Russell Napier
Acting • Born 1910-11-28 – Died 1974-08-19
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
47 credits
Tread Softly Stranger
Movie • 1958
Potter
Little Red Monkey
Movie • 1955
Supt. John Harrington
The Blue Peter
Movie • 1955
Raymond Curtis
A Time to Kill
Movie • 1955
Inspector Simmons
Nobody Runs Forever
Movie • 1968
Leeds
The Mark
Movie • 1961
2nd Plain Clothes Officer
The Angry Silence
Movie • 1960
Thompson
The Blood Beast Terror
Movie • 1968
Landlord
H.M.S. Defiant
Movie • 1962
Flag Captain
The Brain Machine
Movie • 1955
Insp. Durham
Francis of Assisi
Movie • 1961
Brother Elias
The Stranger Came Home
Movie • 1954
Insp. Treherne
The Man in the Road
Movie • 1956
Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
The Dark Stairway
Movie • 1954
Inspector Harmer
Blind Man's Bluff
Movie • 1952
Stevens
Robbery Under Arms
Movie • 1957
Banker Green
Son of Robin Hood
Movie • 1958
Squire Myles
Deep Dig
Movie • 1957
Death of an Angel
Movie • 1952
Supt. Walshaw
The Time Machine
Movie • 1949
Black Orchid
Movie • 1953
Inspector Markham
The Shiralee
Movie • 1957
Parker
The Hole In The Ground
Movie • 1962
Narrator
The Narrowing Circle
Movie • 1956
Sir Henry Dimmock
Twisted Nerve
Movie • 1968
Professor Fuller
Stolen Face
Movie • 1952
Det. Cutler
The Last Man to Hang
Movie • 1956
Detective Sgt. Bolton
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie • 1960
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
Movie • 1958
Capt. Stanley Lord
Hell Is a City
Movie • 1960
Superintendent
Man in the Middle
Movie • 1964
Colonel Thompson
Guilty?
Movie • 1956
Inspector Hobson
The Case of The Smiling Widow
Movie • 1957
Inspector Duggan
Conflict of Wings
Movie • 1954
Wg. Cmr. Rogers
The Saint's Return
Movie • 1953
Col. Stafford
A Town Like Alice
Movie • 1956
Jack Burns
36 Hours
Movie • 1953
Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Boy Kumasenu
Movie • 1952
Narrator
Destination Death
Movie • 1956
Inspector Duggan
UFO
TV • 1970
Dr. Green
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Admiral Habberfield
Scotland Yard
TV • 1953
Stryker of the Yard
TV • 1961
Justice
TV • 1971
Sir Harold Plant
Scotland Yard
TV • 1953
Inspector Duggan
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
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