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Rupert Davies

Acting Born May 22, 1916 Died Nov 22, 1976 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK 89 credits

Biography

Rupert Davies was a British actor born in Liverpool on 22 May 1916. He is best known for playing the title role in the BBC's television adaptation of Maigret, based on the novels by Georges Simenon. Davies served in the British Merchant Navy and later as a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. He was captured and interned in Stalag Luft III POW camp after his aircraft ditched in the sea. Davies died on 22 November 1976.

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Career timeline

The Many Faces of Dracula
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
The After Dinner GameKing Arthur, the Young Warlord
Father BrownFrightmare
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
War & PeaceArthur of the BritonsThe Man Outside
The Night VisitorZeppelinThe Firechasers
Play for TodayWaterlooBiography
Maigret at BayThe Oblong Box
The ChampionsJoe 90Witchfinder GeneralDracula Has Risen from the GraveCurse of the Crimson Altar
Man in a SuitcaseFive Golden Dragons
Target for KillingThe Brides of Fu ManchuMaigret Plays Dirty
BBC Play of the MonthThirty-Minute TheatreThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Wednesday PlayDetectiveDetectiveDetectiveThe Uncle
FestivalReady Steady Go!
MaigretDanger ManSunday-Night PlayThe CriminalDanger Tomorrow
Interpol CallingThe Third ManThe Third ManSapphireBreakout
IvanhoeThe Invisible ManThe KeySea Fury
Sailor of FortuneThe Traitor
Armchair TheatreArmchair TheatreArmchair TheatreArmchair TheatreArmchair Theatre
The Adventures of Robin HoodFolioLilli Palmer TheatreThe Dark AvengerQuatermass II
Sunday Night TheatreSunday Night TheatreSunday Night TheatreSunday Night TheatreSunday Night Theatre
Health in Our Time

Full filmography

  • The Many Faces of Dracula (2000) as Monsignor (archive footage)
  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Monsignor (archive footage)
  • Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 (1981) as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)
  • The After Dinner Game (1975) as Bartley Humbolt
  • King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975) as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
  • Father Brown (1974) as Colonel Arthur Druce
  • Frightmare (1974) as Edmund Yates
  • Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) as Lemerie
  • War & Peace (1972) as Ilya Rostov
  • Arthur of the Britons (1972) as Cerdig
  • The Man Outside (1972) as Baker
  • The Night Visitor (1971) as Mr. Clemens
  • Zeppelin (1971) as Captain Whitney
  • The Firechasers (1971) as Prentice
  • Play for Today (1970) as Bartley Humbolt
  • Waterloo (1970) as Gordon
  • Biography (1970) as Sir Almroth Wright
  • Maigret at Bay (1969) as Commissaire Jules Maigret
  • The Oblong Box (1969) as Joshua Kemp
  • The Champions (1968) as Voss
  • Joe 90 (1968) as Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
  • Witchfinder General (1968) as John Lowes
  • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) as Monsignor Ernst Mueller
  • Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) as The Vicar (uncredited)
  • Submarine X-1 (1968) as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)
  • Man in a Suitcase (1967)
  • Five Golden Dragons (1967) as Comm. Sanders
  • Target for Killing (1966) as Kommissar Saadi
  • The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) as Jules Merlin
  • Maigret Plays Dirty (1966) as Maigret
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Commissaire Maigret
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Lomov
  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) as George Smiley
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Councillor Wally Cross
  • Detective (1964) as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
  • Detective (1964) as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction
  • Detective (1964) as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction (uncredited)
  • The Uncle (1964) as David Morton
  • The Big Breaker (1964) as Councillor Wally Cross
  • Festival (1963) as Chief of Police
  • Ready Steady Go! (1963) as Self
  • Maigret (1960) as Chief Inspector Maigret
  • Danger Man (1960) as Colonel Graves
  • Sunday-Night Play (1960) as Capt. Victor Mishlayevsky
  • The Criminal (1960) as Edwards
  • Danger Tomorrow (1960) as Dr. Campbell
  • Interpol Calling (1959) as Coetzee
  • The Third Man (1959) as Arthur Shillings
  • The Third Man (1959) as Insp. Arthur Shillings
  • Sapphire (1959) as Ferris
  • Breakout (1959) as Morgan
  • John Paul Jones (1959) as British Captain
  • Bobbikins (1959)
  • Devil's Bait (1959) as Landlord
  • Life In Emergency Ward 10 (1959) as R.S.O. Hunter
  • The Thought of Tomorrow (1959) as Geoffrey Hansbury
  • Violent Moment (1959) as Bert Glennon
  • Ivanhoe (1958) as Brother Gareth
  • The Invisible Man (1958) as Dushkin
  • The Key (1958) as Baker
  • Sea Fury (1958) as Bosun
  • Sailor of Fortune (1957) as Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
  • The Traitor (1957) as Clinton
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Inspector Shawcross
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Banham
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Det. Insp.
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Geoffrey Hansbury
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Ramon Cintos
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Miffin
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Simon Dexter
  • Folio (1955) as Canoris
  • Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955)
  • The Dark Avenger (1955) as Sir John
  • Quatermass II (1955) as Vincent Broadhead
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Day-watchman
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Mr. Page
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Thompson
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Wing Commander
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Alec Roper
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Oderbruch
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Thomas Cromwell
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Maurice Szeps
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Frontier guard
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Walters
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Gabriel Mirabeau
  • The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) as Policeman
  • Health in Our Time (1948)