Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor, best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey. He appeared as Elaine Benes' boss Justin Pitt during the sixth season of Seinfeld, and as a fastidious butler on Desperate Housewives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Abercrombie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

• Green Lantern: The Animated Series — Ganthet (voice)
• 2011Rango — Ambrose (voice)
• 2010Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy — Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)
• Childrens Hospital — Butler
• 2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Chancellor Palpatine (voice), Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice), Darth Sidious (voice), Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
• 2008Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School — Headmaster Crumbs
• 2007Hard Four — Jack Ermine
• Moonlight — Richard Whitley
• 2007Trust Me — Teitelbaum
• Wizards of Waverly Place — Professor Crumbs
• 2006Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties — Smithee
• 2006Inland Empire — Henry the Butler
• 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School — Ervin Sezgin
• 2005Blasphemy the Movie — Zues
• Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance
• How I Met Your Mother — Ben Franklin
• 2005The L.A. Riot Spectacular — Auctioneer
• 2005When Puppets and Dolls Attack! — Dr. Hess (archive footage)
• Desperate Housewives — Rupert
• Summerland — Thomas Lindfield
• The Batman — Ewan Fripp (voice)
• Nip/Tuck — Cyril Parks
• 2003Puppet Master: The Legacy — Dr. Hess (archive footage)
• Birds of Prey — Alfred Pennyworth
• 2002ChromiumBlue.com — Sir George
• Chromiumblue.com
• 2002Cover Me Girls — Sir George
• 2002Gypsy Love — Sir George
• 2002The Eternal — Sir George
• The Random Years — Milton
• Crossing Jordan — George
• 2001Shrek — ADR & Dubbing
• State of Grace — Donnie Thursday
• 2000Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman — Psychiatrist
• The District — Leon
• Grown Ups — Pillip Dmytryk
• Love & Money
• 1999Wild Wild West — British Dignitary
• Charmed — Aramis
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Emil (segment "The Mummy")
• 1997Bimbo Movie Bash — Dr. Dorn
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Old Man
• 1997Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard — Merlin
• 1997MouseHunt — Auctioneer
• Over the Top
• 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park — Butler
• 1996A Face to Die For — Mr. Sturetsky
• 1996Rattled — Dr. Remsen
• Cybill — Alan Ford
• 1995From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler — Parks
• NewsRadio — Cadbury
• Star Trek: Voyager — Abbot, Milo
• Babylon 5 — Correlilmurzon
• 1994Clean Slate — Leader
• 1994Grief — Stanley
• 1994Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 — Professor Dorn
• Touched by an Angel — George Taylor
• 1993Addams Family Values — Driver
• Cafe Americain — Uncle Claude
• The Nanny — Butler Inspector
• 1992Army of Darkness — Wiseman
• 1992Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge — Dr. Hess
• 1992The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade — Skip
• 1992The Public Eye — Mr. Brown
• 1991Rolling Thunder
• Sisters
• 1991Zandalee — Louis Medina
• Northern Exposure — Anastasia's Aide
• 1990Repossessed — Ice Tea Waiter (uncredited)
• The Flash — Skip
• Twin Peaks — Tom Brockman
• Coach — Jackie
• 1989Dark Holiday — Captain
• Seinfeld — Justin Pitt
• Tales from the Crypt — Fulton (segment "The Switch")
• 1989Warlock — Magistrate #1
• 1988Catacombs — Brother Orsini
• Empty Nest — Captain Burke
• Murphy Brown
• War and Remembrance — Rodney
• 21 Jump Street — Lemieux
• 1987Frog — Dr. Fritsky
• 1987The Dancing Princesses — Royal Cobbler
• 1986Firewalker — Boggs
• It's Garry Shandling's Show — Fate
• L.A. Law — Gunther Hall
• 1986Last Resort — Maitre d'
• 1985First the Egg — Mr. Hanna
• Foley Square
• George Burns Comedy Week
• 1985Hostage Flight — Scotland Yard Inspector
• 1985Kicks — Barnes
• Moonlighting — Ludwig
• Otherworld — Mr. Miro
• Stingray
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Doctor (uncredited)
• Airwolf — Lord Killebrew
• Hunter — George Cooper
• Murder, She Wrote — Dr. Blandings
• Santa Barbara
• 1984The Ice Pirates — Hymie
• Who's the Boss?
• 1983Flicks — Inspector
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Royal Cobbler, The Royal Cobbler
• Hotel
• 1982Marian Rose White — Lord Bates
• Tucker's Witch
• Voyagers!
• Dynasty
• Falcon Crest — Ross Beaton
• 1980Blood Beach — Man in Mayor's Office
• 1980S.O.S. Titanic — Deck Steward (uncredited)
• 1980The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood — Denis
• Knots Landing — Caterer
• Mrs. Columbo
• 1979The Prisoner of Zenda — Johann
• Battlestar Galactica — Forger 7
• 1978Keefer — Rudy
• 1978Little Mo — Dr. Noyes (uncredited)
• 1978Sextette — Frederick Ambrose (BBC Announcer)
• The Bastard — Deserter (uncredited)
• Vega$
• 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years — Whiting (uncredited)
• 1977Fantasy Island — Bartender
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries — Sgt. Lander
• 1977The San Pedro Bums — Crazed Shopper (uncredited)
• Three's Company
• 1976High Risk — Major Domo
• Quincy, M.E.
• Happy Days
• 1974The Island at the Top of the World — Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1974The Questor Tapes — Charlie
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Shoemacher, Man in Van
• 1974Young Frankenstein — Second Villager (uncredited)
• 1973Wicked, Wicked — Eddie, Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
• Search
• Cannon
• 1970Sole Survivor — British co-pilot
• 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
• 1968Star! — Man in Brixton Music Hall (uncredited)
• Get Smart — Sergeant Poole, Sergeant Poole (uncredited)
• 1965Von Ryan's Express — English POW (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self