Rupert Davies

Personal Info

Birthday

May 22, 1916

Day of Death

1976-11-22

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Rupert Davies

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.

Known For

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Champions

Folio

Maigret

Danger Man

The Wednesday Play

Filmography

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)
1981
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
1975
The After Dinner Game
as Bartley Humbolt
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
1974
Frightmare
as Edmund Yates
1971
Zeppelin
as Captain Whitney
The Night Visitor
as Mr. Clemens
The Firechasers
as Prentice
1970
Waterloo
as Gordon
1969
The Oblong Box
as Joshua Kemp
1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as The Vicar (uncredited)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Monsignor Ernst Mueller
Witchfinder General
as John Lowes
Submarine X-1
as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
1967
Five Golden Dragons
as Comm. Sanders
1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Jules Merlin
Target for Killing
as Kommissar Saadi
Maigret Plays Dirty
as Maigret
1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as George Smiley
The Uncle
as David Morton
1964
The Big Breaker
as Councillor Wally Cross
1960
The Criminal
as Edwards
Danger Tomorrow
as Dr. Campbell
1959
Devil's Bait
as Landlord
Sapphire
as Ferris
The Thought of Tomorrow
as Geoffrey Hansbury
John Paul Jones
as British Captain
Life In Emergency Ward 10
as R.S.O. Hunter
Violent Moment
as Bert Glennon
Breakout
as Morgan
1958
Sea Fury
as Bosun
The Key
as Baker
1957
The Traitor
as Clinton
1955
The Dark Avenger
as Sir John
1950
The Angel with the Trumpet
as Policeman