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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 28, 1910
Died
August 19, 1974
Place of Birth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Also Known As
- Russell Gordon Napier
Russell Napier
0.2 Popularity
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
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Sir Harold Plant
Justice
1971
7.7
Dr. Green
UFO
1970
6.8
Professor Fuller
Twisted Nerve
1968
6.0
Leeds
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
5.5
Landlord
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
7.0
Man in a Suitcase
1967
6.5
Colonel Thompson
Man in the Middle
1964
8.2
Headmaster
The Human Jungle
1963
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0.0
Narrator
The Hole In The Ground
1962
6.5
Flag Captain
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
Credits
Justice
as Sir Harold Plant
1971
6.0
UFO
as Dr. Green
1970
7.7
Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
1968
6.8
Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
1968
6.0
The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
1968
5.5
Man in a Suitcase
1967
7.0
Man in the Middle
as Colonel Thompson
1964
6.5
The Human Jungle
as Headmaster
1963
8.2
🎬
The Hole In The Ground
as Narrator
1962
0.0
H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
1962
6.5
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Stryker of the Yard
1961
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Francis of Assisi
as Brother Elias
1961
7.6
The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
1961
6.2
Hell Is a City
as Superintendent
1960
6.5
The Angry Silence
as Thompson
1960
7.2
Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
1960
6.8
Son of Robin Hood
as Squire Myles
1958
4.4
Tread Softly Stranger
as Potter
1958
7.6
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Stanley Lord
1958
7.7
The Shiralee
as Parker
1957
4.8
Robbery Under Arms
as Banker Green
1957
4.9
The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Inspector Duggan
1957
0.0
Deep Dig
1957
0.0
Wire Service
as Admiral Habberfield
1956
0.0
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Destination Death
as Inspector Duggan
1956
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The Last Man to Hang
as Detective Sgt. Bolton
1956
5.7
Guilty?
as Inspector Hobson
1956
4.8
A Town Like Alice
as Jack Burns
1956
6.3
The Man in the Road
as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
1956
6.3
The Narrowing Circle
as Sir Henry Dimmock
1956
5.5
The Blue Peter
as Raymond Curtis
1955
6.0
A Time to Kill
as Inspector Simmons
1955
6.5
Little Red Monkey
as Supt. John Harrington
1955
6.4
The Brain Machine
as Insp. Durham
1955
5.5
The Stranger Came Home
as Insp. Treherne
1954
5.1
Conflict of Wings
as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
1954
6.0
The Dark Stairway
as Inspector Harmer
1954
0.0
36 Hours
as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
1953
5.9
The Saint's Return
as Col. Stafford
1953
5.7
Scotland Yard
1953
0.0
Scotland Yard
as Inspector Duggan
1953
0.0
Black Orchid
as Inspector Markham
1953
4.4
Stolen Face
as Det. Cutler
1952
5.6
Blind Man's Bluff
as Stevens
1952
0.0
The Boy Kumasenu
as Narrator
1952
6.0
Death of an Angel
as Supt. Walshaw
1952
6.0
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The Time Machine
1949
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