Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Acting
🎂 1936-05-01 (55 years old at death)
✝️ 1991-12-15
📍 Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
👤 Male
🎬 19 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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 i ...
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Filmography (19 movies)

The Old Devils
The Old Devils
1992
as Charlie Norris
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
as Margaine
Bewitched
Bewitched
1983
as Sylvester Brand
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Aneurin Bevan
The Sailor's Return
The Sailor's Return
1978
as Fred Leake
Mucking Out
Mucking Out
1978
as Thomas Loftus
The Mayor's Charity
The Mayor's Charity
1977
as Charlie Harris
Rogue Male
Rogue Male
1976
as Fisherman
Operation: Daybreak
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Hájek
The Next Voice You See
The Next Voice You See
1975
as Ben Tamplin
King Lear
King Lear
1974
as Kent
Made
Made
1972
as Policeman
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
1972
as Mr Waldo
Shaggy Dog
Shaggy Dog
1968
as Mr Johnson
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968
as Stanley Maxwell
The Informers
The Informers
1963
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Ten
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
as Mr. Briggs
The Painted Smile
The Painted Smile
1962
as Glynn
Candidate for Murder
Candidate for Murder
1962
as Chauffeur