Ray Smith
Acting • Born 1936-05-01 – Died 1991-12-15
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.
Filmography
54 credits
Mucking Out
Movie • 1978
Thomas Loftus
Britannia: A Bridge
Movie • 1973
Narrator (Voice)
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Movie • 1968
Stanley Maxwell
The Sailor's Return
Movie • 1978
Fred Leake
The Painted Smile
Movie • 1962
Glynn
Rogue Male
Movie • 1976
Fisherman
The Informers
Movie • 1963
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
King Lear
Movie • 1974
Kent
Bewitched
Movie • 1983
Sylvester Brand
Shaggy Dog
Movie • 1968
Mr Johnson
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Movie • 1987
Margaine
Operation: Daybreak
Movie • 1975
Hájek
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Movie • 1981
Aneurin Bevan
Stella
Movie • 1968
Man
Made
Movie • 1972
Policeman
Under Milk Wood
Movie • 1972
Mr Waldo
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie • 1963
Mr. Briggs
The Mayor's Charity
Movie • 1977
Charlie Harris
The Next Voice You See
Movie • 1975
Ben Tamplin
The Old Devils
Movie • 1992
Charlie Norris
The Ladies: Doreen
Movie • 1969
Eric
Candidate for Murder
Movie • 1962
Chauffeur
The Mill
Movie • 1972
Holland
Thriller
TV • 1973
Ben Tamplin
Colditz
TV • 1972
Hans Hugenberg
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV • 1985
Spikings
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Callan
TV • 1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Chief prison officer
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
1990
TV • 1977
We'll Meet Again
TV • 1982
Albert Munday
Sanctuary
TV • 1967
Shadows of Fear
TV • 1970
German
Madame Bovary
TV • 1975
Homais
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Joe Holroyd
Sam
TV • 1973
George Barraclough
Bill Brand
TV • 1976
Moores
The Hanged Man
TV • 1975
Josef Milcjek
Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978
John Weston
Target
TV • 1977
MP Jack Sissons
The Informer
TV • 1966
Receptionist / Bouncer
The Informer
TV • 1966
Anker
The Mill on the Floss
TV • 1978
Mr Tulliver
Masada
TV • 1981
Lentius
Ring Out an Alibi
TV • 1964
Watty
How Green Was My Valley
TV • 1975
Dai Bando
Country Matters
TV • 1972
Holland
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Arthur Gifford
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Mr Johnson
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Charlie
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Nino
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Thomas Davies
Public Eye
TV • 1965
DI Percy Firbank