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Occupation
  
Name
  
Russell Napier

Children
  
Patricia, Katy

Spouse(s)
  
Lois

Years active
  
1947-1974


Full Name
  
Russell Gordon Napier

Born
  
28 November 1910 (
1910-11-28
)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Died
  
19 August 1974(1974-08-19) (aged 63)London, England, UK

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Russell Gordon Napier (28 November 1910 – 19 August 1974) was an Australian actor.

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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 live BBC television production of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine in 1949; still photographs of this production exist, but no actual footage.

Napier also acted on stage, and in 1936 appeared in a production of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral at The Old Vic.

He was the most frequent star of the Scotland Yard series of mystery movies which ran from 1953 to 1961, playing Detective Superintendent Duggan in thirteen films. Napier also played Duggan in the American Broadcasting Company anthology television series, Scotland Yard, which aired beginning in 1957 in the United States.,

He was the commentator of the official 1962 TV documentary Sound an Alarm, about the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation and he appeared as Doctor Green in the UFO 1970 TV series episode ""A Question of Priorities". He died in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.

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Filmography

Actor
1974
The Black Windmill as
Adm. Ballantyne (uncredited)
1973
Justice (TV Series) as
Sir Harold Plant
- Harriet Peterson v Dr. Moody (1973) - Sir Harold Plant
1972
New Scotland Yard (TV Series) as
Dr. Stephen Lewis
- A Gathering of Dust (1972) - Dr. Stephen Lewis
1970
UFO (TV Series) as
Dr. Green
- A Question of Priorities (1970) - Dr. Green
1970
Big Brother (TV Mini Series) as
Prison governor
- There's Always a First Time (1970) - Prison governor
1970
On Trial (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Viscount Reading, Lord Chief Justice
- Roger Casement - A Question of Allegiance (1970) - Viscount Reading, Lord Chief Justice
1970
Paul Temple (TV Series) as
Sir Philip Sprague
- Antique Death: Part 1 (1970) - Sir Philip Sprague
1968
Twisted Nerve as
Professor Fuller
1968
The High Commissioner as
Leeds
1968
The Blood Beast Terror as
Landlord
1968
Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) as
Inspector George
- Why They Killed Nolan (1968) - Inspector George
1967
It! as
Boss
1967
Mrs Thursday (TV Series) as
Lord Alconhurst
- The Duke and I (1967) - Lord Alconhurst
1966
Crossroads (TV Series) as
Mr. Forster / Edwin Forster
1966
The Man in Room 17 (TV Series) as
Col. White Jones
- The Standard (1966) - Col. White Jones
1966
Softly Softly (TV Series) as
CRO Man
- Made in Britain (1966) - CRO Man
1966
Court Martial (TV Series) as
Col.Holland
- Shadow of a Man (1966) - Col.Holland
1965
Knock on Any Door (TV Series) as
Police Sergeant
- A Paragraph for Mr Blake (1965) - Police Sergeant
1964
The Human Jungle (TV Series) as
Headmaster
- Heartbeats in a Tin Box (1964) - Headmaster
1964
The Winston Affair as
Colonel Thompson
1963
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) as
Police Inspector
- A Clerical Error (1963) - Police Inspector
1962
Mix Me a Person as
PC Jarrold
1962
Damn the Defiant! as
Flag Captain
1961
Stryker of the Yard (TV Series) as
McBride
- The Case of the Burnt Alibi (1961) - McBride
- The Case of Two Brothers (1961)
1961
Francis of Assisi as
Brother Elias
1961
The Never Never Murder (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1961
The Grand Junction Case (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1961
The Mark as
2nd Plain Clothes Officer
1960
Evidence in Concrete (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1960
Another Part of the Sea (TV Movie) as
Carstairs
1960
Chasing the Dragon (TV Movie) as
Chief Inspector Callaghan
