Russell Napier
Birthday: 1910-11-28
Deathday: 1974-08-19
Birthplace: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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1968-12-20 | Twisted Nerve | Professor Fuller |
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1968-08-22 | Nobody Runs Forever | Leeds |
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1968-02-01 | The Blood Beast Terror | Landlord |
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1964-01-27 | Man in the Middle | Colonel Thompson |
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1962-04-15 | H.M.S. Defiant | Flag Captain |
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1961-07-12 | Francis of Assisi | Brother Elias |
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1961-01-26 | The Mark | 2nd Plain Clothes Officer |
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1960-04-10 | Hell Is a City | Superintendent |
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1960-03-10 | The Angry Silence | Thompson |
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1960-02-11 | Sink the Bismarck! | Air Vice Marshal (uncredited) |
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1958-11-01 | Son of Robin Hood | Squire Myles |
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1958-08-15 | Tread Softly Stranger | Potter |
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1958-07-03 | A Night to Remember | Capt. Stanley Lord |
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1957-07-11 | The Shiralee | Parker |
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1957-01-10 | Robbery Under Arms | Banker Green |
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1957-01-01 | Deep Dig | |
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1957-01-01 | The Case of The Smiling Widow | Inspector Duggan |
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1956-08-01 | The Last Man to Hang | Detective Sgt. Bolton |
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1956-04-10 | Guilty? | Inspector Hobson |
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1956-03-01 | The Man in the Road | Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson |
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1956-03-01 | A Town Like Alice | Jack Burns |
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1956-02-29 | The Narrowing Circle | Sir Henry Dimmock |
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1955-11-01 | The Blue Peter | Raymond Curtis |
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1955-11-01 | A Time to Kill | Inspector Simmons |
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1955-06-03 | Little Red Monkey | Supt. John Harrington |
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1955-01-01 | The Brain Machine | Insp. Durham |
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1954-09-24 | The Stranger Came Home | Insp. Treherne |
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1954-03-29 | Conflict of Wings | Wg. Cmr. Rogers |
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1954-03-01 | The Dark Stairway | Inspector Harmer |
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1953-12-04 | 36 Hours | Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited) |
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1953-10-12 | The Saint's Return | Col. Stafford |
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1953-02-01 | Black Orchid | Inspector Markham |
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1952-05-01 | Stolen Face | Det. Cutler |
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1952-01-01 | Blind Man's Bluff | Stevens |
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1952-01-01 | Death of an Angel | Supt. Walshaw |
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1949-01-24 | The Time Machine |