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Rupert Davies
Actor
Born May 22, 1916Died November 22, 1976 (60 years)
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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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula · as Monsignor (archive Footage) |
| 1981 | The Amazing Adventures of Joe 90 · as Professor Ian 'mac' Mcclaine |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Actor In Play |
| 1975 | King Arthur, the Young Warlord · as Cerdig, Chief Of The Saxons |
| 1974 | Frightmare · as Edmund Yates |
| 1974 | Father Brown (1974) (TV Series) · as Colonel Arthur Druce |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series) · as Lemerie |
| 1973 | Danger Point · as Man In House |
| 1972 | Arthur of the Britons (TV Series) · as Cerdig |
| 1972 | War & Peace (1972) (TV Series) · as Count Ilya Rostov |
| 1971 | The Firechasers · as Prentice |
| 1971 | Zeppelin · as Captain Whitney |
| 1971 | Doctor At Large (TV Series) · as Inspector Barker |
| 1971 | The Night Visitor · as Mr. Clemens |
| 1970 | Man At The Top (TV Series) · as Harvey Clayton |
| 1970 | Waterloo · as Gordon |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Bartley Humbolt |
| 1969 | The Oblong Box · as Joshua Kemp |
| 1968 | The Crimson Cult · as The Vicar (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave · as Monsignor Ernst Mueller |
| 1968 | Joe 90 (TV Series) · as Professor Ian "mac" Mcclaine (voice) |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Voss |
| 1968 | Witchfinder General · as John Lowes |
| 1968 | Submarine X-1 · as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons · as Comm. Sanders |
| 1967 | Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (TV Series) · as Bishop Flynn |
| 1966 | The Brides of Fu Manchu · as Jules Merlin |
| 1966 | Target for Killing · as Kommissar Saadi |
| 1966 | The Uncle · as David Morton |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold · as George Smiley |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Commissaire Maigret |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Lomov |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Councillor Wally Cross |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Chief Inspector Maigret |
| 1960 | Here's Harry (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1960 | The Concrete Jungle · as Edwards |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Colonel Graves |
| 1960 | Danger Tomorrow · as Dr. Campbell |
| 1960 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Michael Crowe |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Capt. Victor Mishlayevsky |
| 1959 | Devil's Bait · as Landlord |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Coetzee |
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| 1959 | |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones · as British Captain |
| 1959 | Life in Emergency Ward 10 · as R.s.o. Hunter |
| 1959 | Idol on Parade · as Sergeant Major |
| 1959 | Breakout · as Morgan |
| 1959 | Rebound · as Bert Glennon |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Insp. Arthur Shillings |
| 1958 | Next to No Time! · as Auction Organiser |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Dushkin |
| 1958 | Sea Fury · as Bosun |
| 1958 | The Key · as Baker |
| 1958 | Ivanhoe (TV Series) · as Brother Gareth |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Hoprecht |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) · as Inspector Duff |
| 1957 | The Accursed · as Clinton |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Ramon Cintos |
| 1955 | Quatermass II (TV Series) · as Vincent Broadhead |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Cardinal Of Bologna |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Simon Dexter |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as George |
| 1955 | The Warriors · as Sir John |
| 1950 | Seven Days to Noon · as Bit Part |
| 1950 | The Angel with the Trumpet · as Policeman |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Walters |
| 1949 | Private Angelo · as Cast |