
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.

Operation: Daybreak
1975 · as Hájek

Under Milk Wood
1972 · as Mr Waldo

Rogue Male
1976 · as Fisherman

Stella
1968 · as Man

The Informers
1963 · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

The Mill
1972 · as Holland

Mucking Out
1978 · as Thomas Loftus

Shaggy Dog
1968 · as Mr Johnson

Tomorrow at Ten
1963 · as Mr. Briggs

The Old Devils
1992 · as Charlie Norris

The Painted Smile
1962 · as Glynn

The Atom Spies
1979 · as Doctor Cockcroft

The Ladies: Doreen
1969 · as Eric

Made
1972 · as Policeman

The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987 · as Margaine

The Mayor's Charity
1977 · as Charlie Harris

Candidate for Murder
1962 · as Chauffeur

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981 · as Aneurin Bevan