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Rupert Davies‌

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Birthday

calendar1916-05-22

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Rupert Davies

Liverpool, England, UK

Rupert Davies

Liverpool, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1916-05-22

Popularity

star2.5

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.

Movie Credits

The Brides of Fu Manchu

The Brides of Fu Manchu‌
star5.7
calendar 1966

The Criminal

The Criminal‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General‌
star6.4
calendar 1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Curse of the Crimson Altar‌
star5.3
calendar 1968

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold‌
star7.0
calendar 1965

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

Frightmare

Frightmare‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

The Big Breaker

The Big Breaker‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons‌
star5.4
calendar 1967

The Angel with the Trumpet

The Angel with the Trumpet‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook‌
star10.0
calendar 1991

The Many Faces of Dracula

The Many Faces of Dracula‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

The Dark Avenger

The Dark Avenger‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Target for Killing

Target for Killing‌
star5.7
calendar 1966

Waterloo

Waterloo‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

Devil's Bait

Devil's Bait‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Violent Moment

Violent Moment‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Health in Our Time

Health in Our Time‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Breakout

Breakout‌
star6.8
calendar 1959

Maigret Plays Dirty

Maigret Plays Dirty‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Thought of Tomorrow

The Thought of Tomorrow‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Zeppelin

Zeppelin‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

The Uncle

The Uncle‌
star6.8
calendar 1965

Life In Emergency Ward 10

Life In Emergency Ward 10‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Bobbikins

Bobbikins‌
star4.0
calendar 1959

Danger Tomorrow

Danger Tomorrow‌
star5.5
calendar 1960

The Night Visitor

The Night Visitor‌
star6.2
calendar 1971

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Mike Leigh: Making Plays‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Submarine X-1

Submarine X-1‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

The Key

The Key‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

The Firechasers

The Firechasers‌
star7.2
calendar 1971

Sapphire

Sapphire‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Sea Fury

Sea Fury‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

King Arthur, the Young Warlord‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

The After Dinner Game

The After Dinner Game‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

The Traitor

The Traitor‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

Tv Credits

War & Peace

War & Peace‌
star7.3
calendar 1972

Joe 90

Joe 90‌
star7.2
calendar 1968

Ready Steady Go!

Ready Steady Go!‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

The Champions

The Champions‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Arthur of the Britons

Arthur of the Britons‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Detective

Detective‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries‌
star6.7
calendar 1973

The Man Outside

The Man Outside‌
star4.7
calendar 1972

Maigret

Maigret‌
star6.9
calendar 1960

Detective

Detective‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

The Third Man

The Third Man‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

Father Brown

Father Brown‌
star6.6
calendar 1974

Detective

Detective‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man‌
star7.2
calendar 1958

Arthur of the Britons

Arthur of the Britons‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Quatermass II

Quatermass II‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970