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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2000 · The Many Faces of Dracula as Monsignor (archive footage)
- 1991 · Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Monsignor (archive footage)
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · The After Dinner Game as Bartley Humbolt
- 1975 · King Arthur, the Young Warlord as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
- 1974 · Frightmare as Edmund Yates
- 1974 · Father Brown as
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Lemerie
- 1972 · Arthur of the Britons as
- 1972 · Arthur of the Britons as Cerdig
- 1972 · War & Peace as
- 1972 · The Man Outside as
- 1971 · Zeppelin as Captain Whitney
- 1971 · The Night Visitor as Mr. Clemens
- 1971 · The Firechasers as Prentice
- 1970 · Waterloo as Gordon
- 1970 · Play for Today as Bartley Humbolt
- 1969 · The Oblong Box as Joshua Kemp
- 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as The Vicar (uncredited)
- 1968 · Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Monsignor Ernst Mueller
- 1968 · Joe 90 as
- 1968 · The Champions as Voss
- 1968 · Witchfinder General as John Lowes
- 1968 · Submarine X-1 as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
- 1967 · Man in a Suitcase as
- 1967 · Five Golden Dragons as Comm. Sanders
- 1966 · The Brides of Fu Manchu as Jules Merlin
- 1966 · Target for Killing as Kommissar Saadi
- 1966 · Maigret Plays Dirty as Maigret
- 1965 · The Spy Who Came in from the Cold as George Smiley
- 1965 · The Uncle as David Morton
- 1964 · The Big Breaker as Councillor Wally Cross
- 1964 · Detective as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction
- 1964 · Detective as
- 1964 · Detective as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
- 1963 · Ready Steady Go! as Self
- 1960 · Maigret as Chief Inspector Maigret
- 1960 · The Criminal as Edwards
- 1960 · Danger Tomorrow as Dr. Campbell
- 1959 · Devil's Bait as Landlord
- 1959 · Sapphire as Ferris
- 1959 · The Thought of Tomorrow as Geoffrey Hansbury
- 1959 · The Third Man as
- 1959 · Interpol Calling as Coetzee
- 1959 · Bobbikins as
- 1959 · John Paul Jones as British Captain
- 1959 · Life In Emergency Ward 10 as R.S.O. Hunter
- 1959 · Breakout as Morgan
- 1959 · Violent Moment as Bert Glennon
- 1958 · The Invisible Man as Dushkin
- 1958 · Sea Fury as Bosun
- 1958 · The Key as Baker
- 1958 · Ivanhoe as Brother Gareth
- 1957 · The Traitor as Clinton
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Inspector Shawcross
- 1955 · Quatermass II as Vincent Broadhead
- 1955 · The Dark Avenger as Sir John
- 1950 · The Angel with the Trumpet as Policeman
- 1948 · Health in Our Time as