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