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