Alan Napier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-01-07 (85 years old)

Deathday

1988-08-08

Place of Birth

Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK

Alan Napier

Biography

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.

Acting

1964

Marnie

as Mr. Rutland

1943

1966

Batman

as Alfred

1947

Lured

as Detective Gordon

1945

Isle of the Dead

as St. Aubyn

1944

1944

Ministry of Fear

as Dr. Forrester

1953

Julius Caesar

as Cicero

1949

Criss Cross

as Finchley

1942

1978

The Bastard

as Dr. Bleeker

1955

The Court Jester

as Sir Brockhurst

1963

The Sword in the Stone

as Sir Pellinore (voice)

1946

The Strange Woman

as Judge Henry Saladine

1951

Across the Wide Missouri

as Capt. Humberstone Lyon

1948

Macbeth

as A Holy Father

1946

Three Strangers

as David Shackleford

1940

1952

1945

Hangover Square

as Sir Henry Chapman

1956

The Mole People

as Elinu, the High Priest

1962

The Premature Burial

as Dr. Gideon Gault

1949

The Red Danube

as The General

1949

Manhandled

as Alton Bennet

1956

Miami Exposé

as Raymond Sheridan

1955

Moonfleet

as Parson Glennie

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Lord Provost

1964

36 Hours

as Col. Peter MacLean

1947

Ivy

as Sir Jonathan Wright

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Defense Attorney

1947

Fiesta

as The Tourist

1965

The Loved One

as British Club Official

1944

The Uninvited

as Dr. Scott

1951

The Strange Door

as Count Grassin

1946

House of Horrors

as F. Holmes Harmon

1951

Double Crossbones

as Capt. Kidd

1944

Mademoiselle Fifi

as The Count de Breville

1948

My Own True Love

as Kittredge

1951

The Great Caruso

as Jean de Reszke

1947

Driftwood

as Dr. Nicholas Adams

1948

Hills of Home

as Sir George

1951

The Blue Veil

as Professor George Carter

1944

The Hairy Ape

as MacDougald, Chief Engineer

1959

Island of Lost Women

as Dr. Paul Lujan

1946

A Scandal in Paris

as Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister

1964

Signpost to Murder

as The Vicar

1943

Lost Angel

as Dr. Woodring

1949

Master Minds

as Dr. Druzik

1939

The Four Just Men

as Sir Hamar Ryman M.P.

1943

1954

Désirée

as Despreaux

1961

Wild in the Country

as Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited)

1947

Adventure Island

as Attwater

1964

My Fair Lady

as Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited)

1937

For Valour

as General

1939

We Are Not Alone

as Archdeacon

1943

1957

Until They Sail

as Prosecution Attorney

1941

Confirm or Deny

as Updyke (scenes deleted)

1953

Young Bess

as Robert Tyrwhitt

1933

Loyalties

as Gen. Canynge

1951

Tarzan's Peril

as Commissioner Peters

1947

Forever Amber

as Landale

1947

The Lone Wolf in London

as Monty Beresford

1932

In a Monastery Garden

as Count Romano

1977

1942

Eagle Squadron

as Black Watch officer

1950

Tripoli

as Khalil

1930

Caste

as Capt. Hawtree

1931

Stamboul

as Bouchier

1942

Cat People

as Doc Carver (uncredited)

1933

The Wandering Jew

as Knight (Phase II)

1944

Action in Arabia

as Eric Latimer

1943

Madame Curie

as Dr. Bladh (uncredited)

1947

Unconquered

as Sir William Johnson

1947

High Conquest

as Tommy Donlin

1962

Tender Is the Night

as Señor Pardo

1948

Joan of Arc

as Earl of Warwick

1936

1943

Appointment in Berlin

as Col. Patterson (uncredited)

1954

Playmates

as Stephen Everton

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And One Was Loyal

as Jack Simmons

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