Ray Smith

Person · Open Library

Works

115

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Film & TV

Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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…

Known for

• The Old Devils — Charlie Norris1992
• The Trial of Klaus Barbie — Margaine1987
• Dempsey and Makepeace — Spikings1985
• Bewitched — Sylvester Brand1983
• Shades of Darkness — Sylvester Brand1983
• Struggle — Sir Bert1983
• We'll Meet Again — Albert Mundy1982
• The Life and Times of David Lloyd George — Aneurin Bevan1981
• Masada — Lentius1981
• Plays for Pleasure — Clive Lewis1981

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1969-08-06

Active to

2003-10-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

93,266

Total plays

417,537

Ray Smith, born October 30, 1934, died November 29, 1979 (suicide) birthplace Melber, Kentucky. Raised in Paducah, Kentucky, Ray Smith was taught piano at an early age and performed cowboy songs in school. As a teen he was a moonshine bootlegger with his brother-in-law and also worked for Coca-Cola. After a stint in the Air Force, Ray decided to jump on the burgeoning new rock and roll bandwagon, even though he admitted later that at first he hated rock and roll and his main influence was not El

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Smith

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Trealaw

Place of death

Llandough

Child

Pepsi Tate

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

English language

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