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.
1992
as Charlie Norris
1987
as Margaine
1985
as Spikings
1983
as Sylvester Brand
1982
1981
as Aneurin Bevan
1978
as Fred Leake
1978
as Thomas Loftus
1978
as John Weston
1977
as Charlie Harris
1977
1976
as Fisherman
1976
as Moores
1975
as Dai Bando
1975
as Hájek
1975
as Homais
1975
as Ben Tamplin
1975
as Josef Milcjek
1974
as Kent
1973
as George Barraclough
1973
as Ben Tamplin
1973
as Narrator (Voice)
1972
as Hans Hugenberg
1972
1972
as Policeman
1972
as Mr Waldo
1971
as Chief prison officer
1970
as German
1969
as Eric
1969
as Joe Holroyd
1968
as Mr Johnson
1968
1968
as Stanley Maxwell
1968
as Man
1967
1967
1965
as Det. Insp. Percy Firbank
1965
as Firbank
1965
as Percy Firbank
1963
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1963
as Mr. Briggs
1962
as Glynn
1959