Ray Smith
Actor
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
Under Milk Wood
as Mr Waldo 1972
Rogue Male
as Fisherman 1976
Tomorrow at Ten
as Mr. Briggs 1963
The Informers
as Police Sergeant (uncredited) 1963
The Painted Smile
as Glynn 1962
The Sailor's Return
as Fred Leake 1978
King Lear
as Kent 1974
Shaggy Dog
as Mr Johnson 1968
Made
as Policeman 1972
The Next Voice You See
as Ben Tamplin 1975
Stella
as Man 1968
Mucking Out
as Thomas Loftus 1978
Britannia: A Bridge
as Narrator (Voice) 1973
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Stanley Maxwell 1968
Bewitched
as Sylvester Brand 1983
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Margaine 1987