1916-05-22 ( 108 years old ) in Liverpool, England, UK
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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.
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Movies
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000-01-01
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982-09-04
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
1981-01-01
The After Dinner Game
1975-01-16
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975-01-01
Frightmare
1974-11-05
Zeppelin
1971-04-08
The Night Visitor
1971-02-10
The Firechasers
1971-01-01
Waterloo
1970-10-26
The Oblong Box
1969-06-11
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968-12-01
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968-11-07
Witchfinder General
1968-05-17
Submarine X-1
1968-03-22
Five Golden Dragons
1967-08-03
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966-12-16
Target for Killing
1966-09-29
Maigret Plays Dirty
1966-01-01
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965-12-16
The Uncle
1965-04-23
The Big Breaker
1964-11-18
The Criminal
1960-09-13
Danger Tomorrow
1960-03-31
Devil's Bait
1959-12-01
Sapphire
1959-11-02
The Thought of Tomorrow
1959-10-11
Bobbikins
1959-07-28
John Paul Jones
1959-06-16
Life In Emergency Ward 10
1959-04-01
Violent Moment
1959-03-01
Breakout
1959-03-01
Sea Fury
1958-08-26
The Key
1958-05-28
The Traitor
1957-03-01
The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950-03-20
Health in Our Time
1948-01-01
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