Rupert Davies
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: May 22, 1916
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Monsignor (archive footage)
as Monsignor (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
as Bartley Humbolt
as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
as Edmund Yates
as Colonel Arthur Druce
as Lemerie
as Cerdig
as Count Ilya Rostov
as Captain Whitney
as Mr. Clemens
as Prentice
as Gordon
as Bartley Humbolt
as Joshua Kemp
as The Vicar (uncredited)
as Monsignor Ernst Mueller
as Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
as Voss
as John Lowes
as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
as Comm. Sanders
as Jules Merlin
as Kommissar Saadi
as George Smiley
as Commissaire Maigret
as Lomov
as David Morton
as Councillor Wally Cross
as Councillor Wally Cross
as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction
as Self
as Chief Inspector Maigret
as Edwards
as Colonel Graves
as Dr. Campbell
as Landlord
as Ferris
as Arthur Shillings
as Insp. Arthur Shillings
as Coetzee
as British Captain
as R.S.O. Hunter
as Morgan
as Dushkin
as Bosun
as Baker
as Brother Gareth
as Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
as Clinton
as Inspector Shawcross
as Banham
as Det. Insp.
as Geoffrey Hansbury
as Ramon Cintos
as Miffin
as Vincent Broadhead
as Simon Dexter
as Canoris
as Sir John
as Policeman
as Day-watchman
as Mr. Page
as Thompson
as Wing Commander
as Alec Roper
as Oderbruch
as Thomas Cromwell
as Maurice Szeps
as Frontier guard
as Walters
as Gabriel Mirabeau