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Rupert Davies

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60 Years Old

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.

Born

Liverpool, England, UK on 22nd May 1916

Died

22nd November 1976

All Credits

The Adventures of Robin Hood Image
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Simon Dexter
Thirty-Minute Theatre Image
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lomov
Danger Man Image
Danger Man
Colonel Graves
BBC Play of the Month Image
BBC Play of the Month
Commissaire Maigret
Ivanhoe Image
Ivanhoe
Brother Gareth
The Wednesday Play Image
The Wednesday Play
Councillor Wally Cross
Play for Today Image
Play for Today
Bartley Humbolt
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Image
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Lemerie
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Gabriel Mirabeau
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Walters
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Sunday Night Theatre
Frontier guard
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Maurice Szeps
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Sunday Night Theatre
Thomas Cromwell
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Oderbruch
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Alec Roper
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Wing Commander
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Thompson
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Mr. Page
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Day-watchman
The Third Man Image
The Third Man
Insp. Arthur Shillings
The Third Man Image
The Third Man
Arthur Shillings
Interpol Calling Image
Interpol Calling
Coetzee
Lilli Palmer Theatre Image
Lilli Palmer Theatre
The Champions Image
The Champions
Voss
Detective Image
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction
Detective Image
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Maigret Image
Maigret
Chief Inspector Maigret
Sailor of Fortune Image
Sailor of Fortune
Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
Folio Image
Folio
Canoris
Man in a Suitcase Image
Man in a Suitcase
Joe 90 Image
Joe 90
Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
Ready Steady Go! Image
Ready Steady Go!
Self
Arthur of the Britons Image
Arthur of the Britons
Cerdig
The Invisible Man Image
The Invisible Man
Dushkin
Quatermass II Image
Quatermass II
Vincent Broadhead
Father Brown Image
Father Brown
Colonel Arthur Druce
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The Man Outside
Festival Image
Festival
Chief of Police
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Miffin
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Ramon Cintos
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey Hansbury
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Det. Insp.
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Banham
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Inspector Shawcross
War & Peace Image
War & Peace
Count Ilya Rostov
Waterloo Image
Waterloo
Gordon
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Image
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
George Smiley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Image
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Monsignor Ernst Mueller
The Criminal Image
The Criminal
Edwards
Sapphire Image
Sapphire
Ferris
The Many Faces of Dracula Image
The Many Faces of Dracula
Monsignor (archive footage)
Witchfinder General Image
Witchfinder General
John Lowes
The Key Image
The Key
Baker
Zeppelin Image
Zeppelin
Captain Whitney
The Dark Avenger Image
The Dark Avenger
Sir John
Curse of the Crimson Altar Image
Curse of the Crimson Altar
The Vicar (uncredited)
John Paul Jones Image
John Paul Jones
British Captain
The Oblong Box Image
The Oblong Box
Joshua Kemp
The Night Visitor Image
The Night Visitor
Mr. Clemens
Five Golden Dragons Image
Five Golden Dragons
Comm. Sanders
Submarine X-1 Image
Submarine X-1
Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
Frightmare Image
Frightmare
Edmund Yates
The Brides of Fu Manchu Image
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Jules Merlin
The Traitor Image
The Traitor
Clinton
Bobbikins Image
Bobbikins
The Firechasers Image
The Firechasers
Prentice
King Arthur, the Young Warlord Image
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Image
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Monsignor (archive footage)
The After Dinner Game Image
The After Dinner Game
Bartley Humbolt
Sea Fury Image
Sea Fury
Bosun
Life In Emergency Ward 10 Image
Life In Emergency Ward 10
R.S.O. Hunter
Target for Killing Image
Target for Killing
Kommissar Saadi
Danger Tomorrow Image
Danger Tomorrow
Dr. Campbell
Breakout Image
Breakout
Morgan
Mike Leigh: Making Plays Image
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
No Image
Violent Moment
Bert Glennon
The Uncle Image
The Uncle
David Morton
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 Image
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
The Angel with the Trumpet Image
The Angel with the Trumpet
Policeman
The Big Breaker Image
The Big Breaker
Councillor Wally Cross
Devil's Bait Image
Devil's Bait
Landlord
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The Thought of Tomorrow
Geoffrey Hansbury
No Image
Health in Our Time
No Image
Maigret Plays Dirty
Maigret