Ray Smith
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.
55 acting credits
Acting · 55
Crown Court
1972
ITV Playhouse
1967
No Hiding Place
1959
Thriller
1973
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Public Eye
1965
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
The Main Chance
1969
Callan
1967
Enemy at the Door
1978
Colditz
1972
Target
1977
Masada
1981
1990
1977
New Scotland Yard
1972
Bill Brand
1976
The Informer
1966
Sam
1973
The Frighteners
1972
Shadows of Fear
1970
Country Matters
1972
The Sunday Drama
1977
We'll Meet Again
1982
The Hanged Man
1975
How Green Was My Valley
1975
Shades of Darkness
1983
The Company of Five
1968
Madame Bovary
1975
Sanctuary
1967
Villains
1972
The Mill on the Floss
1978
Operation: Daybreak
1975
Rogue Male
1976
The Informers
1963
Under Milk Wood
1972
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
Bewitched
1983
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
The Old Devils
1992
Made
1972
Candidate for Murder
1962
The Sailor's Return
1978
The Mayor's Charity
1977
The Painted Smile
1962
The Next Voice You See
1975
King Lear
1974
Ring Out an Alibi
1964
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968
Stella
1968
The Mill
1972
Shaggy Dog
1968
Mucking Out
1978
The Ladies: Doreen
1969
Britannia: A Bridge
1973