Acting credits
42
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ray Smith
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 19Series: 23
TMDB ID: 177591
IMDb ID: nm0809657
Known for: Acting
Born: May 1, 1936
Died: December 15, 1991
Age: 55
Place of birth: Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 1992
Years active: 34
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q2133976
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ray Smith.
The Old Devils
as Charlie Norris
1992 Movie
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Margaine
1987 Movie
Bewitched
as Sylvester Brand
1983 Movie
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Aneurin Bevan
1981 Movie
6.0
The Sailor's Return
as Fred Leake
1978 Movie
Mucking Out
as Thomas Loftus
1978 Movie
The Mayor's Charity
as Charlie Harris
1977 Movie
6.5
Rogue Male
as Fisherman
1976 Movie
6.9
Operation: Daybreak
as Hájek
1975 Movie
8.5
The Next Voice You See
as Ben Tamplin
1975 Movie
4.3
King Lear
as Kent
1974 Movie
5.5
Made
as Policeman
1972 Movie
5.9
Under Milk Wood
as Mr Waldo
1972 Movie
6.0
Shaggy Dog
as Mr Johnson
1968 Movie
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Stanley Maxwell
1968 Movie
6.5
The Informers
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1963 Movie
5.7
Tomorrow at Ten
as Mr. Briggs
1963 Movie
5.6
The Painted Smile
as Glynn
1962 Movie
Candidate for Murder
as Chauffeur
1962 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ray Smith.
6.4
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Spikings • 30 eps
1985 Series
5.5
We'll Meet Again
as Albert Munday • 13 eps
1982 Series
7.0
Masada
as Lentius • 1 eps
1981 Series
5.5
The Mill on the Floss
as Mr Tulliver • 6 eps
1978 Series
7.8
Enemy at the Door
as John Weston • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.0
1990
1 eps
1977 Series
6.3
Target
as MP Jack Sissons • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.3
Bill Brand
as Moores • 2 eps
1976 Series
6.5
How Green Was My Valley
as Dai Bando • 6 eps
1975 Series
4.7
Madame Bovary
as Homais • 4 eps
1975 Series
5.0
Sam
as George Barraclough • 39 eps
1973 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Ben Tamplin • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.3
Colditz
as Hans Hugenberg • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.4
Crown Court
1 eps
1972 Series
3.3
Country Matters
as Holland • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Chief prison officer • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.0
Shadows of Fear
as German • 2 eps
1970 Series
7.7
The Main Chance
as Joe Holroyd • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.5
The Company of Five
6 eps
1968 Series
7.0
Callan
1 eps
1967 Series
The Informer
as Receptionist / Bouncer • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.8
Public Eye
as Det. Insp. Percy Firbank • 6 eps
1965 Series
3.7
No Hiding Place
2 eps
1959 Series