Ray Smith Website

Biography // Film and TV Credits // Pictures // Links
Dempsey and Makepeace WWW Page

Ray Smith was born on May 1, 1936 in Trealaw, Rhondda, Glamorgan (South Wales). Starting acting in the early 60s he is best known for his role as Chief Superintendent Gordon Spikings, the blustery head of S.I. 10, in the British police drama Dempsey and Makepeace. He also played Detective Insp. Firbank on the long-running British TV series Public Eye. Ray Smith died to early on December 15, 1991 at the age of 55.

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Dempsey & Makepeace WWW Page
Glynis Barber // Michael Brandon // Tony Osoba

• Candidate for Murder (1961)
• Mystery Submarine (1963)
• Murder Can Be Deadly (1963)
• Tomorrow at Ten (1964)
• Public Eye (1965-1975) (TV series) (1971-1975)
• Candidate for Murder (1966)
• Shaggy Dog (1968) (TV movie)
• Callan (1967-1972) (TV series) (episode "Act of Kindness", 1970)
• Made (1972)
• New Scotland Yard" (1972-1974) (TV series) (episode "Shock Tactics", 1972)
• Under Milk Wood (1973)
• Sam (1973-1975) (TV series)
• The Next Voice You See (1975) (TV movie)
• Look Back in Darkness (1975) (TV movie)
• Madame Bovary (1975) (TV mini series)
• The Hanged Man (1975) (TV series) (episode "The Bridge Maker", 1975)
• Hunter's Walk (1973-1976) (TV series) (episode "Say Nothing", 1976)
• Operation Daybreak (1976)
• Rogue Male (1976) (TV movie)
  [Video available (US/Canada) from ]
• 1990 (1977-1978) (TV series) (episode "Health Farm", 1977)
• The Sailor's Return (1978)
• Masada (1981) (TV mini series)
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• We'll Meet Again (1982) (TV series)
• The Citadel (1983) (TV movie)
• Dempsey & Makepeace (1985-1986) (TV series)
• King Lear (1987)

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My Dempsey & Makepeace WWW Page

Hollywood Online - MoviePeople Database: Ray Smith

Kaleidoscope Article on Public Eye.
Ray Smith played Det. Insp. Firbank from 1971 to 1975
on this classic British series, starring Alfred Burke.

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Last updated: 08/01/02