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Alan Napier (1903–1988)


Alan Napier was born on January 7, 1903 in King Norton, Worcestershire, England. Tall, distinguished-looking English character actor with aristocratic bearing and precisely modulated voice. A cousin of the former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and spent his formative years as an actor ... See full bio »

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 1981 Le vol du singe (TV Movie)
Briarton
 1979 ABC Weekend Specials (TV Series)
Hawkins
- The Contest Kid Strikes Again (1979) ... Hawkins
 1979 Colorado (TV Mini-Series)
Lord Venneford
- The Crime (1979) ... Lord Venneford
 1978 The Paper Chase (TV Series)
Justice Allen Reynolds
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) ... Justice Allen Reynolds
 1978 Embarquement immédiat (TV Series)
Arthur
- Beautiful People (1978) ... Arthur
 1978 The Bastard (TV Movie)
Dr. Bleeker
 1977 Disney Parade (TV Series)
Archie
- The Golden Dog (1977) ... Archie
 1976 Kojak (TV Series)
Antonakis
- The Forgotten Room (1976) ... Antonakis
 1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (TV Mini-Series)
- The Whirlwind (1974)
 1970-1974 L'homme de fer (TV Series)
John / Marcus Lowell / Walter Branford
- The Lost Cotillion (1974) ... John
- All About Andrea (1973) ... Marcus Lowell (uncredited)
- Return to Fiji (1970) ... Walter Branford
 1974 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series)
Lawyer
- Come Die with Me (1974) ... Lawyer
 1974 QB VII (TV Mini-Series)
Semple
- Part Three (1974) ... Semple (credit only)
- Part One & Two (1974) ... Semple (uncredited)
 1973 Crime Club (TV Movie)
John, the Butler
 1971-1972 Night Gallery (TV Series)
Cousin Zachariah / The Man (segment "The Sins of the Fathers") / Doctor (segment "House - With Ghost")
- Fright Night (1972) ... Cousin Zachariah
- The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore (1972) ... The Man (segment "The Sins of the Fathers")
 1969 Cher oncle Bill (TV Series)
Mr. Wilson
- Oh, to Be in England (1969) ... Mr. Wilson
 1967 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series)
Chemist
- The Clampetts in London (1967) ... Chemist
 1966 Batman
Alfred
 1966 Daktari (TV Series)
Roger Ealing
- The Killer Lion (1966) ... Roger Ealing
 1965 Daniel Boone (TV Series)
Lord Brisbane / Col. Sir Hubert Crater
- Perilous Journey (1965) ... Lord Brisbane
- Cain's Birthday: Part 2 (1965) ... Col. Sir Hubert Crater
 1965 Laredo (TV Series)
Maj. Donaldson
- The Land Grabbers (1965) ... Maj. Donaldson
 1963-1965 Suspicion (TV Series)
Guerny, Sr. / Mr. Hodges
- Thou Still Unravished Bride (1965) ... Guerny, Sr.
- An Out for Oscar (1963) ... Mr. Hodges
 1965 The Rogues (TV Series)
John McKellway
- Money Is for Burning (1965) ... John McKellway
 1964 Signpost to Murder
The Vicar
 1964 36 heures avant le débarquement
Col. Peter MacLean
 1964 My Fair Lady
Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited)
 1964 Mary Poppins
Huntsman / Reporter #3 / Hound (voice, uncredited)
 1964 Breaking Point (TV Series)
Harold Major
- So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time (1964) ... Harold Major
 1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV Series)
Arnold Todhunter
- This Wonderful Madman Calls Me Beauty (1963) ... Arnold Todhunter
 1963 La quatrième dimension (TV Series)
Capt. Protheroe
- Passage on the Lady Anne (1963) ... Capt. Protheroe
