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Russell Napier
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Russell Napier's Filmography
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Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
Man in the Middle
as Colonel Thompson
The Hole In The Ground
as Narrator
H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
Francis of Assisi
as Brother Elias
The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
Hell Is a City
as Superintendent
The Angry Silence
as Thompson
Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
The Son of Robin Hood
as Squire Myles
Tread Softly Stranger
as Potter
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Stanley Lord
The Shiralee
as Parker
Robbery Under Arms
as Banker Green
The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Inspector Duggan
Deep Dig
No Poster
Destination Death
as Inspector Duggan
The Last Man to Hang
as Detective Sgt. Bolton
Guilty?
as Inspector Hobson
A Town Like Alice
as Jack Burns
The Man in the Road
as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
The Narrowing Circle
as Sir Henry Dimmock
A Time to Kill
as Inspector Simmons
The Blue Peter
as Raymond Curtis
Little Red Monkey
as Supt. John Harrington
The Brain Machine
as Insp. Durham
The Unholy Four
as Insp. Treherne
Conflict of Wings
as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
The Dark Stairway
as Inspector Harmer
36 Hours
as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Saint's Return
as Col. Stafford
Black Orchid
as Inspector Markham
Stolen Face
as Det. Cutler
Death of an Angel
as Supt. Walshaw
Blind Man's Bluff
as Stevens
The Boy Kumasenu
as Narrator
No Poster