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