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.
Series | UFO | Unknown | 1970-09-16 |
Movie | The Blood Beast Terror | Landlord | 1968-02-01 |
Movie | Twisted Nerve | Professor Fuller | 1968-12-20 |
Movie | Nobody Runs Forever | Leeds | 1968-08-22 |
Series | Man in a Suitcase | Unknown | 1967-09-27 |
Movie | Man in the Middle | Colonel Thompson | 1964-01-27 |
Movie | H.M.S. Defiant | Flag Captain | 1962-04-15 |
Movie | The Hole In The Ground | Narrator | 1962-07-29 |
Movie | Francis of Assisi | Brother Elias | 1961-07-12 |
Movie | The Mark | 2nd Plain Clothes Officer | 1961-01-26 |
Series | Stryker of the Yard | Unknown | 1961-11-02 |
Movie | Sink the Bismarck! | Air Vice Marshal (uncredited) | 1960-02-11 |
Movie | The Angry Silence | Thompson | 1960-03-10 |
Movie | Hell Is a City | Superintendent | 1960-04-10 |
Movie | A Night to Remember | Capt. Stanley Lord | 1958-07-03 |
Movie | Tread Softly Stranger | Potter | 1958-08-15 |
Movie | Son of Robin Hood | Squire Myles | 1958-11-01 |
Movie | Robbery Under Arms | Banker Green | 1957-01-10 |
Movie | The Shiralee | Parker | 1957-07-11 |
Movie | The Man in the Road | Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson | 1956-03-01 |
Movie | The Narrowing Circle | Sir Henry Dimmock | 1956-02-29 |
Movie | A Town Like Alice | Jack Burns | 1956-03-01 |
Series | Wire Service | Unknown | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Guilty? | Inspector Hobson | 1956-04-10 |
Movie | The Last Man to Hang | Detective Sgt. Bolton | 1956-08-01 |
Movie | The Brain Machine | Insp. Durham | 1955-01-01 |
Movie | Little Red Monkey | Supt. John Harrington | 1955-06-03 |
Movie | A Time to Kill | Inspector Simmons | 1955-11-01 |
Movie | The Blue Peter | Raymond Curtis | 1955-11-01 |
Movie | Conflict of Wings | Wg. Cmr. Rogers | 1954-03-29 |
Movie | The Stranger Came Home | Insp. Treherne | 1954-09-24 |
Movie | Black Orchid | Inspector Markham | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Scotland Yard | 1953-02-01 | |
Movie | The Saint's Return | Col. Stafford | 1953-10-12 |
Movie | 36 Hours | Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1953-12-04 |
Movie | Death of an Angel | Supt. Walshaw | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | Stolen Face | Det. Cutler | 1952-05-01 |
Movie | Blind Man's Bluff | Stevens | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | The Time Machine | 1949-01-24 |