Rupert Davies
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Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Birthday: May 22, 1916
Deathday: November 22, 1976
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Gender: Male
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The Brides of Fu Manchu
Overview: This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-16
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The Criminal
Overview: When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-13
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Witchfinder General
Overview: England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.
Genres: Drama History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-17
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Curse of the Crimson Altar
Overview: When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming, and his niece more demonstrably so, Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Overview: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Overview: In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more fear and terror strikes Transylvania as the undead Prince of Darkness stalks the village of Keineneburg to ensnare victims and satisfy his evil thirst.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-07
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Frightmare
Overview: In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie, try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-05
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The Big Breaker
Overview: A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-18
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The Oblong Box
Overview: Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-11
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Five Golden Dragons
Overview: While travelling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell accidentally stumbles into the middle of criminal negotiations between a mean gang, the Five Golden Dragons and the local mobsters.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-03
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The Angel with the Trumpet
Overview: Sad tale of a woman who marries the man her family wishes her to wed, not Wooland, the man she truly loves. Years after her lover's suicide, Herlie joins him before the Gestapo can get to her because of her Jewish ancestry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-20
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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The Dark Avenger
Overview: Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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Target for Killing
Overview: A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-09-29
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Waterloo
Overview: After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-26
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Devil's Bait
Overview: The police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Violent Moment
Overview: Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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Health in Our Time
Overview: Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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Breakout
Overview: A local government official leads a double life when organising a breakout from a prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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Maigret Plays Dirty
Overview: Murder mystery featuring Maigret.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Thought of Tomorrow
Overview: Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also his mistress. All their efforts are needed to get the deal that will save his business.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-11
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Zeppelin
Overview: The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-08
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The Uncle
Overview: Gus is a seven-year-old uncle who struggles with the responsibility placed upon him when his nephew Tom comes to spend the summer holidays with his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-23
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Life In Emergency Ward 10
Overview: Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series Emergency – Ward 10
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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Bobbikins
Overview: Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-28
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Danger Tomorrow
Overview: A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-31
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The Night Visitor
Overview: An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Overview: Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-04
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Submarine X-1
Overview: After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-22
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The Key
Overview: In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-28
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The Firechasers
Overview: Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter and falls in love.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Sapphire
Overview: Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-02
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Sea Fury
Overview: The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long he and the girl fall for one another. Meanwhile a sinking freighter carrying explosive cargo has to be salvaged....
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-26
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John Paul Jones
Overview: The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Genres: War History Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-16
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King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Overview: This is the inspiring, epic journey of a noble warrior's quest to prove his worth, his might, and his destined fate to become the next ruler of Britain.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The After Dinner Game
Overview: Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protege professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-16
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The Traitor
Overview: One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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