Russell Napier

Russell Napier

Deceased · Born: Nov 28, 1910 · Died: Aug 19, 1974

Personal Details

BornNov 28, 1910 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Russell Napier, a multifaceted individual, was born in the charming city of Perth, situated in the western region of Australia. Prior to embarking on a successful acting career, Napier initially pursued a career in law, demonstrating his versatility and adaptability.

As an actor, Napier's earliest endeavors on the stage date back to 1936, showcasing his passion and dedication to the craft. His journey on the screen, spanning from 1947 to 1974, was marked by a diverse range of roles, effortlessly transitioning between comedic and dramatic performances in both cinematic and television productions.

One of his most notable achievements was starring in a live BBC television production of H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel, The Time Machine, in 1949. Although still photographs of this production have been preserved, unfortunately, no actual footage of the performance remains.

Career

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1973
Justice
Justice as Sir Harold Plant
{"id":26499,"title":"The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood","year":"1968","character":"Landlord","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_26499.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_26499.jpg"},"released":1}
1968
{"id":87269,"title":"Nobody Runs Forever","year":"1968","character":"Leeds","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/nobody-runs-forever","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_87269.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_87269.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":81989,"title":"Twisted Nerve","year":"1968","character":"Professor Fuller","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/twisted-nerve","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_81989.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_81989.jpg"},"released":1}
Twisted Nerve
Twisted Nerve as Professor Fuller
{"id":173509,"title":"The Winston Affair","year":"1964","character":"Colonel Thompson","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-winston-affair","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_173509.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_173509.jpg"},"released":1}
1964
The Winston Affair
The Winston Affair as Colonel Thompson
{"id":65986,"title":"Damn the Defiant!","year":"1962","character":"Flag Captain","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/damn-the-defiant","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_65986.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_65986.jpg"},"released":1}
1962
Damn the Defiant!
Damn the Defiant! as Flag Captain
{"id":94520,"title":"Francis of Assisi","year":"1961","character":"Brother Elias","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/francis-of-assisi","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_94520.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_94520.jpg"},"released":1}
1961
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi as Brother Elias
{"id":66093,"title":"The Mark","year":"1961","character":"2nd Plain Clothes Officer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-mark-1961","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_66093.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_66093.jpg"},"released":1}
The Mark
The Mark as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
{"id":13337,"title":"The Angry Silence","year":"1960","character":"Thompson","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-angry-silence","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_13337.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_13337.jpg"},"released":1}
1960
{"id":82288,"title":"Sink the Bismarck!","year":"1960","character":"Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/sink-the-bismarck","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/44k0s2g4ng80.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/44k0s2g4ng80.jpg"},"released":1}
Sink the Bismarck!
Sink the Bismarck! as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
{"id":14708,"title":"Hell Is a City","year":"1960","character":"Superintendent","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/hell-is-a-city","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_14708.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_14708.jpg"},"released":1}
Hell Is a City
Hell Is a City as Superintendent
{"id":66540,"title":"Tread Softly Stranger","year":"1958","character":"Potter","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/tread-softly-stranger","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_66540.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_66540.jpg"},"released":1}
1958
{"id":96356,"title":"A Night to Remember","year":"1958","character":"Capt. Stanley Lord","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/a-night-to-remember-1958","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4n6defoi2nv0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4n6defoi2nv0.jpg"},"released":1}
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember as Capt. Stanley Lord
{"id":82388,"title":"Son of Robin Hood","year":"1958","character":"Squire Myles","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/son-of-robin-hood","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_82388.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_82388.jpg"},"released":1}
Son of Robin Hood
Son of Robin Hood as Squire Myles
{"id":94802,"title":"The Shiralee","year":"1957","character":"Parker","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-shiralee","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_94802.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_94802.jpg"},"released":1}
1957
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Robbery Under Arms
Robbery Under Arms as Banker Green
{"id":174077,"title":"The Narrowing Circle","year":"1956","character":"Sir Henry Dimmock","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-narrowing-circle","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_174077.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_174077.jpg"},"released":1}
1956
The Narrowing Circle
The Narrowing Circle as Sir Henry Dimmock
{"id":82476,"title":"The Man in the Road","year":"1956","character":"Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-man-in-the-road","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_82476.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_82476.jpg"},"released":1}
The Man in the Road
The Man in the Road as Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
{"id":186648,"title":"Guilty?","year":"1956","character":"Inspector Hobson","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/guilty-1956","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_186648.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_186648.jpg"},"released":1}
Guilty?
Guilty? as Inspector Hobson
{"id":174076,"title":"The Last Man to Hang","year":"1956","character":"Detective Sgt. Bolton","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-last-man-to-hang","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_174076.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_174076.jpg"},"released":1}
The Last Man to Hang
The Last Man to Hang as Detective Sgt. Bolton
{"id":82538,"title":"A Town Like Alice","year":"1956","character":"Jack Burns","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/a-town-like-alice","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_82538.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_82538.jpg"},"released":1}
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice as Jack Burns
{"id":96498,"title":"The Case of the Red Monkey","year":"1955","character":"Supt. John Harrington","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-case-of-the-red-monkey","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_96498.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_96498.jpg"},"released":1}
1955
The Case of the Red Monkey
The Case of the Red Monkey as Supt. John Harrington
{"id":67182,"title":"The Brain Machine","year":"1955","character":"Insp. Durham","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-brain-machine-1955","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_67182.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_67182.jpg"},"released":1}
The Brain Machine
The Brain Machine as Insp. Durham
{"id":67224,"title":"Navy Heroes","year":"1955","character":"Raymond Curtis","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/navy-heroes","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_67224.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_67224.jpg"},"released":1}
Navy Heroes
Navy Heroes as Raymond Curtis
{"id":67362,"title":"The Unholy Four","year":"1954","character":"Insp. Treherne","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-unholy-four","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_67362.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_67362.jpg"},"released":1}
1954
The Unholy Four
The Unholy Four as Insp. Treherne
{"id":67433,"title":"Conflict of Wings","year":"1954","character":"Wg. Cmr. Rogers","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/conflict-of-wings","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1nrc3utgg3d8.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1nrc3utgg3d8.jpg"},"released":1}
Conflict of Wings
Conflict of Wings as Wg. Cmr. Rogers
{"id":82663,"title":"Black Orchid","year":"1953","character":"Inspector Markham","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/black-orchid","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_82663.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_82663.jpg"},"released":1}
1953
Black Orchid
Black Orchid as Inspector Markham
{"id":67861,"title":"The Saint's Girl Friday","year":"1953","character":"Col. Stafford","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-saints-girl-friday","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_67861.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_67861.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":67344,"title":"Terror Street","year":"1953","character":"Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/terror-street","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_67344.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_67344.jpg"},"released":1}
Terror Street
Terror Street as Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
{"id":68132,"title":"Death of an Angel","year":"1952","character":"Supt. Walshaw","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/death-of-an-angel","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_68132.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_68132.jpg"},"released":1}
1952
Death of an Angel
Death of an Angel as Supt. Walshaw
{"id":68033,"title":"Stolen Face","year":"1952","character":"Det. Cutler","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/stolen-face","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_68033.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_68033.jpg"},"released":1}
Stolen Face
Stolen Face as Det. Cutler