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    Rupert Davies

    1916-05-22 (108 years old) in Liverpool, England, UK

    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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    The Many Faces of Dracula
    50 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Documentary, Horror
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    Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
    100 %|Jan 1, 1991
    Documentary, Horror
    actor
    Mike Leigh: Making Plays
    80 %|Sep 4, 1982
    Documentary
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    The After Dinner Game
    60 %|Jan 16, 1975
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    King Arthur, the Young Warlord
    70 %|Jan 1, 1975
    Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
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    Frightmare
    63.33 %|Nov 5, 1974
    Horror, Thriller
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    Zeppelin
    63 %|Apr 8, 1971
    Adventure, Drama, War
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    The Night Visitor
    63 %|Feb 10, 1971
    Thriller, Mystery, Horror
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    The Firechasers
    72 %|Jan 1, 1971
    Drama, Crime
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    Waterloo
    71.53999999999999 %|Oct 26, 1970
    History, Drama, War
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    The Oblong Box
    58 %|Jun 11, 1969
    Horror
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    Curse of the Crimson Altar
    54 %|Dec 1, 1968
    Horror, Mystery
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    Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
    66.97 %|Nov 7, 1968
    Horror
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    Witchfinder General
    64.53 %|May 17, 1968
    Drama, History, Horror
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    Submarine X-1
    60 %|Mar 22, 1968
    War
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    Five Golden Dragons
    54 %|Aug 3, 1967
    Drama, Action
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    The Brides of Fu Manchu
    57.24 %|Dec 16, 1966
    Crime, Adventure
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    Target for Killing
    57 %|Sep 29, 1966
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    actor
    Maigret Plays Dirty
    0 %|Jan 1, 1966
    Mystery
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    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
    71 %|Dec 16, 1965
    Drama, Thriller
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    The Uncle
    68 %|Apr 23, 1965
    Drama
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    The Big Breaker
    0 %|Nov 18, 1964
    TV Movie
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    The Criminal
    64 %|Sep 13, 1960
    Crime
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    Danger Tomorrow
    55 %|Mar 31, 1960
    Drama
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    Devil's Bait
    65 %|Dec 1, 1959
    Drama
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    Sapphire
    70 %|Nov 2, 1959
    Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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    The Thought of Tomorrow
    0 %|Oct 11, 1959
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    Bobbikins
    40 %|Jul 28, 1959
    Comedy
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    John Paul Jones
    61 %|Jun 16, 1959
    War, History, Action, Romance
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    Life In Emergency Ward 10
    70 %|Apr 1, 1959
    Drama
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    Violent Moment
    60 %|Mar 1, 1959
    Drama
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    Breakout
    68 %|Mar 1, 1959
    Drama, Crime
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    Sea Fury
    60 %|Aug 26, 1958
    Adventure
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    The Key
    60 %|May 28, 1958
    Drama, Romance, War
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    The Traitor
    70 %|Mar 1, 1957
    Drama, Mystery
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    The Dark Avenger
    60 %|Apr 15, 1955
    Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
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    The Angel with the Trumpet
    63 %|Mar 20, 1950
    Drama
    actor
    Health in Our Time
    0 %|Jan 1, 1948
    Documentary

    Series

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    Father Brown
    66 %|Sep 26, 1974
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
    67 %|Sep 1, 1973
    Mystery, Drama
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    Arthur of the Britons
    60 %|Dec 6, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    War & Peace
    73 %|Sep 29, 1972
    Drama, War & Politics
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    The Man Outside
    47 %|May 12, 1972
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    Play for Today
    61 %|Oct 15, 1970
    Drama
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    Joe 90
    72 %|Sep 29, 1968
    Action & Adventure
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    The Champions
    61 %|Sep 25, 1968
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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    Man in a Suitcase
    70 %|Sep 27, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    38 %|Oct 7, 1965
    Drama
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    The Wednesday Play
    45 %|Sep 30, 1964
    Drama
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    Detective
    0 %|Mar 30, 1964
    Crime
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    Ready Steady Go!
    0 %|Aug 9, 1963
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    Maigret
    69 %|Oct 31, 1960
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Danger Man
    74 %|Sep 11, 1960
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Third Man
    66.67 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Drama
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    The Third Man
    66.67 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Drama
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    Interpol Calling
    67 %|Sep 13, 1959
    Drama
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    The Invisible Man
    72 %|Sep 14, 1958
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Ivanhoe
    63 %|Jan 5, 1958
    Action & Adventure
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    Sailor of Fortune
    0 %|May 26, 1957
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Quatermass II
    61 %|Oct 22, 1955
    Drama
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood
    64 %|Sep 26, 1955
    Action & Adventure, Family
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    Folio
    0 %|Sep 25, 1955
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    Lilli Palmer Theatre
    0 %|Sep 25, 1955
    Drama, Comedy
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama