Ian Abercrombie
Born: 1934-09-11 in Grays, Essex, England, UK
Died: 2012-01-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor, best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey. He appeared as Elaine Benes' boss Justin Pitt during the sixth season of Seinfeld, and as a fastidious butler on Desperate Housewives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Abercrombie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2011
- Rango as Ambrose (voice)
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series as Ganthet (voice)
2010
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)
2008
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Chancellor Palpatine (voice)
- Childrens Hospital as Butler
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
- Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School as Headmaster Crumbs
2007
- Wizards of Waverly Place as Professor Crumbs
- Moonlight as Richard Whitley
- Trust Me as Teitelbaum
- Hard Four as Jack Ermine
2006
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Smithee
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Ervin Sezgin
- Inland Empire as Henry the Butler
2005
- How I Met Your Mother as Ben Franklin
- Blasphemy the Movie as Zues
- The L.A. Riot Spectacular as Auctioneer
- When Puppets and Dolls Attack! as Dr. Hess (archive footage)
- Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Rupert
- The Batman as Ewan Fripp (voice)
- Summerland as Thomas Lindfield
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Cyril Parks
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Puppet Master: The Legacy as Dr. Hess (archive footage)
2002
- Birds of Prey as Alfred Pennyworth
- ChromiumBlue.com as Sir George
- The Random Years as Milton
- Chromiumblue.com
- Cover Me Girls as Sir George
- Gypsy Love as Sir George
- The Eternal as Sir George
2001
- Shrek ... (ADR & Dubbing)
- Crossing Jordan as George
- State of Grace as Donnie Thursday
2000
- The District as Leon
- Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman as Psychiatrist
1999
- Wild Wild West as British Dignitary
- Grown Ups
- Love & Money
1998
- Charmed as Aramis
1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Old Man
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Emil (segment "The Mummy")
- MouseHunt as Auctioneer
- Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard as Merlin
- Over the Top
- Bimbo Movie Bash as Dr. Dorn
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Butler
1996
- A Face to Die For as Mr. Sturetsky
- Rattled as Dr. Remsen
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Abbot
- NewsRadio as Cadbury
- Cybill as Alan Ford
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as Parks
1994
- Babylon 5 as Correlilmurzon
- Touched by an Angel as George Taylor
- Grief as Stanley
- Clean Slate as Leader
- Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 as Professor Dorn
1993
- The Nanny as Butler Inspector
- Addams Family Values as Driver
- Cafe Americain as Uncle Claude
1992
- Army of Darkness as Wiseman
- The Public Eye as Mr. Brown
- Puppet Master III as Dr. Hess
- The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade as Skip
1991
- Zandalee as Louis Medina
- Sisters
- Rolling Thunder
1990
- Twin Peaks as Tom Brockman
- Northern Exposure as Anastasia's Aide
- The Flash as Skip
- Repossessed as Ice Tea Waiter (uncredited)
1989
- Seinfeld as Justin Pitt
- Coach as Jackie
- Tales from the Crypt as Fulton (segment "The Switch")
- Warlock as Magistrate #1
- Dark Holiday as Captain
1988
- Empty Nest as Captain Burke
- Murphy Brown
- Catacombs as Brother Orsini
- War and Remembrance as Vice Admiral Rodney
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Lemieux
- Frog as Dr. Fritsky
- The Dancing Princesses as Royal Cobbler
1986
- L.A. Law as Gunther Hall
- Firewalker as Boggs
- It's Garry Shandling's Show as Fate
- Last Resort as Maitre d'
1985
- Moonlighting as Ludwig
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Doctor (uncredited)
- Hostage Flight as Scotland Yard Inspector
- Kicks as Barnes
- Stingray
- First The Egg as Mr. Hanna
- Otherworld
- George Burns Comedy Week
- Foley Square
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Blandings
- Airwolf as Lord Killebrew
- Hunter as George Cooper
- Who's the Boss?
- The Ice Pirates as Hymie
- Santa Barbara
1983
- Flicks as Inspector
1982
- Hotel
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Royal Cobbler
- Voyagers!
- Marian Rose White as Lord Bates
- Tucker's Witch
1981
- Dynasty
- Falcon Crest as Ross Beaton
1980
- Blood Beach as Man in Mayor's Office
- S.O.S. Titanic as Deck Steward (uncredited)
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Denis
1979
- Knots Landing as Caterer
- The Prisoner of Zenda as Johann
- Mrs. Columbo
1978
- Battlestar Galactica as Forger 7
- Vega$
- Sextette as Frederick Ambrose (BBC Announcer)
- The Bastard as Deserter (uncredited)
- Keefer as Rudy
- Little Mo as Dr. Noyes
1977
- Three's Company
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Sgt. Lander
- The San Pedro Bums as Crazed Shopper (uncredited)
- Fantasy Island as Bartender
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Whiting (uncredited)
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- High Risk as Major Domo
1974
- Happy Days
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Shoemacher
- The Island at the Top of the World as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Young Frankenstein as Second Villager (uncredited)
- The Questor Tapes as Charlie
1973
- Wicked, Wicked as Eddie (uncredited)
1972
1971
1970
- Sole Survivor as British co-pilot
1969
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
1968
- Star! as Man in Brixton Music Hall (uncredited)
1965
- Get Smart
- Von Ryan's Express as English POW