Russell Napier
Birthday
1910/11/28
Day of death
1974/08/19 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Also know as
Russell Gordon 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 footage.
Acting
(1958) Tread Softly Stranger
as Potter
(1955) Little Red Monkey
as Supt. John Harrington
(1955) The Blue Peter
as Raymond Curtis
(1955) A Time to Kill
as Inspector Simmons
(1968) Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
(1961) The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
(1960) The Angry Silence
as Thompson
(1968) The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
(1962) H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
(1955) The Brain Machine
as Insp. Durham
(1961) Francis of Assisi
as Brother Elias
(1954) The Stranger Came Home
as Insp. Treherne
(1956) The Man in the Road
as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
(1954) The Dark Stairway
as Inspector Harmer
(1952) Blind Man's Bluff
as Stevens
(1957) Robbery Under Arms
as Banker Green
(1958) Son of Robin Hood
as Squire Myles
(1957) Deep Dig
as ---
(1952) Death of an Angel
as Supt. Walshaw
(1949) The Time Machine
as ---
(1953) Black Orchid
as Inspector Markham
(1957) The Shiralee
as Parker
(1962) The Hole In The Ground
as Narrator
(1956) The Narrowing Circle
as Sir Henry Dimmock
(1968) Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
(1952) Stolen Face
as Det. Cutler
(1956) The Last Man to Hang
as Detective Sgt. Bolton
(1960) Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
(1958) A Night to Remember
as Capt. Stanley Lord
(1960) Hell Is a City
as Superintendent
(1964) Man in the Middle
as Colonel Thompson
(1956) Guilty?
as Inspector Hobson
(1957) The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Inspector Duggan
(1954) Conflict of Wings
as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
(1953) The Saint's Return
as Col. Stafford
(1956) A Town Like Alice
as Jack Burns
(1953) 36 Hours
as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1952) The Boy Kumasenu
as Narrator
(1970) UFO
as Dr. Green
(1956) Wire Service
as Admiral Habberfield
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1953) Scotland Yard
as ---
(1961) Stryker of the Yard
as ---
(1971) Justice
as Sir Harold Plant
(1953) Scotland Yard
as Inspector Duggan
(1963) The Human Jungle
as Headmaster