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.
Tread Softly Stranger
(Potter)
Little Red Monkey
(Supt. John Harrington)
The Blue Peter
(Raymond Curtis)
A Time to Kill
(Inspector Simmons)
Nobody Runs Forever
(Leeds)
The Mark
(2nd Plain Clothes Officer)
The Angry Silence
(Thompson)
The Blood Beast Terror
(Landlord)
H.M.S. Defiant
(Flag Captain)
The Brain Machine
(Insp. Durham)
Francis of Assisi
(Brother Elias)
The Stranger Came Home
(Insp. Treherne)
The Man in the Road
(Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson)
The Dark Stairway
(Inspector Harmer)
Blind Man's Bluff
(Stevens)
Robbery Under Arms
(Banker Green)
Son of Robin Hood
(Squire Myles)
Deep Dig
Death of an Angel
(Supt. Walshaw)
The Time Machine
Black Orchid
(Inspector Markham)
The Shiralee
(Parker)
The Hole In The Ground
(Narrator)
The Narrowing Circle
(Sir Henry Dimmock)
Twisted Nerve
(Professor Fuller)
Stolen Face
(Det. Cutler)
The Last Man to Hang
(Detective Sgt. Bolton)
Sink the Bismarck!
(Air Vice Marshal (uncredited))
A Night to Remember
(Capt. Stanley Lord)
Hell Is a City
(Superintendent)
Man in the Middle
(Colonel Thompson)
Guilty?
(Inspector Hobson)
The Case of The Smiling Widow
(Inspector Duggan)
Conflict of Wings
(Wg. Cmr. Rogers)
The Saint's Return
(Col. Stafford)
A Town Like Alice
(Jack Burns)
36 Hours
(Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited))
The Boy Kumasenu
(Narrator)
UFO
(Dr. Green)
Man in a Suitcase
Wire Service
(Admiral Habberfield)
Scotland Yard
Stryker of the Yard
Justice
(Sir Harold Plant)
Scotland Yard
(Inspector Duggan)
The Human Jungle
(Headmaster)