Ray Smith
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-05-01 in Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Died
1991-12-15
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.
Most Known For
Crown Court
No Hiding Place
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Spikings
Public Eye
as Det. Insp. Percy Firbank
Public Eye
as Firbank
Public Eye
as Percy Firbank
Thriller
as Ben Tamplin
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Chief prison officer
The Main Chance
as Joe Holroyd
Enemy at the Door
as John Weston
Callan
Target
as MP Jack Sissons
Stella
as Man
Masada
as Lentius
Colditz
as Hans Hugenberg
Madame Bovary
as Homais
The Informer
as Receptionist / Bouncer
The Informer
as Anker
Sam
as George Barraclough
Shadows of Fear
as German