Rupert Davies

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1916-05-22
  • event Death Date 1976-11-22
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 2.8
  • info Birth Place Liverpool, England, UK
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5.7

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966-12-16

6.4

The Criminal

1960-09-13

6.4

Witchfinder General

1968-05-17

5.3

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968-12-01

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965-12-16

6.7

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

1968-11-07

6.3

Frightmare

1974-11-05

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The Big Breaker

1964-11-18

5.8

The Oblong Box

1969-06-11

5.4

Five Golden Dragons

1967-08-03

6.3

The Angel with the Trumpet

1950-03-20

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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991-01-01

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The Many Faces of Dracula

2000-01-01

6

The Dark Avenger

1955-04-15

5.7

Target for Killing

1966-09-29

7.1

Waterloo

1970-10-26

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Devil's Bait

1959-12-01

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Violent Moment

1959-03-01

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Health in Our Time

1948-01-01

6.8

Breakout

1959-03-01

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Maigret Plays Dirty

1966-01-01

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The Thought of Tomorrow

1959-10-11

6.3

Zeppelin

1971-04-08

6.8

The Uncle

1965-04-23

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Life In Emergency Ward 10

1959-04-01

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Bobbikins

1959-07-28

5.5

Danger Tomorrow

1960-03-31

6.2

The Night Visitor

1971-02-10

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Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982-09-04

6

Submarine X-1

1968-03-22

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The Key

1958-05-28

7.2

The Firechasers

1971-01-01

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Sapphire

1959-11-02

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Sea Fury

1958-08-26

6.1

John Paul Jones

1959-06-16

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King Arthur, the Young Warlord

1975-01-01

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The After Dinner Game

1975-01-16

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The Traitor

1957-03-01

7.3

War & Peace

1972-09-29

7.2

Joe 90

1968-09-29

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Ready Steady Go!

1963-08-09

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The Champions

1968-09-25

6.3

Ivanhoe

1958-01-05

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Arthur of the Britons

1972-12-06

6.7

Interpol Calling

1959-09-13

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Detective

1964-03-30

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Man in a Suitcase

1967-09-27

6.7

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973-09-01

4.7

The Man Outside

1972-05-12

6.9

Maigret

1960-10-31

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Detective

1964-03-30

6.4

The Third Man

1959-10-02

6.7

Father Brown

1974-09-26

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Detective

1964-03-30

5.8

Armchair Theatre

1956-07-08

7.2

The Invisible Man

1958-09-14

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Arthur of the Britons

1972-12-06

6

Quatermass II

1955-10-22

5.9

Play for Today

1970-10-15