Russell Napier

Born: 1910-11-28

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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Twisted Nerve

as Professor Fuller
Released: 1968-12-20

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an...

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as Capt. Stanley Lord
Released: 1958-07-03

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British...

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36 Hours

as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
Released: 1953-12-04

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes...

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Sink the Bismarck!

as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Released: 1960-02-11

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser...

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Francis of Assisi

as Brother Elias
Released: 1961-07-12

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising...

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H.M.S. Defiant

as Flag Captain
Released: 1962-04-15

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the...

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The Blood Beast Terror

as Landlord
Released: 1968-02-01

A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant...

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A Town Like Alice

as Jack Burns
Released: 1956-03-01

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly....

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The Shiralee

as Parker
Released: 1957-07-11

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with...

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Hell Is a City

as Superintendent
Released: 1960-04-10

Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail...

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Stolen Face

as Det. Cutler
Released: 1952-05-01

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who...

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Man in the Middle

as Colonel Thompson
Released: 1964-01-27

In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American...

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The Mark

as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
Released: 1961-01-26

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the...

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The Case of The Smiling Widow

as Inspector Duggan
Released: 1957-01-01

From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter...

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Death of an Angel

as Supt. Walshaw
Released: 1952-01-01

The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in...

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The Brain Machine

as Insp. Durham
Released: 1955-01-01

A British psychiatrist reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.

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The Narrowing Circle

as Sir Henry Dimmock
Released: 1956-02-29

A 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 Potter
Released: 1958-08-15

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and...

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Son of Robin Hood

as Squire Myles
Released: 1958-11-01

Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the...

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The Angry Silence

as Thompson
Released: 1960-03-10

When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking...

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Nobody Runs Forever

as Leeds
Released: 1968-08-22

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a...

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The Saint's Return

as Col. Stafford
Released: 1953-10-12

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

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Robbery Under Arms

as Banker Green
Released: 1957-01-10

During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their...

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The Blue Peter

as Raymond Curtis
Released: 1955-11-01

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in...

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Conflict of Wings

as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
Released: 1954-03-29

In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF...

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The Last Man to Hang

as Detective Sgt. Bolton
Released: 1956-08-01

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

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Black Orchid

as Inspector Markham
Released: 1953-02-01

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from...

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The Dark Stairway

as Inspector Harmer
Released: 1954-03-01

A blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd, but finds...

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The Stranger Came Home

as Insp. Treherne
Released: 1954-09-24

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone...

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The Man in the Road

as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
Released: 1956-03-01

A 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 Harrington
Released: 1955-06-03

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the...

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A Time to Kill

as Inspector Simmons
Released: 1955-11-01

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins...

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Blind Man's Bluff

as Stevens
Released: 1952-01-01

Young Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley....

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Guilty?

as Inspector Hobson
Released: 1956-04-10

Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a...

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Deep Dig

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-01

Pit sinkers prepare the coal mines of tomorrow. An account of shaft sinking techniques.

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UFO

as Dr. Green
First aired: 1970-09-16

A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

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Justice

as Sir Harold Plant
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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The Human Jungle

as Headmaster
First aired: 1963-03-30

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...

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Man in a Suitcase

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-27

Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...

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Wire Service

as Admiral Habberfield
First aired: 1956-10-04

Wire 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 uncredited
First aired: 1953-02-01

Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of...

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Scotland Yard

as Inspector Duggan
First aired: 1953-02-01

Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of...

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