Ray Smith
Acting
1936-05-01 · 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
1992 · Movie
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987 · Movie
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985 · Series
Struggle
1983 · Series
Bewitched
1983 · Movie
Shades of Darkness
1983 · Series
We'll Meet Again
1982 · Series
Masada
1981 · Series
Plays for Pleasure
1981 · Series
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981 · Movie
A Question of Guilt
1980 · Series
The Atom Spies
1979 · Movie
The Mill on the Floss
1978 · Series
The Sailor's Return
1978 · Movie
Mucking Out
1978 · Movie
Enemy at the Door
1978 · Series
The Mayor's Charity
1977 · Movie
1990
1977 · Series
Target
1977 · Series
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Series
Rogue Male
1976 · Movie
Bill Brand
1976 · Series
How Green Was My Valley
1975 · Series
Operation: Daybreak
1975 · Movie
Madame Bovary
1975 · Series
The Next Voice You See
1975 · Movie
The Hanged Man
1975 · Series
King Lear
1974 · Movie
Second City Firsts
1973 · Series
Sam
1973 · Series
Thriller
1973 · Series
Britannia: A Bridge
1973 · Movie
Colditz
1972 · Series
Crown Court
1972 · Series
Made
1972 · Movie
The Mill
1972 · Movie
Country Matters
1972 · Series
Villains
1972 · Series
The Frighteners
1972 · Series
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Series
Under Milk Wood
1972 · Movie
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
Shadows of Fear
1970 · Series
The Ladies: Doreen
1969 · Movie
Plays of Today
1969 · Series
The Main Chance
1969 · Series
Shaggy Dog
1968 · Movie
The Company of Five
1968 · Series
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968 · Movie
Stella
1968 · Movie
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Sanctuary
1967 · Series
Half Hour Story
1967 · Series
Callan
1967 · Series
The Informer
1966 · Series
Moulded in Earth
1965 · Series
Public Eye
1965 · Series
Ring Out an Alibi
1964 · Series
The Informers
1963 · Movie
Tomorrow at Ten
1963 · Movie
The Painted Smile
1962 · Movie
Candidate for Murder
1962 · Movie
No Hiding Place
1959 · Series