Ray Smith
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Crown Court
1972
Series
ITV Playhouse
1967
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Chief prison officer
1971
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Spikings
1985
Series
Thriller
Ben Tamplin
1973
Series
Public Eye
DI Percy Firbank
1965
Series
The Main Chance
Joe Holroyd
1969
Series
We'll Meet Again
Albert Mundy
1982
Series
Target
MP Jack Sissons
1977
Series
New Scotland Yard
Arthur Clevedon, QC
1972
Series
Callan
1967
Second City Firsts
Thomas Loftus
1973
Series
Enemy at the Door
John Weston
1978
Series
The Informer
Receptionist / Bouncer
1966
Series
The Informer
Anker
1966
Series
Masada
Lentius
1981
Series
Colditz
Hans Hugenberg
1972
Series
The Frighteners
The Guvnor
1972
The Sunday Drama
Harry
1977
Series
Sam
George Barraclough
1973
Series
Country Matters
Mr Holland
1972
Series
Bill Brand
Moores
1976
Series
1990
1977
Series
Half Hour Story
The Man
1967
Series
Villains
Dave Swift
1972
Series
Shades of Darkness
Sylvester Brand
1983
Series
Shadows of Fear
German
1970
Series
Madame Bovary
Homais
1975
Sanctuary
1967
The Hanged Man
Josef Milcjek
1975
Series
How Green Was My Valley
Dai Bando
1975
Series
The Company of Five
Arthur Gifford
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Mr Johnson
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Charlie
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Nino
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Thomas Davies
1968
A Question of Guilt
Supt Foley
1980
Series
The Mill on the Floss
Mr Tulliver
1978
Film
Operation: Daybreak
Hájek
1975
Struggle
Sir Bert
1983
Plays of Today
Eric
1969
The Mill
Holland
1972
Plays for Pleasure
Clive Lewis
1981
Film
Under Milk Wood
Mr Waldo
1972
Film
Rogue Male
Fisherman
1976
Film
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Margaine
1987
Film
Shaggy Dog
Mr Johnson
1968
Film
The Informers
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1963
Film
Tomorrow at Ten
Mr. Briggs
1963
Ring Out an Alibi
Watty
1964
Moulded in Earth
Jeff Ellis
1965
The Atom Spies
Doctor Cockcroft
1979
Film
Mucking Out
Thomas Loftus
1978
Stella
Man
1968
Film
The Sailor's Return
Fred Leake
1978
Film
King Lear
Kent
1974
Film
Candidate for Murder
Chauffeur
1962
Film
The Next Voice You See
Ben Tamplin
1975
Film
The Painted Smile
Glynn
1962
Film
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Aneurin Bevan
1981
The Ladies: Doreen
Eric
1969
Film
The Old Devils
Charlie Norris
1992
Film
Made
Policeman
1972
Film
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Stanley Maxwell
1968
Film
Bewitched
Sylvester Brand
1983
Film
The Mayor's Charity
Charlie Harris
1977
Britannia: A Bridge
Narrator (Voice)
1973