Acting credits
42
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Russell Napier
Acting
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Movies: 36Series: 6
TMDB ID: 97641
IMDb ID: nm0621040
Known for: Acting
Born: November 28, 1910
Died: August 19, 1974
Age: 63
Place of birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 1971
Years active: 20
Average TMDB rating: 6.57
Wikidata: Q329598
Also known 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Russell Napier.
6.7
Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
1968 Movie
6.0
Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
1968 Movie
5.5
The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
1968 Movie
6.4
Man in the Middle
as Colonel Thompson
1964 Movie
6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
1962 Movie
7.6
Francis of Assisi
as Brother Elias
1961 Movie
6.2
The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
1961 Movie
6.5
Hell Is a City
as Superintendent
1960 Movie
7.2
The Angry Silence
as Thompson
1960 Movie
6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
1960 Movie
4.4
Son of Robin Hood
as Squire Myles
1958 Movie
7.4
Tread Softly Stranger
as Potter
1958 Movie
7.7
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Stanley Lord
1958 Movie
5.0
The Shiralee
as Parker
1957 Movie
4.9
Robbery Under Arms
as Banker Green
1957 Movie
Deep Dig
1957 Movie
The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Inspector Duggan
1957 Movie
5.7
The Last Man to Hang
as Detective Sgt. Bolton
1956 Movie
4.8
Guilty?
as Inspector Hobson
1956 Movie
6.3
A Town Like Alice
as Jack Burns
1956 Movie
6.3
The Man in the Road
as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
1956 Movie
5.5
The Narrowing Circle
as Sir Henry Dimmock
1956 Movie
6.5
A Time to Kill
as Inspector Simmons
1955 Movie
6.0
The Blue Peter
as Raymond Curtis
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Russell Napier.
