
Acting · 63 years old
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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.

The Human Jungle
Headmaster

A Night to Remember
Capt. Stanley Lord

UFO
Dr. Green

Francis of Assisi
Brother Elias

Tread Softly Stranger
Potter

The Angry Silence
Thompson

Man in a Suitcase

Sink the Bismarck!
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

Twisted Nerve
Professor Fuller

H.M.S. Defiant
Flag Captain

A Time to Kill
Inspector Simmons

Hell Is a City
Superintendent

Little Red Monkey
Supt. John Harrington

Man in the Middle
Colonel Thompson

The Man in the Road
Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson

A Town Like Alice
Jack Burns

The Mark
2nd Plain Clothes Officer

The Blue Peter
Raymond Curtis

Death of an Angel
Supt. Walshaw

Conflict of Wings
Wg. Cmr. Rogers