Russell Napier
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
The Unholy Four (1954)
as Insp. Treherne
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
The Son of Robin Hood (1958)
as Squire Myles
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
as Flag Captain
Twisted Nerve (1968)
as Professor Fuller
Man in the Middle (1964)
as Colonel Thompson
Hell Is a City (1960)
as Superintendent
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
as Landlord
The Saint's Return (1953)
as Col. Stafford
A Town Like Alice (1956)
as Jack Burns
Stolen Face (1952)
as Det. Cutler
The Narrowing Circle (1956)
as Sir Henry Dimmock
The Angry Silence (1960)
as Thompson
Francis of Assisi (1961)
as Brother Elias
36 Hours (1953)
as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
A Time to Kill (1955)
as Inspector Simmons
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
as Leeds
The Blue Peter (1955)
as Raymond Curtis
The Last Man to Hang (1956)
as Detective Sgt. Bolton
The Case of The Smiling Widow (1957)
as Inspector Duggan
The Mark (1961)
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
The Shiralee (1957)
as Parker
Robbery Under Arms (1957)
as Banker Green
Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
as Stevens
The Hole In The Ground (1962)
as Narrator
Death of an Angel (1952)
as Supt. Walshaw
The Brain Machine (1955)
as Insp. Durham
Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
as Potter
Conflict of Wings (1954)
as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
Black Orchid (1953)
as Inspector Markham
Guilty? (1956)
as Inspector Hobson
The Man in the Road (1956)
as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
The Time Machine (1949)
Actor
Little Red Monkey (1955)
as Supt. John Harrington
The Boy Kumasenu (1952)
as Narrator
Deep Dig (1957)
Actor
The Dark Stairway (1954)
as Inspector Harmer
Destination Death (1956)
as Inspector Duggan