Rupert Davies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1916, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- November 22, 1976
- Movies
- 40
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Monsignor (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Monsignor (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage) |
| 1981 | The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 | Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice) |
| 1975 | The After Dinner Game | Bartley Humbolt |
| 1975 | King Arthur, the Young Warlord | Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons |
| 1974 | Frightmare | Edmund Yates |
| 1971 | Zeppelin | Captain Whitney |
| 1971 | The Night Visitor | Mr. Clemens |
| 1971 | The Firechasers | Prentice |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Gordon |
| 1969 | The Oblong Box | Joshua Kemp |
| 1969 | Maigret at Bay | Commissaire Jules Maigret |
| 1968 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | The Vicar (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Monsignor Ernst Mueller |
| 1968 | Witchfinder General | John Lowes |
| 1968 | Submarine X-1 | Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Comm. Sanders |
| 1966 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Jules Merlin |
| 1966 | Target for Killing | Kommissar Saadi |
| 1966 | Maigret Plays Dirty | Maigret |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | George Smiley |
| 1964 | The Uncle | David Morton |
| 1964 | The Big Breaker | Councillor Wally Cross |
| 1960 | The Criminal | Edwards |
| 1960 | Danger Tomorrow | Dr. Campbell |
| 1959 | Devil's Bait | Landlord |
| 1959 | Sapphire | Ferris |
| 1959 | The Thought of Tomorrow | Geoffrey Hansbury |
| 1959 | Bobbikins | |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | British Captain |
| 1959 | Life In Emergency Ward 10 | R.S.O. Hunter |
| 1959 | Violent Moment | Bert Glennon |
| 1959 | Breakout | Morgan |
| 1958 | Sea Fury | Bosun |
| 1958 | The Key | Baker |
| 1957 | The Traitor | Clinton |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | Sir John |
| 1950 | The Angel with the Trumpet | Policeman |
| 1948 | Health in Our Time |
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