Acting · Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK · Born May 22, 1916
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.
MovieThe Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Monsignor (archive footage)
MovieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Monsignor (archive footage)
MovieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
1981
as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
MovieThe After Dinner Game
1975
as Bartley Humbolt
MovieKing Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975
as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
MovieFrightmare
1974
as Edmund Yates
TVFather Brown
1974
as Colonel Arthur Druce
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Lemerie
TVArthur of the Britons
1972
as Cerdig
TVWar & Peace
1972
as Ilya Rostov
The Man Outside
1972
as Baker
MovieZeppelin
1971
as Captain Whitney
MovieThe Night Visitor
1971
as Mr. Clemens
MovieThe Firechasers
1971
as Prentice
MovieWaterloo
1970
as Gordon
Biography
1970
as Sir Almroth Wright
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Bartley Humbolt
MovieThe Oblong Box
1969
as Joshua Kemp
MovieMaigret at Bay
1969
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
MovieCurse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as The Vicar (uncredited)
MovieDracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
as Monsignor Ernst Mueller
TVJoe 90
1968
as Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
TVThe Champions
1968
as Voss
MovieWitchfinder General
1968
as John Lowes
MovieSubmarine X-1
1968
as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
TVMan in a Suitcase
1967
MovieFive Golden Dragons
1967
as Comm. Sanders
MovieThe Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
as Jules Merlin
MovieTarget for Killing
1966
as Kommissar Saadi
Maigret Plays Dirty
1966
as Maigret
MovieThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as George Smiley
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Commissaire Maigret
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lomov
MovieThe Uncle
1964
as David Morton
MovieThe Big Breaker
1964
as Councillor Wally Cross
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Councillor Wally Cross
TVDetective
1964
as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Festival
1963
as Chief of Police
TVReady Steady Go!
1963
as Self
TVMaigret
1960
as Chief Inspector Maigret
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Capt. Victor Mishlayevsky
MovieThe Criminal
1960
as Edwards
TVDanger Man
1960
as Colonel Graves
MovieDanger Tomorrow
1960
as Dr. Campbell
MovieDevil's Bait
1959
as Landlord
MovieSapphire
1959
as Ferris
The Thought of Tomorrow
1959
as Geoffrey Hansbury
TVThe Third Man
1959
as Arthur Shillings
TVInterpol Calling
1959
as Coetzee
MovieBobbikins
1959
MovieJohn Paul Jones
1959
as British Captain
MovieLife In Emergency Ward 10
1959
as R.S.O. Hunter
Violent Moment
1959
as Bert Glennon
MovieBreakout
1959
as Morgan
TVThe Invisible Man
1958
as Dushkin
MovieSea Fury
1958
as Bosun
MovieThe Key
1958
as Baker
TVIvanhoe
1958
as Brother Gareth
TVSailor of Fortune
1957
as Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
MovieThe Traitor
1957
as Clinton
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Inspector Shawcross
TVQuatermass II
1955
as Vincent Broadhead
TVThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Simon Dexter
TVFolio
1955
as Canoris
TVLilli Palmer Theatre
1955
MovieThe Dark Avenger
1955
as Sir John
MovieThe Angel with the Trumpet
1950
as Policeman
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Day-watchman
Health in Our Time
1948
