Rupert Davies
Actor·1916–1976·Liverpool, Lancashire, 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.
The Many Faces of Dracula
Actor (Monsignor (archive footage))
Frightmare
Actor (Edmund Yates)
The Night Visitor
Actor (Mr. Clemens)
The Oblong Box
Actor (Joshua Kemp)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Actor (The Vicar (uncredited))
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Actor (Monsignor Ernst Mueller)
Witchfinder General
Actor (John Lowes)
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Actor (Jules Merlin)