Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 1, 1936
Place of Birth:
Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Old Devils | Charlie Norris |
| 1987 | The Trial of Klaus Barbie | Margaine |
| 1983 | Bewitched | Sylvester Brand |
| 1981 | The Life and Times of David Lloyd George | Aneurin Bevan |
| 1978 | Mucking Out | Thomas Loftus |
| 1978 | The Sailor's Return | Fred Leake |
| 1977 | The Mayor's Charity | Charlie Harris |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Fisherman |
| 1975 | Operation: Daybreak | Hájek |
| 1975 | The Next Voice You See | Ben Tamplin |
| 1974 | King Lear | Kent |
| 1973 | Britannia: A Bridge | Narrator (Voice) |
| 1972 | Made | Policeman |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Mr Waldo |
| 1969 | The Ladies: Doreen | Eric |
| 1968 | Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It | Stanley Maxwell |
| 1968 | Shaggy Dog | Mr Johnson |
| 1968 | Stella | Man |
| 1963 | The Informers | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten | Mr. Briggs |
| 1962 | The Painted Smile | Glynn |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Spikings |
| 1982 | We'll Meet Again | |
| 1978 | Enemy at the Door | John Weston |
| 1977 | 1990 | |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Moores |
| 1975 | How Green Was My Valley | Dai Bando |
| 1975 | Madame Bovary | Homais |
| 1975 | The Hanged Man | Josef Milcjek |
| 1973 | Thriller | Ben Tamplin |
| 1973 | Sam | George Barraclough |
| 1972 | Colditz | Hans Hugenberg |
| 1972 | Crown Court | |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Chief prison officer |
| 1970 | Shadows of Fear | German |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Joe Holroyd |
| 1968 | The Company of Five | |
| 1967 | Callan | |
| 1967 | Sanctuary | |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Det. Insp. Percy Firbank |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Firbank |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Percy Firbank |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place |