Ray Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 1, 1936
- Died
- Dec 15, 1991 (aged 55)
- Place of birth
- Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Credits
- 64
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
1992Movie
Charlie Norris
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987Movie
Margaine
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985TV
Spikings
Struggle
1983TV
Sir Bert
Bewitched
1983Movie
Sylvester Brand
Shades of Darkness
1983TV
Sylvester Brand
We'll Meet Again
1982TV
Albert Mundy
Masada
1981TV
Lentius
Plays for Pleasure
1981TV
Clive Lewis
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981Movie
Aneurin Bevan
A Question of Guilt
1980TV
Supt Foley
The Atom Spies
1979Movie
Doctor Cockcroft
The Mill on the Floss
1978TV
Mr Tulliver
The Sailor's Return
1978Movie
Fred Leake
The Hills of Heaven
1978TV
Tramp
Mucking Out
1978Movie
Thomas Loftus
Enemy at the Door
1978TV
John Weston
The Mayor's Charity
1977Movie
Charlie Harris
1990
1977TV
Target
1977TV
MP Jack Sissons
The Sunday Drama
1977TV
Harry
Rogue Male
1976Movie
Fisherman
Bill Brand
1976TV
Moores
How Green Was My Valley
1975TV
Dai Bando
Operation: Daybreak
1975Movie
Hájek
Madame Bovary
1975TV
Homais
The Next Voice You See
1975Movie
Ben Tamplin
The Hanged Man
1975TV
Josef Milcjek
King Lear
1974Movie
Kent
Second City Firsts
1973TV
Thomas Loftus
Sam
1973TV
George Barraclough
Thriller
1973TV
Ben Tamplin
Britannia: A Bridge
1973Movie
Narrator (Voice)
Colditz
1972TV
Hans Hugenberg
Crown Court
1972TV
Made
1972Movie
Policeman
The Mill
1972Movie
Holland
Country Matters
1972TV
Mr Holland
Villains
1972TV
Dave Swift
The Frighteners
1972TV
The Guvnor
New Scotland Yard
1972TV
Arthur Clevedon, QC
Under Milk Wood
1972Movie
Mr Waldo
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971TV
Chief prison officer
Shadows of Fear
1970TV
German
The Ladies: Doreen
1969Movie
Eric
Plays of Today
1969TV
Eric
The Main Chance
1969TV
Joe Holroyd
Shaggy Dog
1968Movie
Mr Johnson
The Company of Five
1968TV
Arthur Gifford, Mr Johnson, Charlie, Nino, Thomas Davies
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968Movie
Stanley Maxwell
Stella
1968Movie
Man
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Sanctuary
1967TV
Half Hour Story
1967TV
The Man
Callan
1967TV
The Informer
1966TV
Receptionist / Bouncer, Anker
Moulded in Earth
1965TV
Jeff Ellis
Public Eye
1965TV
DI Percy Firbank
Ring Out an Alibi
1964TV
Watty
The Informers
1963Movie
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Ten
1963Movie
Mr. Briggs
The Painted Smile
1962Movie
Glynn
Candidate for Murder
1962Movie
Chauffeur
No Hiding Place
1959TV