Alan Napier

Alan Napier

1903-01-07 • Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK • Male • 135 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-01-07

Place of Birth

Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK

Known Credits

135

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Alan William Napier-Clavering, آلن ناپیر

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Known For Movies

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964
The Court Jester

The Court Jester

1955
Hills of Home

Hills of Home

1948
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission

Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission

1981
Madame Curie

Madame Curie

1943
The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone

1963
The Strange Door

The Strange Door

1951
The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial

1962
The Loved One

The Loved One

1965
The Highwayman

The Highwayman

1951
The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman

1946
Unconquered

Unconquered

1947
Assignment in Brittany

Assignment in Brittany

1943
Come Die with Me

Come Die with Me

1974
The Lone Wolf in London

The Lone Wolf in London

1947
The Mole People

The Mole People

1956
Lost Angel

Lost Angel

1943
The Golden Dog

The Golden Dog

1977
Batman

Batman

1966
Until They Sail

Until They Sail

1957
The Bastard

The Bastard

1978
The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1944
Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944
Island of Lost Women

Island of Lost Women

1959
Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

1949
The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men

1939
Marnie

Marnie

1964
Cat People

Cat People

1942
Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947
Action in Arabia

Action in Arabia

1944
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953
Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959
Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

1943
A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris

1946
In a Monastery Garden

In a Monastery Garden

1932
Master Minds

Master Minds

1949
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944
36 Hours

36 Hours

1964
Young Bess

Young Bess

1953
Désirée

Désirée

1954
Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead

1945
Hangover Square

Hangover Square

1945
Miami Exposé

Miami Exposé

1956
Tripoli

Tripoli

1950
Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor

1947
Adventure Island

Adventure Island

1947
Five Fingers : Thin Ice

Five Fingers : Thin Ice

1961
Moonfleet

Moonfleet

1955
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

1948
Tarzan's Peril

Tarzan's Peril

1951
The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables

1940
Lured

Lured

1947
The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette

1943
Loyalties

Loyalties

1933
Macbeth

Macbeth

1948
Ivy

Ivy

1947
The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns

1940
The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

1951
Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942
Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949
Big Jim McLain

Big Jim McLain

1952
The Hairy Ape

The Hairy Ape

1944
Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron

1942
Caste

Caste

1930
Driftwood

Driftwood

1947
Wild in the Country

Wild in the Country

1961
Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

1951
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949
Fiesta

Fiesta

1947
Three Strangers

Three Strangers

1946
Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night

1962
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1948
Stamboul

Stamboul

1931
Manhandled

Manhandled

1949
Confirm or Deny

Confirm or Deny

1941
The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

1933
We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone

1939
The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949
The Great Caruso

The Great Caruso

1951
Double Crossbones

Double Crossbones

1951
Challenge to Lassie

Challenge to Lassie

1949
Mademoiselle Fifi

Mademoiselle Fifi

1944
House of Horrors

House of Horrors

1946
Appointment in Berlin

Appointment in Berlin

1943
Wings over Africa

Wings over Africa

1936
The Wife of General Ling

The Wife of General Ling

1937
Playmates

Playmates

1954
Signpost to Murder

Signpost to Murder

1964
High Conquest

High Conquest

1947
The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

1949
And One Was Loyal

And One Was Loyal
A Yank at Eton

A Yank at Eton

1942
For Valour

For Valour

1937
My Own True Love

My Own True Love

1948

Known For TV Shows

Batman

Batman

1966
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962
Ironside

Ironside

1967
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962
Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

1952
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

1964
Kojak

Kojak

1973
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
Thriller

Thriller

1960
Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

1959
Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo

1957
Family Affair

Family Affair

1966
Night Gallery

Night Gallery

1970
The Detectives

The Detectives

1959
Telephone Time

Telephone Time

1956
Checkmate

Checkmate

1960
Laredo

Laredo

1965
The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955
The Lloyd Bridges Show

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962
The Roaring 20's

The Roaring 20's

1960
The Third Man

The Third Man

1959
Daktari

Daktari

1966
Centennial

Centennial

1978
Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958
The Rogues

The Rogues

1964
Flying High

Flying High

1978
Chevron Theatre

Chevron Theatre

1952
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950
Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

1952
The Paper Chase

The Paper Chase

1978
Panic!

Panic!

1957
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

1963
Don't Call Me Charlie

Don't Call Me Charlie

1962
The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954
The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

1960
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

1953
Five Fingers

Five Fingers

1959
Biff Baker U.S.A.

Biff Baker U.S.A.

1952
QB VII

QB VII

1974
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

1953

Movie Credits

My Fair Lady

1964

Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited)

The Court Jester

1955

Sir Brockhurst

Hills of Home

1948

Sir George

Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission

1981

Briarton

Madame Curie

1943

Dr. Bladh (uncredited)

The Sword in the Stone

1963

Sir Pellinore (voice)

The Strange Door

1951

Count Grassin

The Premature Burial

1962

Dr. Gideon Gault

The Loved One

1965

British Club Official

The Highwayman

1951

The Strange Woman

1946

Judge Henry Saladine

Unconquered

1947

Sir William Johnson

Assignment in Brittany

1943

Sam Wells

Come Die with Me

1974

Lawyer

The Lone Wolf in London

1947

Monty Beresford

The Mole People

1956

Elinu, the High Priest

Lost Angel

1943

Dr. Woodring

The Golden Dog

1977

Archie

Batman

1966

Alfred

Until They Sail

1957

Prosecution Attorney

The Bastard

1978

Dr. Bleeker

The Uninvited

1944

Dr. Scott

Ministry of Fear

1944

Dr. JM Forrester

Island of Lost Women

1959

Dr. Paul Lujan

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

1949

Jessup

The Four Just Men

1939

Sir Hamar Ryman M.P.

