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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 (Movies)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Character:Monsignor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character:Monsignor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1991
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/1982
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Character:Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1981
The After Dinner Game
Character:Bartley Humbolt
Release Date:16/01/1975
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Character:Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
Release Date:01/01/1975
Frightmare
Character:Edmund Yates
Release Date:05/11/1974
Zeppelin
Character:Captain Whitney
Release Date:08/04/1971
The Night Visitor
Character:Mr. Clemens
Release Date:10/02/1971
The Firechasers
Character:Prentice
Release Date:01/01/1971
Waterloo
Character:Gordon
Release Date:26/10/1970
The Oblong Box
Character:Joshua Kemp
Release Date:11/06/1969
Maigret at Bay
Character:Commissaire Jules Maigret
Release Date:09/02/1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Character:The Vicar (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Character:Monsignor Ernst Mueller
Release Date:07/11/1968
Witchfinder General
Character:John Lowes
Release Date:17/05/1968
Submarine X-1
Character:Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1968
Five Golden Dragons
Character:Comm. Sanders
Release Date:03/08/1967
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Character:Jules Merlin
Release Date:16/12/1966
Target for Killing
Character:Kommissar Saadi
Release Date:29/09/1966
Maigret Plays Dirty
Character:Maigret
Release Date:01/01/1966
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Character:George Smiley
Release Date:16/12/1965
The Uncle
Character:David Morton
Release Date:01/12/1964
The Big Breaker
Character:Councillor Wally Cross
Release Date:18/11/1964
The Criminal
Character:Edwards
Release Date:13/09/1960
Danger Tomorrow
Character:Dr. Campbell
Release Date:31/03/1960
Devil's Bait
Character:Landlord
Release Date:01/12/1959
Sapphire
Character:Ferris
Release Date:02/11/1959
The Thought of Tomorrow
Character:Geoffrey Hansbury
Release Date:11/10/1959
Bobbikins
Character:
Release Date:28/07/1959
John Paul Jones
Character:British Captain
Release Date:16/06/1959
Life In Emergency Ward 10
Character:R.S.O. Hunter
Release Date:01/04/1959
Violent Moment
Character:Bert Glennon
Release Date:01/03/1959
Breakout
Character:Morgan
Release Date:01/03/1959
Sea Fury
Character:Bosun
Release Date:26/08/1958
The Key
Character:Baker
Release Date:28/05/1958
The Traitor
Character:Clinton
Release Date:01/03/1957
The Dark Avenger
Character:Sir John
Release Date:15/04/1955
The Angel with the Trumpet
Character:Policeman
Release Date:20/03/1950
Health in Our Time
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1948
Television Appearances
Father Brown
Character:Colonel Arthur Druce
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character:Lemerie
Arthur of the Britons
Character:Cerdig
War & Peace
Character:Ilya Rostov
The Man Outside
Character:
Play for Today
Character:Bartley Humbolt
Joe 90
Character:Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
The Champions
Character:Voss
Man in a Suitcase
Character:
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Commissaire Maigret
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:Lomov
The Wednesday Play
Character:Councillor Wally Cross
Detective
Character:Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Detective
Character:Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction
Festival
Character:Chief of Police
Ready Steady Go!
Character:Self
Maigret
Character:Chief Inspector Maigret
Danger Man
Character:Colonel Graves
The Third Man
Character:Arthur Shillings
The Third Man
Character:Insp. Arthur Shillings
Interpol Calling
Character:Coetzee
The Invisible Man
Character:Dushkin
Ivanhoe
Character:Brother Gareth
Sailor of Fortune
Character:Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
Armchair Theatre
Character:Inspector Shawcross
Armchair Theatre
Character:Banham
Armchair Theatre
Character:
Armchair Theatre
Character:Det. Insp.
Armchair Theatre
Character:Geoffrey Hansbury
Armchair Theatre
Character:Ramon Cintos
Armchair Theatre
Character:Miffin
Quatermass II
Character:Vincent Broadhead
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character:Simon Dexter
Folio
Character:Canoris
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Character:
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Day-watchman
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Mr. Page
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Thompson
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Wing Commander
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Alec Roper
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Oderbruch
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Thomas Cromwell
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Maurice Szeps
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Frontier guard
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Walters
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Gabriel Mirabeau
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