Ray Smith

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.

  • Title: Ray Smith
  • Popularity: 4.442
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1936-05-01
  • Place of Birth: Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Ray Smith Movies

  • 1978
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    Mucking Out

    Mucking Out

    1 1978 HD

    '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...

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  • 1973
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    Britannia: A Bridge

    Britannia: A Bridge

    1 1973 HD

    Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

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  • 1968
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    Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

    Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

    1 1968 HD

    When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.

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  • 1978
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    The Sailor's Return

    The Sailor's Return

    6 1978 HD

    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....

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  • 1962
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    The Painted Smile

    The Painted Smile

    5.6 1962 HD

    Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....

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  • 1976
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    Rogue Male

    Rogue Male

    6.4 1976 HD

    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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  • 1963
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    The Informers

    The Informers

    6.8 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    King Lear

    King Lear

    4.3 1974 HD

    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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  • 1983
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    Bewitched

    Bewitched

    1 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1968
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    Shaggy Dog

    Shaggy Dog

    6 1968 HD

    A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel chain corporation. During the interview, Wilkie...

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  • 1987
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    The Trial of Klaus Barbie

    The Trial of Klaus Barbie

    1 1987 HD

    Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.

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  • 1975
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    Operation: Daybreak

    Operation: Daybreak

    6.8 1975 HD

    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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  • 1981
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    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

    1 1981 HD

    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...

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  • 1968
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    Stella

    Stella

    5 1968 HD

    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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  • 1972
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    Made

    Made

    5.5 1972 HD

    This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a...

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  • 1972
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    Under Milk Wood

    Under Milk Wood

    6.2 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    Tomorrow at Ten

    Tomorrow at Ten

    6.2 1962 HD

    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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  • 1977
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    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    1 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    The Next Voice You See

    The Next Voice You See

    8.5 1975 HD

    An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party...

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  • 1992
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    The Old Devils

    The Old Devils

    1 1992 HD

    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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  • 1973
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.6 1973 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

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  • 1972
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    Colditz

    Colditz

    7.3 1972 HD

    Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied...

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  • 1985
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    Dempsey and Makepeace

    Dempsey and Makepeace

    6.4 1985 HD

    Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The...

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1967
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    Callan

    Callan

    7 1967 HD

    Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

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  • 1971
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    7.3 1971 HD

    Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1977
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    1990

    1990

    6 1977 HD

    The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically...

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  • 1982
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    We'll Meet Again

    We'll Meet Again

    5.5 1982 HD

    It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town. The war weary British and the brash American GIs...

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  • 1975
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    How Green Was My Valley

    How Green Was My Valley

    5 1975 HD

    Life is harsh but uncomplicated and happy for the Morgan family in their coal mining village in the Rhondda Valleys. But as the 20th century...

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  • 1967
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    Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1970
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    Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

    6 1970 HD

    Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.

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  • 1975
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    Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary

    4.7 1975 HD

    Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of one woman's attempts to mold her...

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  • 1968
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    The Company of Five

    The Company of Five

    6.5 1968 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Main Chance

    The Main Chance

    8 1969 HD

    The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden...

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1973
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    Sam

    Sam

    5 1973 HD

    Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.

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  • 1976
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    Bill Brand

    Bill Brand

    6.3 1976 HD

    Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile...

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  • 1975
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    The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

    5.5 1975 HD

    After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go...

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1972
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    The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

    8.5 1972 HD

    A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1978
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    Enemy at the Door

    Enemy at the Door

    8 1978 HD

    Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and...

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