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person_profile-Rupert Davies

Rupert Davies Died at age: 60

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Rupert Davies

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1916

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Nov 22, 1976

Biography of

Rupert Davies

    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.

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Filmography of

Rupert Davies

Found 35 Movies in total

The Many Faces of Dracula

Monsignor (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Monsignor (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

(Archive Material) ( Actor )

... 1982

The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90

Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice) ( Actor )

... 1981

The After Dinner Game

Bartley Humbolt ( Actor )

... 1975

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons ( Actor )

... 1975

Frightmare

Edmund Yates ( Actor )

... 1974

Zeppelin

Captain Whitney ( Actor )

... 1971

The Night Visitor

Mr. Clemens ( Actor )

... 1971

The Firechasers

Prentice ( Actor )

... 1971

Waterloo

Gordon ( Actor )

... 1970

The Oblong Box

Joshua Kemp ( Actor )

... 1969

Curse of the Crimson Altar

The Vicar (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Monsignor Ernst Mueller ( Actor )

... 1968

Witchfinder General

John Lowes ( Actor )

... 1968

Submarine X-1

Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968

Five Golden Dragons

Comm. Sanders ( Actor )

... 1967

The Brides of Fu Manchu

Jules Merlin ( Actor )

... 1966

Target for Killing

Kommissar Saadi ( Actor )

... 1966

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

George Smiley ( Actor )

... 1965

The Uncle

David Morton ( Actor )

... 1965

The Big Breaker

Councillor Wally Cross ( Actor )

... 1964

The Criminal

Edwards ( Actor )

... 1960

Danger Tomorrow

Dr. Campbell ( Actor )

... 1960

Devil's Bait

Landlord ( Actor )

... 1959

Sapphire

Ferris ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

John Paul Jones

British Captain ( Actor )

... 1959

Life In Emergency Ward 10

R.S.O. Hunter ( Actor )

... 1959

Breakout

Morgan ( Actor )

... 1959

Sea Fury

Bosun ( Actor )

... 1958

The Key

Baker ( Actor )

... 1958

The Traitor

Clinton ( Actor )

... 1957

The Dark Avenger

Sir John ( Actor )

... 1955

The Angel with the Trumpet

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1950