Birthday:
11-28-1910
Deathday:
08-19-1974 (63 years)
Birthplace:
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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.
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Tread Softly Stranger
Act like Potter
event1958 star_border 7.4
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Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.
Little Red Monkey
Act like Supt. John Harrington
event1955 star_border 5.8
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Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who as fled the U.S.S.R. An attempt is made on Dushenko's life with a monkey's paw-print found at the scene.
The Blue Peter
Act like Raymond Curtis
event1955 star_border 6
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A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.
A Time to Kill
Act like Inspector Simmons
event1955 star_border 6.5
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A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.
Nobody Runs Forever
Act like Leeds
event1968 star_border 6
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Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.
The Mark
Act like 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
event1961 star_border 6.3
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A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
The Angry Silence
Act like Thompson
event1960 star_border 7.1
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When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.
The Blood Beast Terror
Act like Landlord
event1968 star_border 5.5
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A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.
H.M.S. Defiant
Act like Flag Captain
event1962 star_border 6.5
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Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
The Brain Machine
Act like Insp. Durham
event1955 star_border 5.5
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A British psychiatrist reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.
Francis of Assisi
Act like Brother Elias
event1961 star_border 7.6
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In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
The Stranger Came Home
Act like Insp. Treherne
event1954 star_border 5.5
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Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.
The Man in the Road
Act like Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
event1956 star_border 6.3
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A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
The Dark Stairway
Act like Inspector Harmer
event1954
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A blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd, but finds himself accused of the murder
Blind Man's Bluff
Act like Stevens
event1952
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Young Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley. Pendrell's efforts to emulate his father usually results in nothing but irritation for his elders. But when a boarding house becomes the headquarters for a criminal gang, it is Pendrell who cracks the case.
Robbery Under Arms
Act like Banker Green
event1957 star_border 5.4
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During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
Son of Robin Hood
Act like Squire Myles
event1958 star_border 4.4
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Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.
Deep Dig
event1957
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Pit sinkers prepare the coal mines of tomorrow. An account of shaft sinking techniques.
Death of an Angel
Act like Supt. Walshaw
event1952 star_border 6
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The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.
Black Orchid
Act like Inspector Markham
event1953 star_border 4.9
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Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
The Shiralee
Act like Parker
event1957 star_border 5.1
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An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.
The Hole In The Ground
Act like Narrator
event1962
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Made at the height of 'cold war' paranoia, this drama-documentary shows the work of the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, who's duties included the issuing of public warnings of any nuclear missile strike and the subsequent fallout.
The Narrowing Circle
Act like Sir Henry Dimmock
event1956 star_border 5.5
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A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
Twisted Nerve
Act like Professor Fuller
event1968 star_border 6.8
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Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
Stolen Face
Act like Det. Cutler
event1952 star_border 5.6
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A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.
The Last Man to Hang
Act like Detective Sgt. Bolton
event1956 star_border 5.2
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A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
Sink the Bismarck!
Act like Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 6.8
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The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
A Night to Remember
Act like Capt. Stanley Lord
event1958 star_border 7.6
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The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Hell Is a City
Act like Superintendent
event1960 star_border 6.7
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Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.
Man in the Middle
Act like Colonel Thompson
event1964 star_border 6.4
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In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
Guilty?
Act like Inspector Hobson
event1956 star_border 6
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Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.
The Case of The Smiling Widow
Act like Inspector Duggan
event1957
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From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter Adams, artist and possible forger.
Conflict of Wings
Act like Wg. Cmr. Rogers
event1954 star_border 6
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In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.
The Saint's Return
Act like Col. Stafford
event1953 star_border 5.6
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A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
A Town Like Alice
Act like Jack Burns
event1956 star_border 6.3
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In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
36 Hours
Act like Detective at Ann's Apartment (Uncredited)
event1953 star_border 5.9
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When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.
The Boy Kumasenu
Act like Narrator
event1952 star_border 6
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It tells the story of a boy Kumasenu who moves to the city of Accra from a small fishing village, encouraged by his cousin Agboh's exaggerated tales of the wonders of city life. Hungry, he steals bread and is caught by police, but is rescued by a doctor and his wife who find him work. Agboh attempts to get Kumasenu to rob the doctor, but Kumasenu foils his cousin's plans.
UFO
Act like Dr. Green (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 7.6
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A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
Wire Service
Act like Admiral Habberfield (1 ep.)
event1956
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Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.
Man in a Suitcase
(1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7
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Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
Scotland Yard
(39 ep.)
event1953
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Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of crime drama. Shot as cinema support features at the company’s Merton Park Studios in South Wimbledon, these half-hour thrillers – based on real-life cases from the vaults of London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters – were a successful regular feature in cinemas over nearly a decade from the early 1950s onwards. Like sister series Scales of Justice, Scotland Yard is introduced by celebrated writer and criminologist Edgar Lustgarten and presents case after intriguing case, with many solved onscreen by the redoubtable Inspector Duggan (played by Australian-born Russell Napier).
Justice
Act like Sir Harold Plant (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 6
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Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
The Human Jungle
Act like Headmaster (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 8.2
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The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
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