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Rupert Davies

Rupert Davies

Actor · Died November 22, 1976, aged 60 · Liverpool, Lancashire, 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 22, 1916
Died
November 22, 1976 (aged 60)
From
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26

What are Rupert Davies' films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
52%
Bonds
11%
Power
11%
Self
9%
Survival
8%
Society
8%
Ideas
2%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 6
Herald
1 of 6
Trickster
1 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Dread
7
Melancholic
6
Cold
3
Contemplative
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Haunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rupert Davies' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rupert Davies' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Many Faces of Dracula(2000)

    as Monsignor (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Monsignor (archive footage)

  • The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine (voice)

  • The After Dinner Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Bartley Humbolt

  • King Arthur, the Young Warlord(1975)

    as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Frightmare(1974)

    as Edmund Yates

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Father Brown(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Arthur Druce

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Lemerie

  • Arthur of the Britons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 3 episodes · as Cerdig

  • War & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 14 episodes · as Ilya Rostov

  • The Man Outside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 13 episodes · as Baker

  • Zeppelin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Captain Whitney

  • The Night Visitor(1971)

    as Mr. Clemens

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Firechasers(1971)

    as Prentice

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Waterloo(1970)

    as Gordon

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Biography (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Almroth Wright

  • Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Bartley Humbolt

  • The Oblong Box(1969)

    as Joshua Kemp

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Maigret at Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Commissaire Jules Maigret

  • The Crimson Cult(1968)

    as The Vicar (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave(1968)

    as Monsignor Ernst Mueller

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Joe 90 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 30 episodes · as Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine (voice)

  • The Champions(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Voss

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Witchfinder General(1968)

    as John Lowes

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Submarine X-1(1968)

    as Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Man in a Suitcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Five Golden Dragons(1967)

    as Comm. Sanders

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Brides of Fu Manchu(1966)

    as Jules Merlin

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Target for Killing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Kommissar Saadi

  • Maigret Plays Dirty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Maigret

  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1965)

    as George Smiley

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Commissaire Maigret

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Lomov

  • The Uncle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as David Morton

  • The Big Breaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Councillor Wally Cross

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Councillor Wally Cross

  • Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 18 episodes · as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret · as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction · as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Introduction (uncredited)

  • Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Chief of Police

  • Maigret(1960)

    Show 52 episodes · as Chief Inspector Maigret

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Sunday-Night Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Capt. Victor Mishlayevsky

  • The Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Edwards

  • Danger Man(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Graves

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Danger Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Dr. Campbell

  • Devil's Bait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Landlord

  • Sapphire(1959)

    as Ferris

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Thought of Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Geoffrey Hansbury

  • The Third Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 3 episodes · as Arthur Shillings · as Insp. Arthur Shillings

  • Interpol Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Coetzee

  • Bobbikins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • John Paul Jones(1959)

    as British Captain

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Life In Emergency Ward 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as R.S.O. Hunter

  • Breakout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Morgan

  • Violent Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Bert Glennon

  • The Invisible Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Dushkin

  • Sea Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Bosun

  • The Key(1958)

    as Baker

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Ivanhoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Brother Gareth

  • Sailor of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 22 episodes · as Alphonso · as Alphonso - Italian Ship's Engineer

  • The Accursed(1957)

    as Clinton

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Banham · as Det. Insp. · as Geoffrey Hansbury · as Inspector Shawcross · as Miffin · as Ramon Cintos

  • Quatermass II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · as Vincent Broadhead

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Simon Dexter

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Folio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Canoris

  • Lilli Palmer Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Warriors(1955)

    as Sir John

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Angel with the Trumpet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Policeman

  • Sunday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Alec Roper · as Day-watchman · as Frontier guard · as Gabriel Mirabeau · as Maurice Szeps · as Mr. Page · as Oderbruch · as Thomas Cromwell · as Thompson · as Walters · as Wing Commander

  • Health in Our Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles from 1948 to 2000; peak year 1969.

Biggest box office

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

$529 worldwide

Highest rated

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Maigret (1960)

Film career

19482000

Peak 1969 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1958Screen debut· The Key
  • 1974First top-billed film· Frightmare
  • 1974Career best· Frightmare

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting68 of 68: 68 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

By decade

1940s1 · acting1950s24 · acting1960s26 · acting1970s14 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 8% of 13 roles
5868

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Rupert Davies' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)

80th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

Midcredits 94th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rupert Davies' work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 60 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles6–43 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 13 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 69 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Rupert Davies work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rupert Davies' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christopher Lee shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers