Ray Smith

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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 …

  • Acting
  • Born 1 May 1936
  • Died 15 December 1991 (age 55)
  • Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  • 52 credits

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Most-watched Ray Smith films currently: Operation: Daybreak (1975), Under Milk Wood (1972), Rogue Male (1976), The Informers (1963), The Old Devils (1992).

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Selected TV credits: Crown Court (1972), ITV Playhouse (1967), No Hiding Place (1959), Thriller (1973), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971).

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