Rupert Davies
Acting
Born: May 22, 1916 · Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: November 22, 1976 (aged 60)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
Witchfinder General
1968
Waterloo
1970
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
The Oblong Box
1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
Frightmare
1974
The Night Visitor
1971
Sapphire
1959
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
The Criminal
1960
Zeppelin
1971
Photos (2)
Movies (35)
Waterloo
Gordon
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
George Smiley
Witchfinder General
John Lowes
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Monsignor Ernst Mueller
John Paul Jones
British Captain
Sapphire
Ferris
Life In Emergency Ward 10
R.S.O. Hunter
Five Golden Dragons
Comm. Sanders
The Key
Baker
Curse of the Crimson Altar
The Vicar (uncredited)
The Dark Avenger
Sir John
The Oblong Box
Joshua Kemp
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Jules Merlin
Bobbikins
1959
The Criminal
Edwards
Zeppelin
Captain Whitney
The Night Visitor
Mr. Clemens
Maigret at Bay
Commissaire Jules Maigret
Breakout
Morgan
The Firechasers
Prentice
Frightmare
Edmund Yates
The Traitor
Clinton
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Monsignor (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Monsignor (archive footage)
Target for Killing
Kommissar Saadi
Danger Tomorrow
Dr. Campbell
Devil's Bait
Landlord
Submarine X-1
Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
Sea Fury
Bosun
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
The Uncle
David Morton
The Angel with the Trumpet
Policeman
The After Dinner Game
Bartley Humbolt
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
The Big Breaker
Councillor Wally Cross
TV Shows (45)
Play for Today
Bartley Humbolt · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Commissaire Maigret · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Councillor Wally Cross · 1 eps
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Simon Dexter · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lomov · 1 eps
Danger Man
Colonel Graves · 1 eps
Maigret
Chief Inspector Maigret · 52 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Day-watchman · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Mr. Page · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Thompson · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Wing Commander · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Alec Roper · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Oderbruch · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Thomas Cromwell · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Maurice Szeps · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Frontier guard · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Walters · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Gabriel Mirabeau · 1 eps
The Champions
Voss · 1 eps
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret · 18 eps
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction · 1 eps
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Third Man
Arthur Shillings · 2 eps
The Third Man
Insp. Arthur Shillings · 3 eps
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Lemerie · 1 eps
Interpol Calling
Coetzee · 1 eps
Ivanhoe
Brother Gareth · 1 eps
Folio
Canoris · 1 eps
Arthur of the Britons
Cerdig · 3 eps
Joe 90
Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice) · 30 eps
Father Brown
Colonel Arthur Druce · 1 eps
The Invisible Man
Dushkin · 1 eps
War & Peace
Ilya Rostov · 14 eps
Sailor of Fortune
Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer · 22 eps
Sailor of Fortune
Alphonso · 4 eps
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Inspector Shawcross · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Banham · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Det. Insp. · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey Hansbury · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Ramon Cintos · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Miffin · 1 eps
Quatermass II
Vincent Broadhead · 2 eps
