Rupert Davies(1916-1976)

Having become famous playing Chief Inspector Jules Maigret on TV, he then impersonated a Maigret-like character in a series of commercials for Dubonnet, for ITV. Georges Simenon, Maigret's creator, objected to the commercials and had them stopped. Davies regretted this, claiming he had made more money over the few days of filming the commercials than he had in nearly four years of playing Maigret for the BBC.