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. Afte ... r 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.
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Maigret
as Chief Inspector Maigret
Episodes: 55
First Aired: Oct 31, 1960
Joe 90
as Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Sep 29, 1968
Sailor of Fortune
as Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer
Episodes: 22
First Aired: May 26, 1957
War & Peace
as Count Ilya Rostov
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Sep 29, 1972
Detective
as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Mar 30, 1964
Quatermass II
as Vincent Broadhead
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 22, 1955
Arthur of the Britons
as Cerdig
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 06, 1972
The Third Man
as Insp. Arthur Shillings
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
The Third Man
as Arthur Shillings
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
The Champions
as Voss
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1968
Ivanhoe
as Brother Gareth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 1958
Interpol Calling
as Coetzee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1959
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Lemerie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 01, 1973
Father Brown
as Colonel Arthur Druce
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1974
Armchair Theatre
as Inspector Shawcross
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
The Invisible Man
as Dushkin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1958
Play for Today
as Bartley Humbolt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Lomov
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1965
The Wednesday Play
as Councillor Wally Cross
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1964
Danger Man
as Colonel Graves
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1960
Armchair Theatre
as Banham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Armchair Theatre
as Det. Insp.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Armchair Theatre
as Geoffrey Hansbury
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Armchair Theatre
as Ramon Cintos
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Armchair Theatre
as Miffin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Folio
as Canoris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Simon Dexter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1955
Sunday Night Theatre
as Day-watchman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Mr. Page
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Thompson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Wing Commander
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Alec Roper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Oderbruch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Thomas Cromwell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Maurice Szeps
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Frontier guard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Walters
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Gabriel Mirabeau
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1950
Detective
as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 30, 1964
BBC Play of the Month
as Commissaire Maigret
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Festival
as Chief of Police
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 09, 1963
The Man Outside
Episodes: 13
First Aired: May 12, 1972
Ready Steady Go!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 09, 1963
Man in a Suitcase
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1967
Armchair Theatre
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1955
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