 1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series)
Kurt Drobary
- The Sheridan Square (1963) ... Kurt Drobary
 1962-1963 Don't Call Me Charlie (TV Series)
Gen. Steele
- Lorenzo Johnson, D.V.M., Retired (1963) ... Gen. Steele
- No Milk Today (1963) ... Gen. Steele
- Rollo the Wonder Dog (1963) ... Gen. Steele
- Raise Your Right Hand (1963) ... Gen. Steele
- Take My Hand (1962) ... Gen. Steele
 1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)
Judge Cameron
- Impact of an Execution (1963) ... Judge Cameron
 1961-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series)
Colonel Decatur / Bertram La Tour
- Remember the Yazoo (1962) ... Colonel Decatur
- The Dowry (1961) ... Bertram La Tour
 1962 Échec et mat (TV Series)
Father Dunne
 1962 L' enterré vivant
Dr. Gideon Gault
 1962 Ombres sur le soleil (TV Series)
Julian 'The Major' Mosgrove
- Annie Beeler's Place (1962) ... Julian 'The Major' Mosgrove
 1962 Tendre est la nuit
Señor Pardo
 1961 Amour sauvage
Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited)
 1960-1961 Thriller (TV Series)
Attorney Pinchot / Constable Evans / Lawyer Ridgewater
- Dark Legacy (1961) ... Attorney Pinchot
- Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook (1961) ... Constable Evans
- The Purple Room (1960) ... Lawyer Ridgewater
 1961 The Roaring 20's (TV Series)
Mr. Dunston
- Black Saturday (1961) ... Mr. Dunston
 1960 Aventures dans les îles (TV Series)
Alex
- Daughter of Illusion (1960) ... Alex
 1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series)
Col. Devlin
- Kim (1960) ... Col. Devlin
 1959 Five Fingers (TV Series)
Wembley
- Thin Ice (1959) ... Wembley
- The Unknown Town (1959) ... Wembley
 1959 The Detectives (TV Series)
Bishop
- The Bait (1959) ... Bishop
 1955-1959 Alfred Hitchcock présente (TV Series)
Lord Sorrington / Sir Charles Harrington / Wilfred / ...
- The Avon Emeralds (1959) ... Sir Charles Harrington
- I Killed the Count: Part 3 (1957) ... Lord Sorrington
- I Killed the Count: Part 2 (1957) ... Lord Sorrington
- I Killed the Count: Part 1 (1957) ... Lord Sorrington
- Whodunit (1956) ... Wilfred
 1959 The Third Man (TV Series)
Colonel Andresi
- Dark Island (1959) ... Colonel Andresi
 1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Sir Luke
 1957-1959 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Jack Simmons / Sean O'Donnell
- And One Was Loyal (1959) ... Jack Simmons
- Mischief at Bandy Leg (1957) ... Sean O'Donnell
 1957 Femmes coupables
Prosecution Attorney
 1957 The Californians (TV Series)
 1957 Panic! (TV Series)
Vincent Hawthorne
- Reincarnated (1957) ... Vincent Hawthorne
 1957 Soldiers of Fortune (TV Series)
Commissioner Hartledge
- A Gift of Death (1957) ... Commissioner Hartledge
 1957 Telephone Time (TV Series)
- The Consort (1957)
 1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series)
Travers / Sir Edward / Governor
- Operation Cicero (1956) ... Travers
- The Empty Room (1956) ... Sir Edward
- Deception (1956) ... Governor
 1956 Meurtres à Miami
Raymond Sheridan
 1955 Le bouffon du roi
Sir Brockhurst
 1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)
Sir Adrian
- The Lucky Finger (1955) ... Sir Adrian
 1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series)
Stephen Everton
- Playmates (1954) ... Stephen Everton
 1953 Letter to Loretta (TV Series)
Mr. Bronte
 1953 La reine vierge
Robert Tyrwhitt
 1953 Four Star Playhouse (TV Series)
John Dwerrihouse
- The Man on the Train (1953) ... John Dwerrihouse
