Ray Smith

Acting

Born May 1, 1936, 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

• 1992The Old Devils — Charlie Norris
• 1987The Trial of Klaus Barbie — Margaine
• Dempsey and Makepeace — Spikings
• 1983Bewitched — Sylvester Brand
• Shades of Darkness — Sylvester Brand
• Struggle — Sir Bert
• We'll Meet Again — Albert Mundy
• Masada — Lentius
• Plays for Pleasure — Clive Lewis
• 1981The Life and Times of David Lloyd George — Aneurin Bevan
• A Question of Guilt — Supt Foley
• 1979The Atom Spies — Doctor Cockcroft
• Enemy at the Door — John Weston
• 1978Mucking Out — Thomas Loftus
• The Hills of Heaven — Tramp
• The Mill on the Floss — Mr Tulliver
• 1978The Sailor's Return — Fred Leake
• 1990
• Target — MP Jack Sissons
• 1977The Mayor's Charity — Charlie Harris
• The Sunday Drama — Harry
• Bill Brand — Moores
• 1976Rogue Male — Fisherman
• How Green Was My Valley — Dai Bando
• Madame Bovary — Homais
• 1975Operation: Daybreak — Hájek
• The Hanged Man — Josef Milcjek
• 1975The Next Voice You See — Ben Tamplin
• 1974King Lear — Kent
• 1973Britannia: A Bridge — Narrator (Voice)
• Sam — George Barraclough
• Second City Firsts — Thomas Loftus
• Thriller — Ben Tamplin
• Colditz — Hans Hugenberg
• Country Matters — Mr Holland
• Crown Court
• 1972Made — Policeman
• New Scotland Yard — Arthur Clevedon, QC
• The Frighteners — The Guvnor
• 1972The Mill — Holland
• 1972Under Milk Wood — Mr Waldo
• Villains — Dave Swift
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Chief prison officer
• Shadows of Fear — German
• Plays of Today — Eric
• 1969The Ladies: Doreen — Eric
• The Main Chance — Joe Holroyd
• 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It — Stanley Maxwell
• 1968Shaggy Dog — Mr Johnson
• 1968Stella — Man
• The Company of Five — Arthur Gifford, Mr Johnson, Charlie, Nino, Thomas Davies
• Callan
• Half Hour Story — The Man
• ITV Playhouse
• Sanctuary
• The Informer — Receptionist / Bouncer, Anker
• Moulded in Earth — Jeff Ellis
• Public Eye — DI Percy Firbank
• Ring Out an Alibi — Watty
• 1963The Informers — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1963Tomorrow at Ten — Mr. Briggs
• 1962Candidate for Murder — Chauffeur
• 1962The Painted Smile — Glynn
• No Hiding Place