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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-06-04

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Stringer Davis

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ​Stringer Davis (4 June 1899 – 29 August 1973) was an English character actor. Davis was born James Buckley Stringer Davis in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. He was bisexual and married fellow performer Margaret Rutherford in 1945. The marriage was happy and they stayed together until her death in 1972. He was most famous for his supporting roles in various films and television series, where he often played a gentle old Englishman character. He appeared alongside his wife in a number of films, including four adaptations of Agatha Christie novels featuring Rutherford as Miss Marple. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stringer Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Buccaneers

The Buccaneers

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.

Curtain Up

Curtain Up

In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

Murder She Said

Murder She Said

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

Aunt Clara

Aunt Clara

A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.

Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.

The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

The Mouse on the Moon

The Mouse on the Moon

Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.

Murder Ahoy

Murder Ahoy

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.

The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

Trouble in Store

Trouble in Store

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.

Mad About Men

Mad About Men

Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.

Miranda

Miranda

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.