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Ray Smith
Ray Smith

Ray Smith

ActingBorn May 1, 1936Died December 15, 1991 (age 55)Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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.

Filmography

1992
The Old Devils

as Charlie Norris

Movie
1987Movie
1985TV
1983
Bewitched

as Sylvester Brand

Movie
1983
Shades of Darkness

as Sylvester Brand

TV
1982
We'll Meet Again

as Albert Mundy

TV
1981
Masada

as Lentius

TV
1981
Plays for Pleasure

as Clive Lewis

TV
1980
A Question of Guilt

as Supt Foley

TV
1979
The Atom Spies

as Doctor Cockcroft

Movie
1978
The Mill on the Floss

as Mr Tulliver

TV
1978
The Sailor's Return

as Fred Leake

Movie
1978
Mucking Out

as Thomas Loftus

Movie
1978
Enemy at the Door

as John Weston

TV
1977
The Mayor's Charity

as Charlie Harris

Movie
1977TV
1977
Target

as MP Jack Sissons

TV
1977TV
1976
Rogue Male

as Fisherman

Movie
1976
Bill Brand

as Moores

TV
1975TV
1975Movie
1975
Madame Bovary

as Homais

TV
1975Movie
1975
The Hanged Man

as Josef Milcjek

TV
1974
King Lear

as Kent

Movie
1973
Second City Firsts

as Thomas Loftus

TV
1973
Sam

as George Barraclough

TV
1973
Thriller

as Ben Tamplin

TV
1973
Britannia: A Bridge

as Narrator (Voice)

Movie
1972
Colditz

as Hans Hugenberg

TV
1972
Made

as Policeman

Movie
1972
The Mill

as Holland

Movie
1972
Country Matters

as Mr Holland

TV
1972
Villains

as Dave Swift

TV
1972
The Frighteners

as The Guvnor

TV
1972
New Scotland Yard

as Arthur Clevedon, QC

TV
1972
Under Milk Wood

as Mr Waldo

Movie
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Chief prison officer

TV
1970TV
1969Movie
1969TV
1969
The Main Chance

as Joe Holroyd

TV
1968
Shaggy Dog

as Mr Johnson

Movie
1968
The Company of Five

as Arthur Gifford

TV
1968
The Company of Five

as Mr Johnson

TV
1968TV
1968TV
1968
The Company of Five

as Thomas Davies

TV
1968Movie
1968
Stella

as Man

Movie
1967TV
1967TV
1967
Half Hour Story

as The Man

TV
1966
The Informer

as Receptionist / Bouncer

TV
1966
The Informer

as Anker

TV
1965
Public Eye

as DI Percy Firbank

TV
1964TV
1963
The Informers

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie
1963
Tomorrow at Ten

as Mr. Briggs

Movie
1962Movie
1962Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 1, 1936
Day of DeathDecember 15, 1991
Place of BirthTrealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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