Russell Napier
Born: 1910-11-28 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died: 1974-08-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the screen, from 1947 to 1974, playing both comedic and dramatic roles in both cinema and television. Notably, he starred in a liveBBC television production of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine in 1949; still photographs of this production exist, but no actual footage.
Filmography
1971
- Justice as Sir Harold Plant
1970
- UFO as Dr. Green
1968
- The Blood Beast Terror as Landlord
- Nobody Runs Forever as Leeds
- Twisted Nerve as Professor Fuller
1967
1964
- Man in the Middle as Colonel Thompson
1963
- The Human Jungle as Headmaster
1962
- H.M.S. Defiant as Flag Captain
- The Hole In The Ground as Narrator
1961
- The Mark as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
- Francis of Assisi as Brother Elias
- Stryker of the Yard
1960
- Sink the Bismarck! as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
- The Angry Silence as Thompson
- Hell Is a City as Superintendent
1958
- A Night to Remember as Capt. Stanley Lord
- Tread Softly Stranger as Potter
- Son of Robin Hood as Squire Myles
1957
- The Shiralee as Parker
- The Case of The Smiling Widow as Inspector Duggan
- Robbery Under Arms as Banker Green
- Deep Dig
1956
- Guilty? as Inspector Hobson
- Wire Service as Admiral Habberfield
- A Town Like Alice as Jack Burns
- The Man in the Road as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
- The Last Man to Hang as Detective Sgt. Bolton
- The Narrowing Circle as Sir Henry Dimmock
- Destination Death as Inspector Duggan
1955
- A Time to Kill as Inspector Simmons
- The Blue Peter as Raymond Curtis
- Little Red Monkey as Supt. John Harrington
- The Brain Machine as Insp. Durham
1954
- The Dark Stairway as Inspector Harmer
- The Stranger Came Home as Insp. Treherne
- Conflict of Wings as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
1953
- Scotland Yard
- 36 Hours as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
- The Saint's Return as Col. Stafford
- Black Orchid as Inspector Markham
1952
- Stolen Face as Det. Cutler
- Blind Man's Bluff as Stevens
- Death of an Angel as Supt. Walshaw
- The Boy Kumasenu as Narrator