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Rupert Davies
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Rupert Davies
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-05-22,Liverpool, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rupert Davies (22 May 1916 – 22 November 1976) was a British actor. He remains best known for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of Maigret, based on the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon. Davies was born in Liverpool. After a service in the British Merchant Navy, during the Second World War he was a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm. In 1940 the Swordfish aircraft in which he was flying ditched in the sea off the Dutch Coast. Davies was captured and interned in the famous Stalag Luft III POW camp. He made three attempts to escape. All failed. It was during his captivity that he began to take part in theatre performances, entertaining his fellow prisoners. On his release, Davies resumed his career in acting almost immediately, starring in an ex Prisoner Of War show, 'Back Home', which was hosted at the Stoll Theatre, London. After the war Davies became a staple of British television appearing in numerous plays and series, including Quatermass II, Ivanhoe, Emergency - Ward 10, Danger Man, The Champions, Doctor at Large (1971), Arthur of the Britons and War and Peace (1972). He also provided the voice of "Professor Ian McClaine" in the Gerry Anderson series Joe 90. In 1964 he became the first person to be awarded Pipe Smoker of the Year. Davies also played supporting roles in many films, appearing briefly as George Smiley in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965). He also appeared in several horror films in the late 1960s, including Witchfinder General (1968) and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), as well as such international blockbusters as Waterloo (1970) and Zeppelin (1971). He died of cancer in London in 1976, leaving a wife, Jessica, and two sons, Timothy and Hogan, and is buried at Pistyll Cemetery, near Nefyn in North Wales. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Brides of Fu Manchu

5.7

The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966-12-16

6.4

The Criminal
1960-09-13

Witchfinder General

6.4

Witchfinder General
1968-05-17

Curse of the Crimson Altar

5.3

Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968-12-01

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

7.1

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1965-12-16

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

6.7

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968-11-07

6.3

Frightmare
1974-11-05

The Big Breaker

0

The Big Breaker
1964-11-18

5.8

The Oblong Box
1969-06-11

Five Golden Dragons

5.4

Five Golden Dragons
1967-08-03

The Angel with the Trumpet

6.3

The Angel with the Trumpet
1950-03-20

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

10

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01

The Many Faces of Dracula

5

The Many Faces of Dracula
2000-01-01

The Dark Avenger

6

The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15

Target for Killing

5.7

Target for Killing
1966-09-29

7.1

Waterloo
1970-10-26

6.5

Devil's Bait
1959-12-01

6

Violent Moment
1959-03-01

Health in Our Time

0

Health in Our Time
1948-01-01

6.8

Breakout
1959-03-01

Maigret Plays Dirty

0

Maigret Plays Dirty
1966-01-01

The Thought of Tomorrow

0

The Thought of Tomorrow
1959-10-11

6.259

Zeppelin
1971-04-08

6.8

The Uncle
1965-04-23

Life In Emergency Ward 10

7

Life In Emergency Ward 10
1959-04-01

4

Bobbikins
1959-07-28

Danger Tomorrow

5.5

Danger Tomorrow
1960-03-31

The Night Visitor

6.2

The Night Visitor
1971-02-10

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982-09-04

6

Submarine X-1
1968-03-22

6

The Key
1958-05-28

The Firechasers

7.2

The Firechasers
1971-01-01

7

Sapphire
1959-11-02

6

Sea Fury
1958-08-26

John Paul Jones

6.1

John Paul Jones
1959-06-16

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

7

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975-01-01

The After Dinner Game

6

The After Dinner Game
1975-01-16

7

The Traitor
1957-03-01

7.3

War & Peace
1972-09-29

7.2

Joe 90
1968-09-29

Ready Steady Go!

0

Ready Steady Go!
1963-08-09

6

The Champions
1968-09-25

6.3

Ivanhoe
1958-01-05

Arthur of the Britons

6

Arthur of the Britons
1972-12-06

Interpol Calling

6.7

Interpol Calling
1959-09-13

0

Detective
1964-03-30

Man in a Suitcase

7

Man in a Suitcase
1967-09-27

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

6.7

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973-09-01

The Man Outside

4.7

The Man Outside
1972-05-12

6.9

Maigret
1960-10-31

0

Detective
1964-03-30

6.4

The Third Man
1959-10-02

6.625

Father Brown
1974-09-26

0

Detective
1964-03-30

Armchair Theatre

5.8

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

The Invisible Man

7.2

The Invisible Man
1958-09-14

Arthur of the Britons

6

Arthur of the Britons
1972-12-06

6.071

Quatermass II
1955-10-22

5.9

Play for Today
1970-10-15