Rupert Davies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1916
- Died
- November 22, 1976 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie · as Monsignor (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Monsignor (archive footage)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Movie · as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Movie · as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
The After Dinner Game
Movie · as Bartley Humbolt
Frightmare
Movie · as Edmund Yates
Father Brown
TV · as Colonel Arthur Druce · 1 ep
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Lemerie · 1 ep
The Man Outside
TV · as Baker · 13 eps
Arthur of the Britons
TV · as Cerdig · 3 eps
War & Peace
TV · as Ilya Rostov · 14 eps
Zeppelin
Movie · as Captain Whitney
The Night Visitor
Movie · as Mr. Clemens
The Firechasers
Movie · as Prentice
Waterloo
Movie · as Gordon
Play for Today
TV · as Bartley Humbolt · 1 ep
Biography
TV · as Sir Almroth Wright · 1 ep
The Oblong Box
Movie · as Joshua Kemp
Maigret at Bay
Movie · as Commissaire Jules Maigret
Witchfinder General
Movie · as John Lowes
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Movie · as The Vicar (uncredited)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Movie · as Monsignor Ernst Mueller
Submarine X-1
Movie · as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
Joe 90
TV · as Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice) · 30 eps
The Champions
TV · as Voss · 1 ep
Five Golden Dragons
Movie · as Comm. Sanders
Man in a Suitcase
TV · 1 ep
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Movie · as Jules Merlin
Target for Killing
Movie · as Kommissar Saadi
Maigret Plays Dirty
Movie · as Maigret
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie · as George Smiley
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Lomov · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Commissaire Maigret · 1 ep
The Big Breaker
Movie · as Councillor Wally Cross
The Uncle
Movie · as David Morton
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Councillor Wally Cross · 1 ep
Detective
TV · as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret, Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction, Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction (uncredited) · 18 eps
Ready Steady Go!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Festival
TV · as Chief of Police · 1 ep
The Criminal
Movie · as Edwards
Danger Tomorrow
Movie · as Dr. Campbell
Maigret
TV · as Chief Inspector Maigret · 52 eps
Danger Man
TV · as Colonel Graves · 1 ep
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as Capt. Victor Mishlayevsky · 1 ep
Devil's Bait
Movie · as Landlord
Violent Moment
Movie · as Bert Glennon
Breakout
Movie · as Morgan
The Thought of Tomorrow
Movie · as Geoffrey Hansbury
Life In Emergency Ward 10
Movie · as R.S.O. Hunter
Bobbikins
Movie
Sapphire
Movie · as Ferris
John Paul Jones
Movie · as British Captain
Interpol Calling
TV · as Coetzee · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · as Arthur Shillings, Insp. Arthur Shillings · 2 eps
The Key
Movie · as Baker
Sea Fury
Movie · as Bosun
Ivanhoe
TV · as Brother Gareth · 1 ep
The Invisible Man
TV · as Dushkin · 1 ep
The Traitor
Movie · as Clinton
Sailor of Fortune
TV · as Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer · 22 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Inspector Shawcross, Banham, Det. Insp., Geoffrey Hansbury, Ramon Cintos, Miffin · 1 ep
The Dark Avenger
Movie · as Sir John
Folio
TV · as Canoris · 1 ep
Lilli Palmer Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV · as Simon Dexter · 1 ep
Quatermass II
TV · as Vincent Broadhead · 2 eps
The Angel with the Trumpet
Movie · as Policeman
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Day-watchman, Mr. Page, Thompson, Wing Commander, Alec Roper, Oderbruch, Thomas Cromwell, Maurice Szeps, Frontier guard, Walters, Gabriel Mirabeau · 1 ep
Health in Our Time
Movie