Ray Smith

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.

Known For

Crown Court

No Hiding Place

ITV Playhouse

Thriller

The Main Chance

Dempsey and Makepeace

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Public Eye

All Movies (24)

• The Old Devils1992 · as Charlie Norris
• The Trial of Klaus Barbie1987 · as Margaine
• Bewitched1983 · as Sylvester Brand
• The Life and Times of David Lloyd George1981 · as Aneurin Bevan
• The Atom Spies1979 · as Doctor Cockcroft
• The Sailor's Return1978 · as Fred Leake
• Mucking Out1978 · as Thomas Loftus
• The Mayor's Charity1977 · as Charlie Harris
• Rogue Male1976 · as Fisherman
• Operation: Daybreak1975 · as Hájek
• The Next Voice You See1975 · as Ben Tamplin
• King Lear1974 · as Kent
• Britannia: A Bridge1973 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Made1972 · as Policeman
• The Mill1972 · as Holland
• Under Milk Wood1972 · as Mr Waldo
• The Ladies: Doreen1969 · as Eric
• Shaggy Dog1968 · as Mr Johnson
• Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It1968 · as Stanley Maxwell
• Stella1968 · as Man
• The Informers1963 · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• Tomorrow at Ten1963 · as Mr. Briggs
• The Painted Smile1962 · as Glynn
• Candidate for Murder1962 · as Chauffeur

All TV Shows (42)

• Dempsey and Makepeace1985 · as Spikings
• Shades of Darkness1983 · as Sylvester Brand
• We'll Meet Again1982 · as Albert Mundy
• Masada1981 · as Lentius
• Plays for Pleasure1981 · as Clive Lewis
• A Question of Guilt1980 · as Supt Foley
• The Mill on the Floss1978 · as Mr Tulliver
• Enemy at the Door1978 · as John Weston
• 19901977
• Target1977 · as MP Jack Sissons
• The Sunday Drama1977 · as Harry
• Bill Brand1976 · as Moores
• How Green Was My Valley1975 · as Dai Bando
• Madame Bovary1975 · as Homais
• The Hanged Man1975 · as Josef Milcjek
• Second City Firsts1973 · as Thomas Loftus
• Sam1973 · as George Barraclough
• Thriller1973 · as Ben Tamplin
• Colditz1972 · as Hans Hugenberg
• Crown Court1972
• Country Matters1972 · as Mr Holland
• Villains1972 · as Dave Swift
• The Frighteners1972 · as The Guvnor
• New Scotland Yard1972 · as Arthur Clevedon, QC
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Chief prison officer
• Shadows of Fear1970 · as German
• Plays of Today1969 · as Eric
• The Main Chance1969 · as Joe Holroyd
• The Company of Five1968 · as Arthur Gifford
• The Company of Five1968 · as Mr Johnson
• The Company of Five1968 · as Charlie
• The Company of Five1968 · as Nino
• The Company of Five1968 · as Thomas Davies
• ITV Playhouse1967
• Callan1967
• Sanctuary1967
• Half Hour Story1967 · as The Man
• The Informer1966 · as Receptionist / Bouncer
• The Informer1966 · as Anker
• Public Eye1965 · as DI Percy Firbank
• Ring Out an Alibi1964 · as Watty
• No Hiding Place1959