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Russell Napier

Actor

Russell Napier

Born November 28, 1910 in Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaDied August 19, 197437 films

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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A Night to Remember posterFirst watchA Night to Remember19587.7as Capt. Stanley LordThe sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second…View film

Essential films

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Sink the Bismarck! poster6.8Sink the Bismarck!1960Twisted Nerve poster6.8Twisted Nerve1968H.M.S. Defiant poster6.5H.M.S. Defiant1962The Blood Beast Terror poster5.5The Blood Beast Terror1968

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. 1968Twisted NerveProfessor Fuller
  2. 1968Nobody Runs ForeverLeeds
  3. 1968The Blood Beast TerrorLandlord
  4. 1964Man in the MiddleColonel Thompson
  5. 1962H.M.S. DefiantFlag Captain
  6. 1961Francis of AssisiBrother Elias
  7. 1961The Mark2nd Plain Clothes Officer
  8. 1960Hell Is a CitySuperintendent
  9. 1960The Angry SilenceThompson
  10. 1960Sink the Bismarck!Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
  11. 1958The Son of Robin HoodSquire Myles
  12. 1958Tread Softly StrangerPotter
  13. 1958A Night to RememberCapt. Stanley Lord
  14. 1957The ShiraleeParker
  15. 1957Robbery Under ArmsBanker Green
  16. 1957The Case of The Smiling WidowInspector Duggan
  17. 1956Destination DeathInspector Duggan
  18. 1956The Last Man to HangDetective Sgt. Bolton
  19. 1956Guilty?Inspector Hobson
  20. 1956The Man in the RoadScotland Yard Supt. Davidson
  21. 1956A Town Like AliceJack Burns
  22. 1956The Narrowing CircleSir Henry Dimmock
  23. 1955The Blue PeterRaymond Curtis
  24. 1955A Time to KillInspector Simmons
  25. 1955Little Red MonkeySupt. John Harrington
  26. 1955The Brain MachineInsp. Durham
  27. 1954The Unholy FourInsp. Treherne
  28. 1954Conflict of WingsWg. Cmr. Rogers
  29. 1954The Dark StairwayInspector Harmer
  30. 195336 HoursDetective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
  31. 1953The Saint's ReturnCol. Stafford
  32. 1953Black OrchidInspector Markham
  33. 1952Stolen FaceDet. Cutler
  34. 1952Blind Man's BluffStevens
  35. 1952Death of an AngelSupt. Walshaw
  36. 1952The Boy KumasenuNarrator
  37. 1949The Time Machine