Russell Napier
- Acting
- November 28, 1910 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- August 19, 1974
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.
Known for
Filmography
- New Scotland Yard · Dr Stephen Lewis
- Justice · Sir Harold Plant
- UFO · Dr. Green
- Twisted Nerve · Professor Fuller
- Nobody Runs Forever · Leeds
- The Blood Beast Terror · Landlord
- Man in a Suitcase
- Man in the Middle · Colonel Thompson
- The Human Jungle · Headmaster
- The Hole In The Ground · Narrator
- H.M.S. Defiant · Flag Captain
- Stryker of the Yard
- Francis of Assisi · Brother Elias
- The Mark · 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
- Hell Is a City · Superintendent
- The Angry Silence · Thompson
- Sink the Bismarck! · Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
- The Son of Robin Hood · Squire Myles
- Tread Softly Stranger · Potter
- A Night to Remember · Capt. Stanley Lord
- The Shiralee · Parker
- Robbery Under Arms · Banker Green
- Deep Dig
- The Case of The Smiling Widow · Inspector Duggan
- Wire Service · Admiral Habberfield
- Destination Death · Inspector Duggan
- The Last Man to Hang · Detective Sgt. Bolton
- Guilty? · Inspector Hobson
- The Man in the Road · Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
- A Town Like Alice · Jack Burns
- The Narrowing Circle · Sir Henry Dimmock
- The Blue Peter · Raymond Curtis
- A Time to Kill · Inspector Simmons
- Little Red Monkey · Supt. John Harrington
- The Brain Machine · Insp. Durham
- The Unholy Four · Insp. Treherne
- Conflict of Wings · Wg. Cmr. Rogers
- The Dark Stairway · Inspector Harmer
- 36 Hours · Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
- The Saint's Return · Col. Stafford
- Black Orchid · Inspector Markham
- Scotland Yard · Inspector Duggan
- Stolen Face · Det. Cutler
- Blind Man's Bluff · Stevens
- Death of an Angel · Supt. Walshaw
- The Boy Kumasenu · Narrator
- The Time Machine