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

Biography

Russell Napier was born in

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, 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. He starred in a live

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'' in 1949; only still photographs of this production survive. Napier also acted on stage, and in 1936 appeared in a production of

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's '' Murder in the Cathedral'' at

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, which later transferred to

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. He was the most frequent star of the '' Scotland Yard'' series of short films originally released from 1953 to 1961 for screenings in British cinemas, playing Inspector Harmer in two films, and then DI (later Superintendent) Duggan in thirteen others. The series was aired in the United States by the

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from 1957. 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

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, Surrey, England.

Selected filmography

* '' The End of the River'' (1947) – The Padre * ''

Death of an Angel ''Death of an Angel'' is a 1952 British crime drama film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Patrick Barr, Jane Baxter and Jean Lodge.Chibnall & McFarlane p.79 It was filmed at Bray Studios as a second feature. Synopsis When a doc ...

'' (1952) – Supt. Walshaw * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1952) – Stevens * '' Stolen Face'' (1952) – Det. Cutler * '' Black Orchid'' (1953) – Inspector Markham * ''

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'' (1953) – Col. Stafford * '' 36 Hours'' (1953) – Detective at Ann's Apartment (uncredited) * ''

Conflict of Wings ''Conflict of Wings'' is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by John Eldridge and starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow and Kieron Moore. The film is based on a novel of the same title by Don Sharp who later became a noted director. It ...

'' (1954) – Wing Cmdr. Rogers * ''

The Unholy Four ''A Stranger Came Home'' is a 1954 British film noir directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paulette Goddard, William Sylvester and Patrick Holt. The film was produced by Hammer Films at Bray Studios with sets designed by the art director J ...

'' (1954) – Insp. Treherne * '' Companions in Crime'' (1954) * '' The Brain Machine'' (1955) – Inspector Durham * ''

Little Red Monkey ''Little Red Monkey'', released in the United States as ''Case of the Red Monkey'', is a 1955 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. Detectives from Scotland Yard investigate a s ...

'' (1955) – Supt. John Harrington * '' The Blue Peter'' (1955) – Raymound Curtis * '' A Time to Kill'' (1955) – Inspector Simmons * '' The Narrowing Circle'' (1956) – Sir Henry Dimmock * '' The Man in the Road'' (1956) – Scotland Yard Supt. David * '' A Town Like Alice'' (1956) – Jack Burns (uncredited) * ''Je plaide non-coupable'' (1956) – Inspector Hobson * '' The Last Man to Hang?'' (1956) – Detective Sgt. Bolton * '' The Shiralee'' (1957) – Parker * ''

Robbery Under Arms ''Robbery Under Arms'' is a bushranger novel by Thomas Alexander Browne, published under his pen name Rolf Boldrewood. It was first published in serialised form by ''The Sydney Mail'' between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes i ...

'' (1957) – Banker Green * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) – Capt. Stanley Lord – Californian * '' Tread Softly Stranger'' (1958) – Potter * '' The Son of Robin Hood'' (1958) – Squire Miles * '' The Witness'' (1959) – Inspector Rosewarne * ''

Sink the Bismarck! ''Sink the Bismarck!'' is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the 1959 book ''The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck'' by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert.Weiler, A.H"M ...

'' (1960) – Air Vice-Marshal (uncredited) * ''

The Angry Silence ''The Angry Silence'' is a 1960 black-and-white British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig and Bernard Lee. The film marked the first release through screenwriter Bryan Forbes's pro ...

'' (1960) – Thompson * ''

Hell Is a City ''Hell Is a City'' is a 1960 British crime thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Maurice Procter. Written and directed by Val Guest, it was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and filmed in Manchester. It was ...

'' (1960) – Superintendent * ''

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'' (1961) – Second Plain Clothes Officer * ''

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'' (1961) – Brother Elias * ''

H.M.S. Defiant ''H.M.S. Defiant'' (released as ''Damn the Defiant!'' in the United States) is a British naval war CinemaScope and Technicolor film from 1962 starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde. It tells the story of a mutiny aboard the fictitious ship o ...

'' (1962) – Flag Captain * '' Mix Me a Person'' (1962) – PC Jarrold * ''

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'' (1964) – Col. J.H. Thompson * '' It!'' (1967) – Boss * ''

The Blood Beast Terror ''The Blood Beast Terror'' is a 1968 British horror film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng and Wanda Ventham, released by Tigon in February 1968.John Hamilton, ''Beasts in the Cellar: The Exploitation Fil ...

'' (1968) – Landlord * ''

Nobody Runs Forever ''Nobody Runs Forever'', also called ''The High Commissioner'', is a 1968 British political neo noir spy thriller action film directed by Ralph Thomas and based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel '' The High Commissioner''. It stars Rod Taylor as Aust ...

'' (1968) – Leeds * '' Twisted Nerve'' (1968) – Professor Fuller * '' The Black Windmill'' (1974) – Admiral Ballantyne (uncredited) (final film role)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Napier, Russell 1910 births 1974 deaths Australian male stage actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian people of Scottish descent Male actors from Perth, Western Australia 20th-century Australian male actors