Stringer Davis

June 4, 1899 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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.

Often works with

Margaret Rutherford
16 titles together
Murder She Said, Murder at the Gallop, Murder Most Foul
Charles Tingwell
4 titles together
Murder She Said, Murder at the Gallop, Murder Most Foul
Sam Kydd
4 titles together
I'm All Right Jack, The Runaway Bus, Just My Luck
Joan Hickson
3 titles together
Murder She Said, Mad About Men, Curtain Up
Lucy Griffiths
3 titles together
Murder She Said, Murder Ahoy, Mad About Men
Robert Morley
3 titles together
Murder at the Gallop, The Alphabet Murders, Curtain Up

Full filmography · 19

The Alphabet Murders
as Mr. Stringer (uncredited)
19655.8
Murder Ahoy
as Jim Stringer
19647.1
Murder Most Foul
as Jim Stringer
19647.1
The V.I.P.s
as Hotel Waiter
19636.1
Murder at the Gallop
as Jim Stringer
19637.1
The Mouse on the Moon
as 1st Councillor (Uncredited)
19636.3
Murder She Said
as Jim Stringer
19617.3
I'm All Right Jack
as Reporter
19596.6
Just My Luck
as Goodwood Steward (uncredited)
1957
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Emmett
19576.7
The March Hare
as Doctor
1956
Mad About Men
as The Vicar (uncredited)
19546.5