Ray Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 1, 1936
- Died
- December 15, 1991 (aged 55)
- Birthplace
- Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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
The Old Devils
Movie · as Charlie Norris
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Movie · as Margaine
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV · as Spikings · 30 eps
Bewitched
Movie · as Sylvester Brand
Shades of Darkness
TV · as Sylvester Brand · 1 ep
Struggle
TV · as Sir Bert · 6 eps
We'll Meet Again
TV · as Albert Mundy · 11 eps
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Movie · as Aneurin Bevan
Masada
TV · as Lentius · 1 ep
Plays for Pleasure
TV · as Clive Lewis · 1 ep
A Question of Guilt
TV · as Supt Foley · 7 eps
The Atom Spies
Movie · as Doctor Cockcroft
Mucking Out
Movie · as Thomas Loftus
The Sailor's Return
Movie · as Fred Leake
Enemy at the Door
TV · as John Weston · 1 ep
The Mill on the Floss
TV · as Mr Tulliver · 6 eps
The Hills of Heaven
TV · as Tramp · 3 eps
The Mayor's Charity
Movie · as Charlie Harris
1990
TV · 1 ep
Target
TV · as MP Jack Sissons · 1 ep
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Harry · 1 ep
Rogue Male
Movie · as Fisherman
Bill Brand
TV · as Moores · 2 eps
Operation: Daybreak
Movie · as Hájek
The Next Voice You See
Movie · as Ben Tamplin
Madame Bovary
TV · as Homais · 4 eps
The Hanged Man
TV · as Josef Milcjek · 1 ep
How Green Was My Valley
TV · as Dai Bando · 6 eps
King Lear
Movie · as Kent
Britannia: A Bridge
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Thriller
TV · as Ben Tamplin · 1 ep
Sam
TV · as George Barraclough · 39 eps
Second City Firsts
TV · as Thomas Loftus · 1 ep
Made
Movie · as Policeman
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Mr Waldo
The Mill
Movie · as Holland
Colditz
TV · as Hans Hugenberg · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · 1 ep
Country Matters
TV · as Mr Holland · 1 ep
Villains
TV · as Dave Swift · 1 ep
The Frighteners
TV · as The Guvnor · 1 ep
New Scotland Yard
TV · as Arthur Clevedon, QC · 1 ep
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Chief prison officer · 1 ep
Shadows of Fear
TV · as German · 2 eps
The Ladies: Doreen
Movie · as Eric
The Main Chance
TV · as Joe Holroyd · 1 ep
Plays of Today
TV · as Eric · 1 ep
Special Branch
TV · as DCI Jeffries · 1 ep
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Movie · as Stanley Maxwell
Shaggy Dog
Movie · as Mr Johnson
Stella
Movie · as Man
The Company of Five
TV · as Arthur Gifford, Mr Johnson, Charlie, Nino, Thomas Davies · 1 ep
Callan
TV · 1 ep
Sanctuary
TV · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Half Hour Story
TV · as The Man · 1 ep
The Informer
TV · as Receptionist / Bouncer, Anker · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · as DI Percy Firbank · 14 eps
Moulded in Earth
TV · as Jeff Ellis · 5 eps
Ring Out an Alibi
TV · as Watty · 6 eps
The Informers
Movie · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie · as Mr. Briggs
The Painted Smile
Movie · as Glynn
Candidate for Murder
Movie · as Chauffeur
No Hiding Place
TV · 2 eps