Ray Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1936-05-01Died 1991-12-15Trealaw, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

The Mayor's Charity

The Next Voice You See

The Frighteners

Enemy at the Door

The Main Chance

Public Eye

Shades of Darkness

Colditz

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Sam

Villains

Bill Brand

Masada

We'll Meet Again

Target

The Hanged Man

Made

Operation: Daybreak

Stella

The Company of Five

Callan

ITV Playhouse

Thriller

The Mill on the Floss

How Green Was My Valley

Dempsey and Makepeace

The Informers

Shadows of Fear

Shaggy Dog

1990

Rogue Male

New Scotland Yard

The Sailor's Return

Under Milk Wood

Madame Bovary

Sanctuary

Tomorrow at Ten

The Painted Smile

Crown Court

King Lear

The Sunday Drama

No Hiding Place

Country Matters

The Old Devils

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Bewitched

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George