Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1936-05-01
Place of Birth:Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1936-05-01 More

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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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Dempsey and Makepeace
Action & Adventure Drama
Bewitched
Drama Mystery TV Movie
Enemy at the Door
Drama War & Politics
Rogue Male
Drama War TV Movie
The Next Voice You See
TV Movie Horror Thriller
Thriller
Drama Crime Mystery
Colditz
Drama War & Politics
Shaggy Dog
Drama TV Movie
Stella
Drama TV Movie
Callan
Action & Adventure Drama
  • name:Ray Smith
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1936-05-01
  • Place of Birth:Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  • Also Known As:
  • 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.
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