Russell Napier
Known for 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.
Filmography
A Night to Remember
1958
as Capt. Stanley Lord
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Twisted Nerve
1968
as Professor Fuller
The Stranger Came Home
1954
as Insp. Treherne
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Flag Captain
Son of Robin Hood
1958
as Squire Myles
A Town Like Alice
1956
as Jack Burns
Hell Is a City
1960
as Superintendent
Francis of Assisi
1961
as Brother Elias
Man in the Middle
1964
as Colonel Thompson
The Shiralee
1957
as Parker
Little Red Monkey
1955
as Supt. John Harrington
Stolen Face
1952
as Det. Cutler
The Blue Peter
1955
as Raymond Curtis
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
as Landlord
The Last Man to Hang
1956
as Detective Sgt. Bolton
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
as Leeds
Guilty?
1956
as Inspector Hobson
Tread Softly Stranger
1958
as Potter
The Mark
1961
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer