Personal Info
Russell Gordon Napier
Russell Napier
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
Man in the Middle
as Colonel Thompson
H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
The Hole In The Ground
as Narrator
The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
Francis of Assisi
as Brother Elias
Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
The Angry Silence
as Thompson
