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Stringer Davis

Overview

  • Born
    June 4, 1899 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
  • Died
    August 29, 1973 · Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (undisclosed)
  • Birth name
    James Buckley Stringer Davis

Biography

  • Stringer Davis was born on June 4, 1899 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Murder She Said (1961), Murder Most Foul (1964) and Murder at the Gallop (1963). He was married to Margaret Rutherford. He died on August 29, 1973 in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

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  • Spouse
      Margaret Rutherford(March 26, 1945 - May 22, 1972) (her death)

Trivia

  • Collaborated on 27 television and cinema productions with Margaret Rutherford, as well as stage appearances together.
  • Gentle-mannered English character player in small parts. He played 'Mr. Stringer' opposite his wife, Margaret Rutherford, in her cinema outings as the Agatha Christie character 'Miss Jane Marple'. Appeared in other Rutherford films as well.
  • He passed away only 15 months after his wife, Margaret Rutherford.
  • Stringer Davis was married to Margaret Rutherford, an actress who portrayed Miss Marple in several Agatha Christie movies from 1961 to 1965. Mr. Davis almost always played a character they called "Mr. Stringer." Mr. Stringer was not really a character in any of Agatha Christie's novels, but he was written in as a favor to Ms. Rutherford.
  • Confessed to his wife, Dame Margaret Rutherford, that he was hopelessly infatuated with Sir John Gielgud. Apparently the infatuation was unrequited.

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