Rupert Davies
Born
May 22, 1916
Died
November 22, 1976 (60 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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. 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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Known For
The Many Faces of Dracula
Monsignor (archive footage)
2000
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Monsignor (archive footage)
1991
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
1982
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
1981
The After Dinner Game
Bartley Humbolt
1975
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
1975
Frightmare
Edmund Yates
1974
Father Brown
Colonel Arthur Druce · (1 episode)
1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Lemerie · (1 episode)
1973
Arthur of the Britons
Cerdig · (3 episodes)
1972
War & Peace
Count Ilya Rostov · (20 episodes)
1972
The Man Outside
(13 episodes)
1972
Zeppelin
Captain Whitney
1971
The Night Visitor
Mr. Clemens
1971
The Firechasers
Prentice
1971
Waterloo
Gordon
1970
Play for Today
Bartley Humbolt · (1 episode)
1970
The Oblong Box
Joshua Kemp
1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
The Vicar (uncredited)
1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Monsignor Ernst Mueller
1968
Joe 90
Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice) · (30 episodes)
1968
The Champions
Voss · (1 episode)
1968
Witchfinder General
John Lowes
1968
Submarine X-1
Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
1968
Man in a Suitcase
(1 episode)
1967
Five Golden Dragons
Comm. Sanders
1967
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Jules Merlin
1966
Target for Killing
Kommissar Saadi
1966
Maigret Plays Dirty
Maigret
1966
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
George Smiley
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lomov · (1 episode)
1965
The Uncle
David Morton
1965
The Big Breaker
Councillor Wally Cross
1964
The Wednesday Play
Councillor Wally Cross · (1 episode)
1964
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret · (18 episodes)
1964
Detective
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction · (1 episode)
1964
Ready Steady Go!
Self · (1 episode)
1963
Maigret
Chief Inspector Maigret · (55 episodes)
1960
The Criminal
Edwards
1960
Danger Man
Colonel Graves · (1 episode)
1960
Danger Tomorrow
Dr. Campbell
1960
Devil's Bait
Landlord
1959
Sapphire
Ferris
1959
The Thought of Tomorrow
Geoffrey Hansbury
1959
The Third Man
Arthur Shillings · (2 episodes)
1959
The Third Man
Insp. Arthur Shillings · (3 episodes)
1959
Interpol Calling
Coetzee · (1 episode)
1959
Bobbikins
1959
John Paul Jones
British Captain
1959
Life In Emergency Ward 10
R.S.O. Hunter
1959
Violent Moment
Bert Glennon
1959
Breakout
Morgan
1959
The Invisible Man
Dushkin · (1 episode)
1958
Sea Fury
Bosun
1958
The Key
Baker
1958
Ivanhoe
Brother Gareth · (1 episode)
1958
Sailor of Fortune
Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer · (22 episodes)
1957
The Traitor
Clinton
1957
Armchair Theatre
Inspector Shawcross · (1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
Banham · (1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
(1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
Det. Insp. · (1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey Hansbury · (1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
Ramon Cintos · (1 episode)
1956
Armchair Theatre
Miffin · (1 episode)
1956
Quatermass II
Vincent Broadhead · (6 episodes)
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Simon Dexter · (1 episode)
1955
Folio
Canoris · (1 episode)
1955
Lilli Palmer Theatre
(1 episode)
1955
The Dark Avenger
Sir John
1955
The Angel with the Trumpet
Policeman
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Day-watchman · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Mr. Page · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Thompson · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Wing Commander · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Alec Roper · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Oderbruch · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Thomas Cromwell · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Maurice Szeps · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Frontier guard · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Walters · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Gabriel Mirabeau · (1 episode)
1950
Health in Our Time
1948