Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1910-11-28
- Day of Death1974-08-19 (63 years)
- Place of BirthPerth, Western Australia, Australia
- Also Known AsRussell Gordon Napier
Russell Napier
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1971
Justice
As: Sir Harold Plant
- 1970
UFO
As: Dr. Green
- 1968
Twisted Nerve
As: Professor Fuller
- 1968
Nobody Runs Forever
As: Leeds
- 1968
The Blood Beast Terror
As: Landlord
- 1964
Man in the Middle
As: Colonel Thompson
- 1963
The Human Jungle
As: Headmaster
- 1962
H.M.S. Defiant
As: Flag Captain
- 1961
Francis of Assisi
As: Brother Elias
- 1961
The Mark
As: 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
- 1960
Hell Is a City
As: Superintendent
- 1960
The Angry Silence
As: Thompson
- 1960
Sink the Bismarck!
As: Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
- 1958
Son of Robin Hood
As: Squire Myles
- 1958
Tread Softly Stranger
As: Potter
- 1958
A Night to Remember
As: Capt. Stanley Lord
- 1957
The Shiralee
As: Parker
- 1957
Robbery Under Arms
As: Banker Green
- 1957
The Case of The Smiling Widow
As: Inspector Duggan
- 1956
Wire Service
As: Admiral Habberfield
- 1956
The Last Man to Hang
As: Detective Sgt. Bolton
- 1956
Guilty?
As: Inspector Hobson
- 1956
The Man in the Road
As: Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
- 1956
A Town Like Alice
As: Jack Burns
- 1956
The Narrowing Circle
As: Sir Henry Dimmock
- 1955
The Blue Peter
As: Raymond Curtis
- 1955
A Time to Kill
As: Inspector Simmons
- 1955
Little Red Monkey
As: Supt. John Harrington
- 1955
The Brain Machine
As: Insp. Durham
- 1954
The Stranger Came Home
As: Insp. Treherne
- 1954
Conflict of Wings
As: Wg. Cmr. Rogers
- 1954
The Dark Stairway
As: Inspector Harmer
- 1953
36 Hours
As: Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
- 1953
The Saint's Return
As: Col. Stafford
- 1953
Black Orchid
As: Inspector Markham
- 1953
Scotland Yard
As: Inspector Duggan
- 1952
Stolen Face
As: Det. Cutler
- 1952
Blind Man's Bluff
As: Stevens
- 1952
Death of an Angel
As: Supt. Walshaw
- 1952
The Boy Kumasenu
As: Narrator