Ray Smith
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
Crown Court
No Hiding Place
Thriller
Ben Tamplin
Public Eye
Det. Insp. Percy Firbank
Public Eye
Firbank
Public Eye
Percy Firbank
Dempsey and Makepeace
Spikings
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Aneurin Bevan
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Chief prison officer
The Main Chance
Joe Holroyd
Enemy at the Door
John Weston
The Mayor's Charity
Charlie Harris
Operation: Daybreak
Hájek
Candidate for Murder
Chauffeur
Callan
Colditz
Hans Hugenberg
The Sailor's Return
Fred Leake
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Stanley Maxwell
Made
Policeman
Target
MP Jack Sissons
Bewitched
Sylvester Brand
The Painted Smile
Glynn
The Informers
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Next Voice You See
Ben Tamplin
1990
Rogue Male
Fisherman
Tomorrow at Ten
Mr. Briggs
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Margaine
Stella
Man
The Informer
Receptionist / Bouncer
The Informer
Anker
Sam
George Barraclough
How Green Was My Valley
Dai Bando
Shadows of Fear
German
The Old Devils
Charlie Norris
The Hanged Man
Josef Milcjek
Bill Brand
Moores
We'll Meet Again
Under Milk Wood
Mr Waldo
Madame Bovary
Homais
King Lear
Kent
Sanctuary
The Ladies: Doreen
Eric
The Company of Five
Mucking Out
Thomas Loftus
Shaggy Dog
Mr Johnson
Britannia: A Bridge
Narrator (Voice)