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Rupert Davies
Also known as: Rupert Lisburn Gwynne Davies
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 22, 1916
Day of Death
November 22, 1976
Age at Death
60 years old
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Popularity Score
0.8
Filmography
The Many Faces of Dracula
Monsignor (archive footage)
2000Movie
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Monsignor (archive footage)
1991Movie
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
1982Movie
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
1981Movie
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
1975Movie
The After Dinner Game
Bartley Humbolt
1975Movie
Frightmare
Edmund Yates
1974Movie
Father Brown
Colonel Arthur Druce
1974TV
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Lemerie
1973TV
The Man Outside
Baker
1972TV
Arthur of the Britons
Cerdig
1972TV
War & Peace
Ilya Rostov
1972TV
Zeppelin
Captain Whitney
1971Movie
The Night Visitor
Mr. Clemens
1971Movie
The Firechasers
Prentice
1971Movie
Waterloo
Gordon
1970Movie
Play for Today
Bartley Humbolt
1970TV
Biography
Sir Almroth Wright
1970TV
The Oblong Box
Joshua Kemp
1969Movie
Maigret at Bay
Commissaire Jules Maigret
1969Movie
Witchfinder General
John Lowes
1968Movie
Curse of the Crimson Altar
The Vicar (uncredited)
1968Movie
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Monsignor Ernst Mueller
1968Movie
Submarine X-1
Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
1968Movie
Joe 90
Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
1968TV
The Champions
Voss
1968TV
Five Golden Dragons
Comm. Sanders
1967Movie
Man in a Suitcase
1967TV
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Jules Merlin
1966Movie
Target for Killing
Kommissar Saadi
1966Movie
Maigret Plays Dirty
Maigret
1966Movie
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
George Smiley
1965Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lomov
1965TV
BBC Play of the Month
Commissaire Maigret
1965TV
The Big Breaker
Councillor Wally Cross
1964Movie
The Uncle
David Morton
1964Movie
The Wednesday Play
Councillor Wally Cross
1964TV
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
1964TV
Ready Steady Go!
Self
1963TV
Festival
Chief of Police
1963TV
The Criminal
Edwards
1960Movie
Danger Tomorrow
Dr. Campbell
1960Movie
Maigret
Chief Inspector Maigret
1960TV
Danger Man
Colonel Graves
1960TV
Sunday-Night Play
Capt. Victor Mishlayevsky
1960TV
Devil's Bait
Landlord
1959Movie
Violent Moment
Bert Glennon
1959Movie
Breakout
Morgan
1959Movie
The Thought of Tomorrow
Geoffrey Hansbury
1959Movie
Life In Emergency Ward 10
R.S.O. Hunter
1959Movie
Bobbikins
1959Movie
Sapphire
Ferris
1959Movie
John Paul Jones
British Captain
1959Movie
Interpol Calling
Coetzee
1959TV
The Third Man
Arthur Shillings
1959TV
The Key
Baker
1958Movie
Sea Fury
Bosun
1958Movie
Ivanhoe
Brother Gareth
1958TV
The Invisible Man
Dushkin
1958TV
The Traitor
Clinton
1957Movie
Sailor of Fortune
Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
1957TV
Armchair Theatre
Inspector Shawcross
1956TV
The Dark Avenger
Sir John
1955Movie
Folio
Canoris
1955TV
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955TV
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Simon Dexter
1955TV
Quatermass II
Vincent Broadhead
1955TV
The Angel with the Trumpet
Policeman
1950Movie
Sunday Night Theatre
Day-watchman
1950TV
Health in Our Time
1948Movie