
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.

Crown Court
TV • 1972

No Hiding Place
TV • 1959

Thriller
TV • 1973

Public Eye
TV • 1965

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971

The Main Chance
TV • 1969

Dempsey and Makepeace
TV • 1985

Target
TV • 1977

Callan
TV • 1967

Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978

Colditz
TV • 1972

The Informer
TV • 1966

The Informer
TV • 1966

Masada
TV • 1981

Bill Brand
TV • 1976

Sam
TV • 1973

1990
TV • 1977

Shadows of Fear
TV • 1970