Russell Napier

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Russell Napier

Acting November 28, 1910

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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 bo…

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A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

7.6 1958 Movie
UFO

UFO

7.7 1970 TV Show
Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

6.8 1960 Movie
Justice

Justice

7.3 1971 TV Show
Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase

7.2 1967 TV Show
New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

6.3 1972 TV Show
H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant

6.5 1962 Movie
Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve

6.8 1968 Movie
The Blood Beast Terror

The Blood Beast Terror

5.5 1968 Movie
The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

8.2 1963 TV Show
Wire Service

Wire Service

9.0 1956 TV Show
Hell Is a City

Hell Is a City

6.6 1960 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1972
    New Scotland Yard

    TV show Dr Stephen Lewis

  2. 1971
    Justice

    TV show Sir Harold Plant

  3. 1970
    UFO

    TV show Dr. Green

  4. 1968
    Twisted Nerve

    Movie Professor Fuller

  5. 1968
    Nobody Runs Forever

    Movie Leeds

  6. 1968
    The Blood Beast Terror

    Movie Landlord

  7. 1967
    Man in a Suitcase

    TV show

  8. 1964
    Man in the Middle

    Movie Colonel Thompson

  9. 1963
    The Human Jungle

    TV show Headmaster

  10. 1962
    The Hole In The Ground

    Movie Narrator

  11. 1962
    H.M.S. Defiant

    Movie Flag Captain

  12. 1961
    Stryker of the Yard

    TV show

  13. 1961
    Francis of Assisi

    Movie Brother Elias

  14. 1961
    The Mark

    Movie 2nd Plain Clothes Officer

  15. 1960
    Hell Is a City

    Movie Superintendent

  16. 1960
    The Angry Silence

    Movie Thompson

More credits
  1. 1960
    Sink the Bismarck!

    Movie Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

  2. 1958
    The Son of Robin Hood

    Movie Squire Myles

  3. 1958
    Tread Softly Stranger

    Movie Potter

  4. 1958
    A Night to Remember

    Movie Capt. Stanley Lord

  5. 1957
    The Shiralee

    Movie Parker

  6. 1957
    Robbery Under Arms

    Movie Banker Green

  7. 1957
    The Case of The Smiling Widow

    Movie Inspector Duggan

  8. 1957
    Deep Dig

    Movie

  9. 1956
    Wire Service

    TV show Admiral Habberfield

  10. 1956
    Destination Death

    Movie Inspector Duggan

  11. 1956
    The Last Man to Hang

    Movie Detective Sgt. Bolton

  12. 1956
    Guilty?

    Movie Inspector Hobson

  13. 1956
    A Town Like Alice

    Movie Jack Burns

  14. 1956
    The Man in the Road

    Movie Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson

  15. 1956
    The Narrowing Circle

    Movie Sir Henry Dimmock

  16. 1955
    A Time to Kill

    Movie Inspector Simmons

  17. 1955
    The Blue Peter

    Movie Raymond Curtis

  18. 1955
    Little Red Monkey

    Movie Supt. John Harrington

  19. 1955
    The Brain Machine

    Movie Insp. Durham

  20. 1954
    The Unholy Four

    Movie Insp. Treherne

  21. 1954
    Conflict of Wings

    Movie Wg. Cmr. Rogers

  22. 1954
    The Dark Stairway

    Movie Inspector Harmer

  23. 1953
    36 Hours

    Movie Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)

  24. 1953
    The Saint's Return

    Movie Col. Stafford