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 the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon.
Davies was born in Liverpool. After serving in the British Merchant Navy, during the Second World War he served as a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm. Having been shot down over the Dutch coast, Davies was taken p...
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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 the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon.
Davies was born in Liverpool. After serving in the British Merchant Navy, during the Second World War he served as a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm. Having been shot down over the Dutch coast, Davies was taken prisoner in 1942 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 -...
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