Ray Smith
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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
Credits
Operation: Daybreak (1975)
as Hájek
The Mill (1972)
as Holland
Mucking Out (1978)
as Thomas Loftus
Stella (1968)
as Man
Rogue Male (1976)
as Fisherman
The Ladies: Doreen (1969)
as Eric
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Mr Waldo
Shaggy Dog (1968)
as Mr Johnson
The Next Voice You See (1975)
as Ben Tamplin
The Painted Smile (1962)
as Glynn
The Sailor's Return (1978)
as Fred Leake
Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
as Mr. Briggs
The Informers (1963)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Candidate for Murder (1962)
as Chauffeur
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
as Aneurin Bevan
The Trial of Klaus Barbie (1987)
as Margaine
The Old Devils (1992)
as Charlie Norris
Britannia: A Bridge (1973)
as Narrator (Voice)
King Lear (1974)
as Kent
The Atom Spies (1979)
as Doctor Cockcroft
Bewitched (1983)
as Sylvester Brand
Made (1972)
as Policeman
The Mayor's Charity (1977)
as Charlie Harris
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It (1968)
as Stanley Maxwell