll Meet Again
as Albert Mundy · 1982 · 7.0
tvMasada
as Lentius · 1981 · 7.0
tvPlays for Pleasure
as Clive Lewis · 1981 · 0.0
movieThe Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Aneurin Bevan · 1981 · 0.0
tvA Question of Guilt
as Supt Foley · 1980 · 0.0
movieThe Atom Spies
as Doctor Cockcroft · 1979 · 0.0
tvThe Mill on the Floss
as Mr Tulliver · 1978 · 6.7
movieThe Sailor's Return
as Fred Leake · 1978 · 6.2
movieMucking Out
as Thomas Loftus · 1978 · 0.0
tvEnemy at the Door
as John Weston · 1978 · 8.2
movieThe Mayor's Charity
as Charlie Harris · 1977 · 9.0
tv1990
as · 1977 · 6.5
tvTarget
as MP Jack Sissons · 1977 · 7.0
tvThe Sunday Drama
as Harry · 1977 · 5.0
movieRogue Male
as Fisherman · 1976 · 6.5
tvBill Brand
as Moores · 1976 · 7.3
tvHow Green Was My Valley
as Dai Bando · 1975 · 6.7
movieOperation: Daybreak
as Hájek · 1975 · 6.9
tvMadame Bovary
as Homais · 1975 · 6.0