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