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Rupert Davies

Rupert Davies

Birthday: 1916-05-22 | Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1975
Frightmare

as    Edmund Yates

1971
Zeppelin

as    Captain Whitney

1971
The Night Visitor

as    Mr. Clemens

1970
Waterloo

as    Gordon

1969
The Oblong Box

as    Joshua Kemp

1969
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

as    Monsignor Ernst Mueller

1968
Witchfinder General

as    John Lowes

1967
Five Golden Dragons

as    Comm. Sanders

1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu

as    Jules Merlin

1965
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

as    George Smiley

1960
Maigret

as    Chief Inspector Maigret

1960
The Criminal

as    Edwards

1958
The Key

as    Baker