Alan Napier
Born: 1903-01-07 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK
Died: 1988-08-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alan Napier (born Alan William Napier-Clavering) was an English actor. After a decade in London West End theatres, he had a long film career first in Britain and then in Hollywood. He eventually became widely known for portraying Alfred the butler in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.
Filmography
1981
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Briarton
1978
- Centennial as Lord Venneford
- The Paper Chase
- Flying High
- The Bastard as Dr. Bleeker
1977
- The Golden Dog as Archie
1974
- QB VII as Semple
- Come Die with Me as Lawyer
1973
- Kojak as Antonakis
1970
- Night Gallery as Cousin Zachariah Ogilvy
1967
- Ironside as John
1966
- Batman as Alfred
- Family Affair
- Daktari as Roger Ealing
- Batman as Alfred
1965
- Laredo
- The Loved One as British Club Official
1964
- Daniel Boone as Col. Sir Hubert Crater
- Mary Poppins as Huntsman/Reporter #3/Hound (voice) (uncredited)
- The Rogues as John McKellway
- My Fair Lady as Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited)
- Marnie as Mr. Rutland
- 36 Hours as Col. Peter MacLean
- Signpost to Murder as The Vicar
1963
- The Sword in the Stone as Sir Pellinore (voice)
- Breaking Point
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mr. Hodges
- The Beverly Hillbillies as Chemist
- The Lloyd Bridges Show as Kurt Drobney
- The Premature Burial as Dr. Gideon Gault
- Don't Call Me Charlie as Gen. Steele
- Tender Is the Night as Señor Pardo
1961
- Wild in the Country as Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited)
- Five Fingers : Thin Ice as Wembley
1960
- Thriller as Lawyer Ridgewater
- Checkmate as Father Dunne, the Abbot
- The Roaring 20's as Mr. Dunston
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Alexander Pinley
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Capt. Protheroe
- Adventures in Paradise as Alex
- The Detectives as Bishop
- The Third Man as Colonel Andresi
- Journey to the Center of the Earth as Dean
- Five Fingers as Wembley
- Island of Lost Women as Dr. Paul Lujan
1958
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Colonel Devlin
1957
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Bertram La Tour
- Panic!
- Until They Sail as Prosecution Attorney
1956
- Telephone Time
- The Mole People as Elinu, the High Priest
- Miami Exposé as Raymond Sheridan
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sir Everett
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Governor
- The Court Jester as Sir Brockhurst
- Moonfleet as Parson Glennie
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Cryer
- Désirée as Despreaux
- Playmates as Stephen Everton
1953
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Carnacki
- Letter to Loretta as Mr. Bronte
- Julius Caesar as Cicero
- General Electric Theater as Sean O'Donnell
- Young Bess as Robert Tyrwhitt
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as John Dwerrihouse
- Cavalcade of America
- Biff Baker U.S.A. as Prof. Artemus Beechem
- Chevron Theatre as Steven Everton
- Big Jim McLain as Sturak
1951
- Across the Wide Missouri as Capt. Humberstone Lyon
- The Great Caruso as Jean de Reszke
- The Blue Veil as Professor George Carter
- The Strange Door as Count Grassin
- Tarzan's Peril as Commissioner Peters
- Double Crossbones as Capt. Kidd
- The Highwayman
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Sir Adrian
- Tripoli as Khalil
1949
- Criss Cross as Finchley
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as High Executioner
- Manhandled as Alton Bennet
- The Red Danube as The General
- Challenge to Lassie as Lord Provost
- Master Minds as Dr. Druzik
- Tarzan's Magic Fountain as Jessup
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band as Sherlock Holmes
1948
- Joan of Arc as Earl of Warwick
- Macbeth as A Holy Father
- Johnny Belinda as Defense Attorney
- Hills of Home as Sir George
- My Own True Love as Kittredge
1947
- Unconquered as Sir William Johnson
- Forever Amber as Landale
- Sinbad the Sailor as Aga
- Lured as Detective Gordon
- Ivy as Sir Jonathan Wright
- Adventure Island as Attwater
- Fiesta as The Tourist
- Driftwood as Dr. Nicholas Adams
- High Conquest as Tommy Donlin
- The Lone Wolf in London as Monty Beresford
1946
- The Strange Woman as Judge Henry Saladine
- Three Strangers as David Shackleford
- A Scandal in Paris as Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister
- House of Horrors as F. Holmes Harmon
1945
- Hangover Square as Sir Henry Chapman
- Isle of the Dead as St. Aubyn
1944
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Mr. Parker
- The Uninvited as Dr. Scott
- Ministry of Fear as Dr. JM Forrester
- Action in Arabia as Eric Latimer
- Dark Waters as The Doctor (uncredited)
- Mademoiselle Fifi as The Count de Breville
- The Hairy Ape as MacDougald, Chief Engineer
1943
- Lassie Come Home as Jock
- The Song of Bernadette as Dr. Debeau
- Madame Curie as Dr. Bladh (uncredited)
- Assignment in Brittany as Sam Wells
- Appointment in Berlin as Col. Patterson (uncredited)
- Lost Angel as Dr. Woodring
1942
- Cat People as Doc Carver (uncredited)
- Random Harvest as Julian
- Eagle Squadron as Black Watch officer
- A Yank at Eton as Willow Club Restauranteur (uncredited)
1941
- Confirm or Deny as Updyke (scenes deleted)
1940
- The Invisible Man Returns as Willie Spears
- The House of the Seven Gables as Fuller
1939
- We Are Not Alone as Archdeacon
- The Four Just Men as Sir Hamar Ryman M.P.
1937
- For Valour as General
- The Wife of General Ling as Governor
1936
- Wings over Africa as Redfern
1933
- Loyalties as Gen. Canynge
- The Wandering Jew as Knight (Phase II)
1932
- In a Monastery Garden as Count Romano
1931
- Stamboul as Bouchier
1930
- Caste as Capt. Hawtree