Rupert Davies

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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...

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Play for TodaySeries • 1970The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950The Adventures of Robin HoodSeries • 1955Danger ManSeries • 1960The ChampionsSeries • 1968Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries • 1973MaigretSeries • 1960The Third ManSeries • 1959Interpol CallingSeries • 1959IvanhoeSeries • 1958Man in a SuitcaseSeries • 1967FolioSeries • 1955DetectiveSeries • 1964The Spy Who Came In from the ColdMovie • 1965WaterlooMovie • 1970Dracula Has Risen from the GraveMovie • 1968Witchfinder GeneralMovie • 1968The Oblong BoxMovie • 1969SapphireMovie • 1959Curse of the Crimson AltarMovie • 1968The Brides of Fu ManchuMovie • 1966