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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 the age of 55 from a massive heart attack and won the posthumous BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor in…
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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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The Old Devils
as Charlie Norris
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Margaine
Bewitched
as Sylvester Brand
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Aneurin Bevan
No Poster
The Atom Spies
as Doctor Cockcroft
The Sailor's Return
as Fred Leake
Mucking Out
as Thomas Loftus
The Mayor's Charity
as Charlie Harris
Rogue Male
as Fisherman
Operation: Daybreak
as Hájek
The Next Voice You See
as Ben Tamplin
King Lear
as Kent
No Poster
Britannia: A Bridge
as Narrator (Voice)
Made
as Policeman
No Poster
The Mill
as Holland
Under Milk Wood
as Mr Waldo
No Poster
The Ladies: Doreen
as Eric
Shaggy Dog
as Mr Johnson
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Stanley Maxwell
No Poster
Stella
as Man
The Informers
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Ten
as Mr. Briggs
The Painted Smile
as Glynn
Candidate for Murder
as Chauffeur