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Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Birthday: 1936-05-01 | Place of Birth: Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace

as    Spikings

1977
Rogue Male

as    Fisherman

1975
Madame Bovary

as    Homais

1973
Under Milk Wood

as    Mr Waldo

1962
The Painted Smile

as    Glynn