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Rupert Davies

Acting

3.3 Popularity May 22, 1916 (60 years old) Liverpool, England, UK

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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. Af...

Biography

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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 85

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula Movie

as Monsignor (archive footage)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Movie

as Monsignor (archive footage)

1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1981
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 Movie

as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)

1975
The After Dinner Game Movie

as Bartley Humbolt

1975
King Arthur, the Young Warlord Movie

as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons

1974
Frightmare Movie

as Edmund Yates

1974
Father Brown TV

as Colonel Arthur Druce

1972
1972
War & Peace TV

as Count Ilya Rostov

1971
Zeppelin Movie

as Captain Whitney

1971
The Night Visitor Movie

as Mr. Clemens

1971
The Firechasers Movie

as Prentice

1970
Waterloo Movie

as Gordon

1970
Play for Today TV

as Bartley Humbolt

1969
The Oblong Box Movie

as Joshua Kemp

1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar Movie

as The Vicar (uncredited)

1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Movie

as Monsignor Ernst Mueller

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday May 22, 1916 (60 years old)
Died November 22, 1976
Place of Birth Liverpool, England, UK
Years Active 1948 - 2000
Popularity 3.3
Career Stats
85 Total Credits
39 Movie Roles
46 TV Roles
1 Photos