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Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Actor May 1 (died age 55) Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK 1959–1992 (33 year career)
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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 …

Known For

Operation: Daybreak
Film

Operation: Daybreak

Hájek
Dempsey and Makepeace
Film

Dempsey and Makepeace

Spikings
Rogue Male
Film

Rogue Male

Fisherman
Under Milk Wood
Film

Under Milk Wood

Mr Waldo
The Informers
Film

The Informers

Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Ten
Film

Tomorrow at Ten

Mr. Briggs
The Painted Smile
Film

The Painted Smile

Glynn
The Sailor's Return
Film

The Sailor's Return

Fred Leake

Filmography

Acting (49)

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