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