Ray Smith
Acting
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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
The Old Devils
1992
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
Bewitched
1983
Shades of Darkness
1983
We'll Meet Again
1982
Masada
1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
A Question of Guilt
1980
The Atom Spies
1979
The Mill on the Floss
1978
The Sailor's Return
1978
Mucking Out
1978
Enemy at the Door
1978
The Mayor's Charity
1977
1990
1977
Target
1977
The Sunday Drama
1977
Rogue Male
1976
Bill Brand
1976
How Green Was My Valley
1975
Operation: Daybreak
1975
Madame Bovary
1975
The Next Voice You See
1975
The Hanged Man
1975
King Lear
1974
Second City Firsts
1973
Sam
1973
Thriller
1973
Britannia: A Bridge
1973
Colditz
1972
Crown Court
1972
Made
1972
The Mill
1972
Country Matters
1972
Villains
1972
The Frighteners
1972
New Scotland Yard
1972
Under Milk Wood
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Shadows of Fear
1970
The Ladies: Doreen
1969
Plays of Today
1969
The Main Chance
1969
Shaggy Dog
1968
The Company of Five
1968
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968
Stella
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967
Callan
1967
Sanctuary
1967
Half Hour Story
1967
The Informer
1966
Public Eye
1965
Ring Out an Alibi
1964
The Informers
1963
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
The Painted Smile
1962
Candidate for Murder
1962
No Hiding Place
1959