Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 28, 1910
Place of Birth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Also Known As
- Russell Gordon Napier
Russell Napier
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 - Movies
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Stanley Lord
Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
Stolen Face
as Det. Cutler
Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
The Angry Silence
as Thompson
The Shiralee
as Parker
