Russell Napier
Acting
Born: 1910-11-28 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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.
Known For
A Night to Remember
Capt. Stanley Lord
Sink the Bismarck!
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
The Blood Beast Terror
Landlord
UFO
Dr. Green
H.M.S. Defiant
Flag Captain
Twisted Nerve
Professor Fuller
The Angry Silence
Thompson
Hell Is a City
Superintendent
A Town Like Alice
Jack Burns
Francis of Assisi
Brother Elias
Stolen Face
Det. Cutler
The Saint's Return
Col. Stafford
Man in the Middle
Colonel Thompson
Nobody Runs Forever
Leeds
The Mark
2nd Plain Clothes Officer
The Shiralee
Parker
36 Hours
Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
Tread Softly Stranger
Potter
The Unholy Four
Insp. Treherne
Black Orchid
Inspector Markham
Man in a Suitcase
Robbery Under Arms
Banker Green
The Last Man to Hang
Detective Sgt. Bolton
The Brain Machine
Insp. Durham
Little Red Monkey
Supt. John Harrington
The Man in the Road
Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
The Son of Robin Hood
Squire Myles
The Narrowing Circle
Sir Henry Dimmock
Conflict of Wings
Wg. Cmr. Rogers
The Human Jungle
Headmaster
A Time to Kill
Inspector Simmons
Guilty?
Inspector Hobson
Justice
Sir Harold Plant
New Scotland Yard
Dr Stephen Lewis
The Blue Peter
Raymond Curtis
The Time Machine
The Boy Kumasenu
Narrator
The Dark Stairway
Inspector Harmer
Blind Man's Bluff
Stevens
Death of an Angel
Supt. Walshaw