Ray Smith
Actor
Born May 1, 1936 in Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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
The Old Devils
Charlie Norris
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Margaine
Dempsey and Makepeace
Spikings
Bewitched
Sylvester Brand
Shades of Darkness
Sylvester Brand
We'll Meet Again
Albert Mundy
Masada
Lentius
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Aneurin Bevan
The Mill on the Floss
Mr Tulliver
The Sailor's Return
Fred Leake
Mucking Out
Thomas Loftus
Enemy at the Door
John Weston
The Mayor's Charity
Charlie Harris
1990
Target
MP Jack Sissons
Rogue Male
Fisherman
Bill Brand
Moores
How Green Was My Valley
Dai Bando
Operation: Daybreak
Hájek
Madame Bovary
Homais
The Next Voice You See
Ben Tamplin
King Lear
Kent
Sam
George Barraclough
Thriller
Ben Tamplin
Colditz
Hans Hugenberg
Crown Court
Made
Policeman
Country Matters
Mr Holland
Villains
Dave Swift
The Frighteners
The Guvnor
New Scotland Yard
Arthur Clevedon, QC
Under Milk Wood
Mr Waldo
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Chief prison officer
Shadows of Fear
German
The Main Chance
Joe Holroyd
Shaggy Dog
Mr Johnson
The Company of Five
Arthur Gifford
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Stanley Maxwell
ITV Playhouse
Callan
Half Hour Story
The Man
The Informer
Receptionist / Bouncer
Public Eye
DI Percy Firbank
The Informers
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Ten
Mr. Briggs
The Painted Smile
Glynn
Candidate for Murder
Chauffeur
No Hiding Place