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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 1, 1936
Died
December 15, 1991
Place of Birth
Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Ray Smith
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Charlie Norris
The Old Devils
1992
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Margaine
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
6.4
Spikings
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
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Sylvester Brand
Bewitched
1983
5.5
We'll Meet Again
1982
7.0
Lentius
Masada
1981
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Aneurin Bevan
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
5.5
Mr Tulliver
The Mill on the Floss
1978
6.0
Fred Leake
The Sailor's Return
1978
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Thomas Loftus
Mucking Out
1978
Credits
The Old Devils
as Charlie Norris
1992
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Margaine
1987
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Dempsey and Makepeace
as Spikings
1985
6.4
Bewitched
as Sylvester Brand
1983
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We'll Meet Again
1982
5.5
Masada
as Lentius
1981
7.0
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Aneurin Bevan
1981
0.0
The Mill on the Floss
as Mr Tulliver
1978
5.5
The Sailor's Return
as Fred Leake
1978
6.0
Mucking Out
as Thomas Loftus
1978
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Enemy at the Door
as John Weston
1978
7.8
The Mayor's Charity
as Charlie Harris
1977
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1990
1977
6.0
Target
as MP Jack Sissons
1977
6.3
Rogue Male
as Fisherman
1976
6.5
Bill Brand
as Moores
1976
6.3
How Green Was My Valley
as Dai Bando
1975
6.5
Operation: Daybreak
as Hájek
1975
6.9
Madame Bovary
as Homais
1975
4.7
The Next Voice You See
as Ben Tamplin
1975
8.5
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The Hanged Man
as Josef Milcjek
1975
5.5
King Lear
as Kent
1974
4.3
Sam
as George Barraclough
1973
5.0
Thriller
as Ben Tamplin
1973
6.6
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Britannia: A Bridge
as Narrator (Voice)
1973
0.0
Colditz
as Hans Hugenberg
1972
7.3
Crown Court
1972
5.4
Made
as Policeman
1972
5.5
Under Milk Wood
as Mr Waldo
1972
5.9
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Chief prison officer
1971
7.4
Shadows of Fear
as German
1970
6.0
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The Ladies: Doreen
as Eric
1969
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The Main Chance
as Joe Holroyd
1969
7.7
Shaggy Dog
as Mr Johnson
1968
6.0
The Company of Five
1968
6.5
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Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Stanley Maxwell
1968
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Stella
as Man
1968
5.0
Callan
1967
7.0
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Sanctuary
1967
5.0
The Informer
as Receptionist / Bouncer
1966
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The Informer
as Anker
1966
0.0
Public Eye
as Det. Insp. Percy Firbank
1965
7.8
Public Eye
as Firbank
1965
7.8
Public Eye
as Percy Firbank
1965
7.8
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Ring Out an Alibi
as Watty
1964
0.0
The Informers
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1963
6.5
Tomorrow at Ten
as Mr. Briggs
1963
5.7
The Painted Smile
as Glynn
1962
5.6
Candidate for Murder
as Chauffeur
1962
0.0
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7