Acting
Russell Napier
Also Known As: Russell Gordon Napier
Birth Date
November 28, 1910
Death Date
August 19, 1974
(passed away at 63)
Place of Birth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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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.
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UFO
Dr. Green
1970 • 1 episode
New Scotland Yard
Dr Stephen Lewis
1972 • 1 episode
Man in a Suitcase
1967 • 1 episode
Justice
Sir Harold Plant
1971 • 1 episode
The Human Jungle
Headmaster
1963 • 1 episode
A Night to Remember
Capt. Stanley Lord
1958
Wire Service
Admiral Habberfield
1956 • 1 episode
Stryker of the Yard
1961 • 2 episodes
The Mark
2nd Plain Clothes Officer
1961
Francis of Assisi
Brother Elias
1961
Sink the Bismarck!
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
1960
The Unholy Four
Insp. Treherne
1954
Twisted Nerve
Professor Fuller
1968
H.M.S. Defiant
Flag Captain
1962
Nobody Runs Forever
Leeds
1968
Scotland Yard
1953 • 39 episodes
The Angry Silence
Thompson
1960
The Blood Beast Terror
Landlord
1968
A Town Like Alice
Jack Burns
1956
Man in the Middle
Colonel Thompson
1964