Russell Napier
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.
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British...
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Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser...
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H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag CaptainDefiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the...
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The Angry Silence
as ThompsonWhen the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking...
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The Saint's Return
as Col. StaffordA private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
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A Town Like Alice
as Jack BurnsIn 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly....
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Man in the Middle
as Colonel ThompsonIn a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American...
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Twisted Nerve
as Professor FullerMartin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an...
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Hell Is a City
as SuperintendentSet in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail...
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Francis of Assisi
as Brother EliasIn 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising...
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The Blood Beast Terror
as LandlordA Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant...
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Stolen Face
as Det. CutlerA plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who...
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The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes OfficerA man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the...
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36 Hours
as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes...
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The Shiralee
as ParkerAn Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with...
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Nobody Runs Forever
as LeedsDetective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a...
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The Last Man to Hang
as Detective Sgt. BoltonA man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
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Son of Robin Hood
as Squire MylesTen years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the...
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The Unholy Four
as Insp. TreherneSomeone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone...
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The Narrowing Circle
as Sir Henry DimmockA journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
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Tread Softly Stranger
as PotterUnable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and...
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Conflict of Wings
as Wg. Cmr. RogersIn rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF...
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Robbery Under Arms
as Banker GreenDuring the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their...
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Black Orchid
as Inspector MarkhamCaught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from...
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Guilty?
as Inspector HobsonConvinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a...
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The Brain Machine
as Insp. DurhamA British psychiatrist reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.
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Death of an Angel
as Supt. WalshawThe angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in...
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The Man in the Road
as Scotland Yard Supt. DavidsonA brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a...
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Little Red Monkey
as Supt. John HarringtonSeveral murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the...
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The Case of The Smiling Widow
as Inspector DugganFrom the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter...
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Blind Man's Bluff
as StevensYoung Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley....
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The Blue Peter
as Raymond CurtisA Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in...
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A Time to Kill
as Inspector SimmonsA man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins...
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The Dark Stairway
as Inspector HarmerA blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd, but finds...
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as Dr. GreenA secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
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Man in a Suitcase
as uncreditedAccused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...
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The Human Jungle
as HeadmasterThe Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...
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Justice
as Sir Harold PlantJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...
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Wire Service
as Admiral HabberfieldWire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.
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Scotland Yard
as uncreditedScotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of...
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Scotland Yard
as Inspector DugganScotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of...
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