Ray Smith
May 1, 1936 (88 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1992 · The Old Devils as Charlie Norris
- 1987 · The Trial of Klaus Barbie as Margaine
- 1985 · Dempsey and Makepeace as Spikings
- 1983 · Bewitched as Sylvester Brand
- 1982 · We'll Meet Again as
- 1981 · The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as Aneurin Bevan
- 1978 · The Sailor's Return as Fred Leake
- 1978 · Mucking Out as Thomas Loftus
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as John Weston
- 1977 · The Mayor's Charity as Charlie Harris
- 1977 · 1990 as
- 1976 · Rogue Male as Fisherman
- 1976 · Bill Brand as Moores
- 1975 · How Green Was My Valley as Dai Bando
- 1975 · Operation: Daybreak as Hájek
- 1975 · Madame Bovary as Homais
- 1975 · The Next Voice You See as Ben Tamplin
- 1975 · The Hanged Man as Josef Milcjek
- 1974 · King Lear as Kent
- 1973 · Sam as George Barraclough
- 1973 · Thriller as Ben Tamplin
- 1973 · Britannia: A Bridge as Narrator (Voice)
- 1972 · Colditz as Hans Hugenberg
- 1972 · Crown Court as
- 1972 · Made as Policeman
- 1972 · The Frighteners as Guvnor
- 1972 · Under Milk Wood as Mr Waldo
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Chief prison officer
- 1970 · Shadows of Fear as German
- 1969 · The Main Chance as Joe Holroyd
- 1968 · Shaggy Dog as Mr Johnson
- 1968 · The Company of Five as
- 1968 · Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It as Stanley Maxwell
- 1968 · Stella as Man
- 1967 · Callan as
- 1967 · Sanctuary as
- 1965 · Public Eye as Det. Insp. Percy Firbank
- 1965 · Public Eye as Firbank
- 1965 · Public Eye as Percy Firbank
- 1963 · The Informers as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1962 · Tomorrow at Ten as Mr. Briggs
- 1962 · The Painted Smile as Glynn
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as