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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: Acting

Born: Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, 1936-05-01

Died: 1991-12-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Painted Smile	Glynn	56
2	1963	Tomorrow at Ten	Mr. Briggs	61
3	1963	The Informers	Police Sergeant (uncredited)	68
4	1968	Stella	Man	50
5	1968	Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It	Stanley Maxwell	0
6	1968	Shaggy Dog	Mr Johnson	60
7	1969	The Ladies: Doreen	Eric	0
8	1972	Under Milk Wood	Mr Waldo	62
9	1972	Made	Policeman	55
10	1973	Britannia: A Bridge	Narrator (Voice)	0
11	1974	King Lear	Kent	43
12	1975	The Next Voice You See	Ben Tamplin	85
13	1975	Operation: Daybreak	Hájek	69
14	1976	Rogue Male	Fisherman	65
15	1977	The Mayor's Charity	Charlie Harris	0
16	1978	Mucking Out	Thomas Loftus	0
17	1978	The Sailor's Return	Fred Leake	60
18	1981	The Life and Times of David Lloyd George	Aneurin Bevan	0
19	1983	Bewitched	Sylvester Brand	0
20	1987	The Trial of Klaus Barbie	Margaine	0
21	1992	The Old Devils	Charlie Norris	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	No Hiding Place		37
2	1965	Public Eye	Det. Insp. Percy Firbank	78
3	1965	Public Eye	Firbank	78
4	1965	Public Eye	Percy Firbank	78
5	1967	Sanctuary		50
6	1967	Callan		70
7	1968	The Company of Five		65
8	1969	The Main Chance	Joe Holroyd	77
9	1970	Shadows of Fear	German	60
10	1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Chief prison officer	73
11	1972	Crown Court		54
12	1972	Colditz	Hans Hugenberg	73
13	1973	Thriller	Ben Tamplin	66
14	1973	Sam	George Barraclough	50
15	1975	The Hanged Man	Josef Milcjek	55
16	1975	Madame Bovary	Homais	47
17	1975	How Green Was My Valley	Dai Bando	65
18	1976	Bill Brand	Moores	63
19	1977	1990		60
20	1978	Enemy at the Door	John Weston	78
21	1982	We'll Meet Again		55
22	1985	Dempsey and Makepeace	Spikings	64