Marnie

1964

Mr. Rutland

Cat People

1942

Doc Carver (uncredited)

Forever Amber

1947

Landale

Action in Arabia

1944

Eric Latimer

Julius Caesar

1953

Cicero

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

Dean

Lassie Come Home

1943

Jock

A Scandal in Paris

1946

Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister

In a Monastery Garden

1932

Count Romano

Master Minds

1949

Dr. Druzik

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

Mr. Parker

36 Hours

1964

Col. Peter MacLean

Young Bess

1953

Robert Tyrwhitt

Désirée

1954

Despreaux

Isle of the Dead

1945

St. Aubyn

Hangover Square

1945

Sir Henry Chapman

Miami Exposé

1956

Raymond Sheridan

Tripoli

1950

Khalil

Sinbad the Sailor

1947

Aga

Adventure Island

1947

Attwater

Five Fingers : Thin Ice

1961

Wembley

Moonfleet

1955

Parson Glennie

Joan of Arc

1948

Earl of Warwick

Tarzan's Peril

1951

Commissioner Peters

The House of the Seven Gables

1940

Fuller

Lured

1947

Detective Gordon

The Song of Bernadette

1943

Dr. Debeau

Loyalties

1933

Gen. Canynge

Macbeth

1948

A Holy Father

Ivy

1947

Sir Jonathan Wright

The Invisible Man Returns

1940

Willie Spears

The Blue Veil

1951

Professor George Carter

Random Harvest

1942

Julian

Criss Cross

1949

Finchley

Big Jim McLain

1952

Sturak

The Hairy Ape

1944

MacDougald, Chief Engineer

Eagle Squadron

1942

Black Watch officer

Caste

1930

Capt. Hawtree

Driftwood

1947

Dr. Nicholas Adams

Wild in the Country

1961

Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited)

Across the Wide Missouri

1951

Capt. Humberstone Lyon

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

High Executioner

Fiesta

1947

The Tourist

Three Strangers

1946

David Shackleford

Tender Is the Night

1962

Señor Pardo

Johnny Belinda

1948

Defense Attorney

Stamboul

1931

Bouchier

Manhandled

1949

Alton Bennet

Confirm or Deny

1941

Updyke (scenes deleted)

The Wandering Jew

1933

Knight (Phase II)

We Are Not Alone

1939

Archdeacon

The Red Danube

1949

The General

The Great Caruso

1951

Jean de Reszke

Double Crossbones

1951

Capt. Kidd

Challenge to Lassie

1949

Lord Provost

Mademoiselle Fifi

1944

The Count de Breville

House of Horrors

1946

F. Holmes Harmon

Appointment in Berlin

1943

Col. Patterson (uncredited)

Wings over Africa

1936

Redfern

The Wife of General Ling

1937

Governor

Playmates

1954

Stephen Everton

Signpost to Murder

1964

The Vicar

High Conquest

1947

Tommy Donlin

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

1949

Sherlock Holmes

And One Was Loyal

Jack Simmons

A Yank at Eton

1942

Willow Club Restauranteur (uncredited)

For Valour

1937

General

My Own True Love

1948

Kittredge

TV Credits

Batman

1966

Alfred (120 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

Capt. Protheroe (1 episodes)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

Mr. Hodges (1 episodes)

Ironside

1967

John (3 episodes)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

Chemist (1 episodes)

Four Star Playhouse

1952

John Dwerrihouse (1 episodes)

Daniel Boone

1964

Col. Sir Hubert Crater (1 episodes)

Kojak

1973

Antonakis (1 episodes)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Sir Everett (1 episodes)

Thriller

1960

Lawyer Ridgewater (1 episodes)

Adventures in Paradise

1959

Alex (1 episodes)

Tales of Wells Fargo

1957

Bertram La Tour (1 episodes)

Family Affair

1966

(1 episodes)

Night Gallery

1970

Cousin Zachariah Ogilvy (2 episodes)

The Detectives

1959

Bishop (1 episodes)

Telephone Time

1956

(1 episodes)

Checkmate

1960

Father Dunne, the Abbot (1 episodes)

Laredo

1965

(1 episodes)

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Governor (1 episodes)

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

Kurt Drobney (1 episodes)

The Roaring 20's

1960

Mr. Dunston (1 episodes)

The Third Man

1959

Colonel Andresi (1 episodes)

Daktari

1966

Roger Ealing (1 episodes)

Centennial

1978

Lord Venneford (1 episodes)

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

Colonel Devlin (1 episodes)

The Rogues

1964

John McKellway (1 episodes)

Flying High

1978

(1 episodes)

Chevron Theatre

1952

Steven Everton (1 episodes)

Lux Video Theatre

1950

Sir Adrian (1 episodes)

Cavalcade of America

1952

(1 episodes)

The Paper Chase

1978

(1 episodes)

Panic!

1957

(1 episodes)

Breaking Point

1963

(1 episodes)

Don't Call Me Charlie

1962

Gen. Steele (18 episodes)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Mr. Cryer (1 episodes)

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

1960

Alexander Pinley (1 episodes)

Letter to Loretta

1953

Mr. Bronte (1 episodes)

Five Fingers

1959

Wembley (16 episodes)

Biff Baker U.S.A.

1952

Prof. Artemus Beechem (1 episodes)

QB VII

1974

Semple (2 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Sean O'Donnell (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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TV Production Credits

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