Ray Smith

Born: 1936-05-01

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.


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Operation: Daybreak

as Hájek
Released: 1975-11-01

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its...

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Rogue Male

as Fisherman
Released: 1976-09-22

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot...

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The Informers

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: 1963-11-29

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close...

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Under Milk Wood

as Mr Waldo
Released: 1972-01-27

The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called...

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Bewitched

as Sylvester Brand
Released: 1983-07-08

The story is set in a small English coastal town, around the turn of the century. A young woman,...

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Shaggy Dog

as Mr Johnson
Released: 1968-11-10

A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line...

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The Old Devils

as Charlie Norris
Released: 1992-03-16

An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in...

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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

as Aneurin Bevan
Released: 1981-03-04

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician...

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The Sailor's Return

as Fred Leake
Released: 1978-11-15

Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown...

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King Lear

as Kent
Released: 1974-09-24

When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three...

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The Trial of Klaus Barbie

as Margaine
Released: 1987-07-15

Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.

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Tomorrow at Ten

as Mr. Briggs
Released: 1962-09-01

A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a...

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The Next Voice You See

as uncredited
Released: 1975-05-17

An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first...

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The Painted Smile

as Glynn
Released: 1962-05-01

Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister...

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Made

as Policeman
Released: 1972-10-01

This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself...

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The Mayor's Charity

as Charlie Harris
Released: 1977-11-29

Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one....

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Mucking Out

as Thomas Loftus
Released: 1978-05-06

'I'm an expert on pigs now. How many people can claim they've castrated 1.000 baby pigs? Not...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Dempsey and Makepeace

as Spikings
First aired: 1985-01-11

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Chief prison officer
First aired: 1971-09-20

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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The Main Chance

as Joe Holroyd
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Enemy at the Door

as John Weston
First aired: 1978-01-28

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for...

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Crown Court

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Colditz

as Hans Hugenberg
First aired: 1972-10-19

Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened...

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The Hanged Man

as Josef Milcjek
First aired: 1975-02-15

After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to...

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1990

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-18

The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's...

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Public Eye

as Det. Insp. Percy Firbank
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Public Eye

as Firbank
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Public Eye

as Percy Firbank
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Thriller

as Ben Tamplin
First aired: 1973-04-14

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...

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How Green Was My Valley

as Dai Bando
First aired: 1975-12-29

Life is harsh but uncomplicated and happy for the Morgan family in their coal mining village in...

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We'll Meet Again

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-02-19

It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town....

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Bill Brand

as Moores
First aired: 1976-06-07

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as...

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Shadows of Fear

as German
First aired: 1970-06-17

Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked...

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Callan

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-07-08

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage....

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Sam

as George Barraclough
First aired: 1973-06-12

Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.

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Madame Bovary

as Homais
First aired: 1975-09-22

Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave...

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The Company of Five

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-11-03

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The Frighteners

as Guvnor
First aired: 1972-05-14

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

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