1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
Tom Purves
- Flag Fall (1960) - Tom Purves
1960
The Last Train (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1960
Hell Is a City as
Superintendent
1960
The Angry Silence as
Thompson
1960
Sink the Bismarck! as
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
1958
Dial 999 (TV Series) as
Superintendent / Supt. Farrell / Supt. Murray
- Hunter, Hunted (1959) - Superintendent
- Ghost Squad (1959) - Supt. Farrell
- Gun Rule (1958) - Supt. Murray
1959
The Flying Doctor (TV Series) as
Joe Bentley
- A Stranger in Distress (1959) - Joe Bentley
1959
The Ghost Train Murder (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1959
The Witness as
Inspector Rosewarne
1959
The Whistling Sands (TV Movie) as
Loder
1959
The Unseeing Eye (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1959
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Jonathan Selway
- The Exiles #4: Full Circle (1959) - Jonathan Selway
- The Exiles #3: The Lost Years (1959) - Jonathan Selway
1958
Son of Robin Hood as
Squire Myles
1958
Target (TV Series)
- Lost Identity (1958)
1958
Crime of Honour (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1958
Tread Softly Stranger as
Potter
1958
A Night to Remember as
1958
Sailor of Fortune (TV Series) as
Flint
- The Counterfeit Cigars (1958) - Flint
1957
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) as
Inspector Parker
- The Expatriate (1957) - Inspector Parker
1957
Night Crossing (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1957
The White Cliffs Mystery (Short) as
Superintendent Duggan
1957
Robbery Under Arms as
Mr. Green
1957
The Case of 'The Smiling Widow' (Short) as
Inspector Duggan
1957
The Shiralee as
Parker
1957
Wire Service (TV Series) as
Admiral Habberfield
- Atom at Spithead (1957) - Admiral Habberfield
1957
The Lonely House (Short) as
Inspector Duggan
1956
Person Unknown (Short) as
Inspector Duggan
1956
Destination Death (Short) as
Inspector Duggan
1956
The Last Man to Hang as
The Law: Det. Sgt. Bolton
1956
Guilty? as
Inspector Hobson
1956
The Man in the Road as
Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
1956
A Town Like Alice as
Jack Burns (uncredited)
1956
The Narrowing Circle as
Sir Henry Dimmock
1956
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Sir John Foster
- The Egg (1956) - Sir John Foster
1955
A Time to Kill as
Inspector Simmons
1955
Navy Heroes as
Raymond Curtis
1955
The Euterpeans (TV Movie) as
Mr. Bird
1955
The Case of the Red Monkey as
Superintendent Harrington
1955
Out of the Clouds as
Customs Officer (uncredited)
1955
The Brain Machine as
Inspector Durham
1954
Companions in Crime
1954
The Strange Case of Blondie (Short) as
Inspector Harmer
1954
The Unholy Four as
Insp. Treherne
1954
The Dark Stairway (Short) as
Inspector Harmer
1954
Fuss Over Feathers as
Wg. Cmr. Rogers
1953
Terror Street as
Detective at Ann's Apartment (uncredited)
1953
The Saint's Girl Friday as
Col. Stafford
1953
Black Orchid as
Inspector Markham
1952
Stolen Face as
Det. Cutler
1952
Blind Man's Bluff as
Stevens
1952
Death of an Angel as
Supt. Walshaw
1951
Green Grow the Rushes as
Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
1951
The Passing Show (TV Series) as
Party leader
- 1930-1939: The Days Before Yesterday (1951) - Party leader
1949
The Squeaker (TV Movie) as
Frank Sutton
1949
Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies (TV Movie) as
Wilden
1949
The Time Machine (TV Movie) as
The Time Traveller
1948
Kid Flanagan (TV Movie) as
Inspector Howell
1947
The End of the River as
The Padre
1947
Query (TV Short) as
Chaplain (1948 version)
Self
1963
Injection of Coal Into Blast Furnaces (Documentary short) as
Self - Commentator
1962
The Hole in the Ground (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
1958
Introduction to Rating (Documentary short) as
Self - Commentator
1958
Safety on the Surface (Documentary short) as
Self - Commentator

References

Russell Napier Wikipedia


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