 1952 Biff Baker, U.S.A. (TV Series)
Prof. Artemus Beechem
- Mona Lisa (1952) ... Prof. Artemus Beechem
 1952 Cavalcade of America (TV Series)
- Poor Richard (1952)
 1952 Big Jim McLain
Sturak
 1952 Chevron Theatre (TV Series)
- Playmates (1952)
 1952 The Schaefer Century Theatre (TV Series)
Uncle Steven
- Playmates (1952) ... Uncle Steven
 1951 Le château de la terreur
Count Grassin
 1951 La femme au voile bleu
Prof. George Carter
 1951 Au-delà du Missouri
Capt. Humberstone Lyon
 1951 The Highwayman
Barton
 1951 Le grand Caruso
Jean de Reszke
 1951 Tarzan et la reine de la jungle
Commissioner Peters
 1950 Tripoli
Khalil
 1949 Le défi de Lassie
Lord Provost
 1949 Le Danube rouge
The General
 1949 L'homme au chewing-gum
Alton Bennet
 1949 Your Show Time (TV Series)
Sherlock Holmes
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949) ... Sherlock Holmes
 1949 Tarzan et la fontaine magique
Douglas Jessup
 1949 My Own True Love
Kittredge
 1949 Pour toi j'ai tué...
Finchley
 1948 Hills of Home
Sir George
 1947 The Lone Wolf in London
Monty Beresford
 1947 Ambre
Landale
 1947 Driftwood
Dr. Nicholas Adams
 1947 Des filles disparaissent
Detective Gordon
 1947 Le crime de Mme Lexton
Sir Jonathan Wright
 1947 Haute lutte
Tommy Donlin
 1947 Fiesta
The Tourist
 1947 Sindbad le marin
Aga
 1946 House of Horrors
F. Holmes Harmon
 1946 Three Strangers
David Shackleford
 1945 L'île des morts
St. Aubyn
 1944 Dark Waters
The doctor (uncredited)
 1944 Trente secondes sur Tokyo
Mr. Parker
 1944 Espions sur la Tamise
Dr. JM Forrester
 1944 Le Singe velu
MacDougald, Chief Engineer
 1944 Action in Arabia
Eric Latimer
 1943 L'ange perdu
Dr. Woodring
 1943 Le chant de Bernadette
Dr. Debeau (uncredited)
 1943 Madame Curie
Dr. Bladh (uncredited)
 1943 Appointment in Berlin
Col. Patterson (uncredited)
 1942 Prisonniers du passé
Julian
 1942 La féline
Doc Carver (uncredited)
 1942 A Yank at Eton
Restaurateur (uncredited)
 1942 L'escadrille des aigles
Black Watch officer
 1941 Confirm or Deny
Updyke (scenes deleted)
 1940 Le retour de l'homme invisible
Willie Spears
 1939 The Four Just Men
Sir Hamar Ryman
 1937 The Wife of General Ling
Governor
 1937 For Valour
General
 1936 Wings Over Africa
Redfern
 1933/I The Wandering Jew
Knight (uncredited)
 1933 Bitter Sweet
Lord Shayne (uncredited)
 1932 In a Monastery Garden
Count Romano
 1931 Stamboul
Bouchier
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Other Works:

Stage: Appeared in Dorothy Massingham's play, "The Lake," at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, England, with Dame May Whitty, Esme Church and Marie Ney in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director. See more »

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Height:

6' 6" (1.98 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I had never read comics before I [was hired for Batman (1966)]. My agent rang up and said, "I think you are going to play on Batman." I said, "What is Batman?" He said, "Don't you read the comics?" I said, "No, never." He said, "I think you are going to be Batman's butler." I said, "How do I know I want to be Batman's butler?" It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard of. He said, "It may... See more »

Trivia:

Attended and graduated from Clifton College in Bristol, England. See more »

Trademark:

Towering height and slender frame See more »

Nickname:

Nape

Star Sign:

Capricorn

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