Ray Smith
Age: 55 | From: Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1936-05-01 14:52:09
Death: 1991-12-15 14:52:09
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) Chief prison officer
Colditz
(1972) Hans Hugenberg
Dempsey and Makepeace
(1985) Spikings
Public Eye
(1965) Percy Firbank
Thriller
(1973) Ben Tamplin
The Main Chance
(1969) Joe Holroyd
Shadows of Fear
(1970) German
Enemy at the Door
(1978) John WestonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Charlie Norris | |
| 1987 | Margaine | |
| 1985 | Spikings | |
| 1983 | Sylvester Brand | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1981 | Aneurin Bevan | |
| 1978 | Fred Leake | |
| Thomas Loftus | ||
| John Weston | ||
| 1977 | Charlie Harris | |
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Fisherman | |
| Moores | ||
| 1975 | Dai Bando | |
| Hájek | ||
| Homais | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Kent | |
| 1973 | George Barraclough | |
| Ben Tamplin | ||
| Narrator (Voice) | ||
| 1972 | Hans Hugenberg | |
| N/A | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Mr Waldo | ||
| 1971 | Chief prison officer | |
| 1970 | German | |
| 1969 | Joe Holroyd | |
| 1968 | Mr Johnson | |
| N/A | ||
| Stanley Maxwell | ||
| Man | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Firbank | |
| Percy Firbank | ||
| Det. Insp. Percy Firbank | ||
| 1963 | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | Mr. Briggs | |
| Glynn | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
