Ray Smith
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.253 |
Birthday | 1936-05-01 |
Place of Birth | Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK |
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1978
Mucking Out
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'I'm an expert on pigs now. How many people can claim they've castrated 1.000 baby pigs? Not many.' Brian is enthusiastic about his new job, but Thoma...
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Mucking Out
1973
Britannia: A Bridge
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Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."
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Britannia: A Bridge
1968
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
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When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.
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Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1978
The Sailor's Return
6/5
Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Ver...
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The Sailor's Return
1962
The Painted Smile
5.6/10
Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....
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The Painted Smile
1976
Rogue Male
6.4/19
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo...
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Rogue Male
1963
The Informers
6.8/9
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to wa...
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The Informers
1974
King Lear
4.3/3
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After...
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King Lear
1983
Bewitched
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The story is set in a small English coastal town, around the turn of the century. A young woman, thought by many in the village to be a witch, dies su...
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Bewitched
1968
Shaggy Dog
6/1
A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel chain corporation. During the interview, Wilkie atte...
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Shaggy Dog
1987
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
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Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1975
Operation: Daybreak
6.8/41
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
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Operation: Daybreak
1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title them...
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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1968
Stella
5/1
Stella escapes an unhappy relationship to live in a bedsit. She meets another man which forces her to make decisions about her life.
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Stella
1972
Made
5.5/2
This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk sin...
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Made
1972
Under Milk Wood
6.2/21
The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious characte...
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Under Milk Wood
1962
Tomorrow at Ten
6.3/9
A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
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Tomorrow at Ten
1977
The Mayor's Charity
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Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one. But her appointment of Ex-Warrant Officer Higham as Att...
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The Mayor's Charity
1975
The Next Voice You See
8.5/2
An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party wher...
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The Next Voice You See
1992
The Old Devils
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An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated...
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