Alan Napier

Acting

Born January 7, 1903, Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK

Alan Napier (born Alan William Napier-Clavering) was an English actor. After a decade in London West End theatres, he had a long film career first in Britain and then in Hollywood. He eventually became widely known for portraying Alfred the butler in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.

Filmography

• 1981Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission — Briarton
• Centennial — Lord Venneford
• Flying High
• The Paper Chase
• 1977The Golden Dog — Archie
• 1974Come Die with Me — Lawyer
• QB VII — Semple
• Kojak — Antonakis
• Night Gallery — Cousin Zachariah Ogilvy, Doctor
• Ironside — John
• 1966Batman — Alfred
• Batman — Alfred
• Daktari — Roger Ealing
• Family Affair
• Laredo
• 1965The Loved One — British Club Official
• 196436 Hours — Col. Peter MacLean
• Daniel Boone — Col. Sir Hubert Crater, Lord Brisbane
• 1964Marnie — Mr. Rutland
• 1964Mary Poppins — Huntsman/Reporter #3/Hound (voice) (uncredited)
• 1964My Fair Lady — Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited)
• 1964Signpost to Murder — The Vicar
• The Rogues — John McKellway
• Breaking Point
• 1963The Sword in the Stone — Sir Pellinore (voice)
• Don't Call Me Charlie — Gen. Steele
• 1962Tender Is the Night — Señor Pardo
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Mr. Hodges
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Chemist
• The Lloyd Bridges Show — Kurt Drobney
• 1962The Premature Burial — Dr. Gideon Gault
• 1961Five Fingers : Thin Ice — Wembley
• 1961Wild in the Country — Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited)
• Checkmate — Father Dunne, the Abbot
• The Case of the Dangerous Robin — Alexander Pinley
• The Roaring 20's — Mr. Dunston
• Thriller — Lawyer Ridgewater, Constable Evans, Attorney Pinchot
• Adventures in Paradise — Alex
• Five Fingers — Wembley
• 1959Island of Lost Women — Dr. Paul Lujan
• 1959Journey to the Center of the Earth — Dean
• The Detectives — Bishop
• The Third Man — Colonel Andresi
• The Twilight Zone — Capt. Protheroe
• Shirley Temple's Storybook — Colonel Devlin
• Panic!
• Tales of Wells Fargo — Bertram La Tour, Colonel Decatur
• 1957Until They Sail — Prosecution Attorney
• 1956Miami Exposé — Raymond Sheridan
• Telephone Time
• 1956The Mole People — Elinu, the High Priest
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Sir Everett, Wilfred - the Recording Angel, Lord Sorrington, Sir Charles Harrington
• 1955Moonfleet — Parson Glennie
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Governor, Sir Edward, Travers
• 1955The Court Jester — Sir Brockhurst
• 1954Désirée — Despreaux
• 1954Playmates — Stephen Everton
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Mr. Cryer, Archie
• General Electric Theater — Sean O'Donnell, Jack Simmons
• 1953Julius Caesar — Cicero
• Letter to Loretta — Mr. Bronte
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse — Carnacki
• 1953Young Bess — Robert Tyrwhitt
• Biff Baker U.S.A. — Prof. Artemus Beechem
• 1952Big Jim McLain — Sturak
• Cavalcade of America
• Chevron Theatre — Steven Everton, Carnacki
• Four Star Playhouse — John Dwerrihouse
• 1951Across the Wide Missouri — Capt. Humberstone Lyon
• 1951Double Crossbones — Capt. Kidd
• 1951Tarzan's Peril — Commissioner Peters
• 1951The Blue Veil — Professor George Carter
• 1951The Great Caruso — Jean de Reszke
• 1951The Highwayman — Barton
• 1951The Strange Door — Count Grassin
• Lux Video Theatre — Sir Adrian
• 1950Tripoli — Khalil
• 1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — High Executioner
• 1949Challenge to Lassie — Lord Provost
• 1949Criss Cross — Finchley
• 1949Manhandled — Alton Bennet
• 1949Master Minds — Dr. Druzik
• 1949Tarzan's Magic Fountain — Jessup
• 1949The Adventure of the Speckled Band — Sherlock Holmes
• 1949The Red Danube — The General
• 1948Hills of Home — Sir George
• 1948Joan of Arc — Earl of Warwick
• 1948Johnny Belinda — Defense Attorney
• 1948Macbeth — A Holy Father
• 1948My Own True Love — Kittredge
• 1947Adventure Island — Attwater
• 1947Driftwood — Dr. Nicholas Adams
• 1947Fiesta — The Tourist
• 1947Forever Amber — Landale
• 1947High Conquest — Tommy Donlin
• 1947Ivy — Sir Jonathan Wright
• 1947Lured — Detective Gordon
• 1947Sinbad the Sailor — Aga
• 1947The Lone Wolf in London — Monty Beresford
• 1947Unconquered — Sir William Johnson
• 1946A Scandal in Paris — Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister
• 1946House of Horrors — F. Holmes Harmon
• 1946The Strange Woman — Judge Henry Saladine
• 1946Three Strangers — David Shackleford
• 1945Hangover Square — Sir Henry Chapman
• 1945Isle of the Dead — St. Aubyn
• 1944Action in Arabia — Eric Latimer
• 1944Dark Waters — The Doctor (uncredited)
• 1944Mademoiselle Fifi — The Count de Breville
• 1944Ministry of Fear — Dr. JM Forrester
• 1944The Hairy Ape — MacDougald, Chief Engineer
• 1944The Uninvited — Dr. Scott
• 1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo — Mr. Parker
• 1943Appointment in Berlin — Col. Patterson (uncredited)
• 1943Assignment in Brittany — Sam Wells
• 1943Lassie Come Home — Jock
• 1943Lost Angel — Dr. Woodring
• 1943Madame Curie — Dr. Bladh (uncredited)
• 1943The Song of Bernadette — Dr. Debeau
• 1942A Yank at Eton — Willow Club Restauranteur (uncredited)
• 1942Cat People — Doc Carver (uncredited)
• 1942Eagle Squadron — Black Watch officer
• 1942Random Harvest — Julian
• 1941Confirm or Deny — Updyke (scenes deleted)
• 1940The House of the Seven Gables — Fuller
• 1940The Invisible Man Returns — Willie Spears
• 1939The Four Just Men — Sir Hamar Ryman M.P.
• 1939We Are Not Alone — Archdeacon
• 1937For Valour — General
• 1937The Wife of General Ling — Governor
• 1936Wings over Africa — Redfern
• 1933Loyalties — Gen. Canynge
• 1933The Wandering Jew — Knight (Phase II)
• 1932In a Monastery Garden — Count Romano
• 1931Stamboul — Bouchier
• 1930Caste — Capt. Hawtree
• And One Was Loyal — Jack Simmons