Russell Napier
| Russell Napier | |
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in The Man in the Road (1956)
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| Born | Russell Gordon Napier 28 November 1910 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947-1974 [1] |
| Spouse(s) | Lois |
| Children | Patricia, Katy |
Russell Gordon Napier (28 November 1910 – 19 August 1974) was an Australian actor.
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor 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. [2]
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.[3] Napier also played Duggan in the American Broadcasting Company anthology television series, Scotland Yard, which aired beginning in 1957 in the United States.,[4]
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".[5] He died in London, England.[6]
Selected filmography
- Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
- Black Orchid (1953)
- The Unholy Four (1954)
- Conflict of Wings (1954)
- A Time to Kill (1955)
- Little Red Monkey (1955)
- The Brain Machine (1955)
- The Narrowing Circle (1956)
- The Man in the Road (1956)
- Robbery Under Arms (1957)
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
- The Witness (1959)
- The Angry Silence (1960)
- Hell Is a City (1960)
- Francis of Assisi (1961)
- Mix Me a Person (1962)
- Man in the Middle (1964)
- It! (1967)
- The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
- Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
- Twisted Nerve (1968)
- The Black Windmill (1974)
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