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Alan Napier

Highest Rated: 100% Lured (1947)

Lowest Rated: 20% Desiree (1954)

Birthday: Jan 7, 1903

Birthplace: Birmingham, England, UK

Tall, gaunt, elegant, mustachioed character actor, born in England, who after considerable stage and some film experience moved to the United States in 1939. Almost invariably in gentlemanly roles connoting Britishness, Napier played a variety of noblemen, butlers, senior officers, professors and aristocrats, with an occasional villager or con man thrown in for good measure. His over 70 film credits include roles in "The House of the Seven Gables" (1940), "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), "Three Strangers" (1946), "Macbeth" (1948), "Julius Caesar" (1953), "The Court Jester" (1956), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959) and "Marnie" (1964). A prolific TV performer, Napier is best-known as Alfred, the perfect butler to the Caped Crusaders (and the only person to know Batgirl's true identity), on the camp classic, "Batman."

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Highest rated movies

100% 71% Lured
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97% 93% The Court Jester
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96% 81% Julius Caesar
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95% 80% The Uninvited
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94% 77% Lassie Come Home
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92% 73% Cat People
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90% 52% Isle of the Dead
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87% 76% Macbeth
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87% 60% The Invisible Man Returns
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86% 79% Criss Cross
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Alan Napier

Alan Napier ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN, from left: Alan Napier, John Smith, 1959 TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, Brenda Joyce, Alan Napier, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Drake, Albert Dekker, 1949 WE ARE NOT ALONE, Montagu Love, Alan Napier, Keith Hitchcock, Paul Muni, Boyd Irwin, 1939 TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, Charles Drake, Albert Dekker, Brenda Joyce, Evelyn Ankers, Alan Napier, 1949 MADEMOISELLE FIFI, Simone Simon, Edmund Glover, Jason Robards Sr., Alan Napier, Kurt Kreuger, 1944 TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, Lex Barker, Evelyn Ankers, Alan Napier, 1949 MADEMOISELLE FIFI, Simone Simon, Romaine Callender, Edmund Glover, Helen Freeman, Alan Napier, Fay Helm, Jason Robards Sr., John Emery, Norma Varden, 1944 PREMATURE BURIAL, rear from left: Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Brendan Dillon, Alan Napier, Hazel Court, 1962 TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, Evelyn Ankers, Alan Napier, Albert Dekker, Charles Drake, Brenda Joyce, Lex Barker, 1949 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Monkey Mission Briarton (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Come Die With Me Lawyer (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 57% QB VII Semple (Character) - 1974
80% 62% Batman Alfred Pennyworth (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 60% Signpost to Murder The Vicar (Character) - 1965
83% 77% 36 Hours Colonel Peter MacLean (Character) - 1964
81% 72% Marnie Mr. Rutland (Character) - 1964
66% 73% The Sword in the Stone Sir Pelinore (Voice) - 1963
56% 44% The Premature Burial Dr. Gideon Gault (Character) - 1962
50% 57% Wild in the Country Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited) (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 10% Island of Lost Women Dr. Paul Lujan (Character) - 1959
84% 69% Journey to the Center of the Earth Dean (Character) - 1959
67% 62% Until They Sail Prosecution Attorney (Character) - 1957
43% 25% The Mole People Elinu (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miami Expose Ray Sheridan (Character) - 1956
97% 93% The Court Jester Sir Brockhurst (Character) - 1955
69% 70% Moonfleet Parson Glennie (Character) - 1955
20% 68% Desiree Despreaux (Character) - 1954
96% 81% Julius Caesar Cicero (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 38% Big Jim McLain Sturak (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 36% Across the Wide Missouri Capt. Humberstone Lyon (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 33% The Strange Door Count Grassin (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 60% The Great Caruso Jean de Reszke (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tripoli Khalil (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 29% Manhandled Alton Bennet (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Master Minds Dr. Druzik (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 66% The Red Danube The General (Character) - 1949
57% 51% A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court High Executioner (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 36% Challenge to Lassie Lord Provost (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 22% Tarzan's Magic Fountain Douglas Jessup (Character) - 1949
86% 79% Criss Cross Finchley (Character) - 1948
87% 76% Macbeth A Holy Father (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 60% Hills of Home Sir George (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 54% Ivy Sir Jonathan Wright (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 44% Fiesta The Tourist (Character) - 1947
100% 72% Lured Detective Gordon (Character) - 1947
86% 67% Unconquered Sir William Johnson (Character) - 1947
80% 58% Sinbad the Sailor Aga (Character) - 1947
75% 62% A Scandal in Paris Houdon (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 28% House of Horrors F. Holmes Harmon (Character) - 1946
40% 55% The Strange Woman Judge Henry Saladine (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 50% Three Strangers David Shackleford (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 73% Hangover Square Sir Henry Chapman (Character) - 1945
90% 52% Isle of the Dead St. Aubyn (Character) - 1945
40% 17% The Hairy Ape MacDougald (Character) - 1944
95% 80% The Uninvited Dr. Scott (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 70% Lost Angel Dr. Woodring (Character) - 1944
85% 74% Ministry of Fear Dr. Forrester (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Action in Arabia Eric Latimer (Character) - 1944
67% 50% Mademoiselle Fifi Count de Breville (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Appointment in Berlin Col. Patterson (Character) - 1943
94% 77% Lassie Come Home Jock (Character) - 1943
92% 73% Cat People Doc Carver (Character) - 1942
82% 89% Random Harvest Julian, Tall Brother (Character) - 1942
80% 78% The House of the Seven Gables Fuller (Character) - 1940
87% 60% The Invisible Man Returns Willie Spears (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret Four Sir Hamar Ryman M.P. (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wife of General Ling Unknown (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wings Over Africa Redfern (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caste Capt. Hawtree (Character) - 1930

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paper Chase Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Affair Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
72% 79% Batman Alfred Pennyworth (Character) 1966-1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beverly Hillbillies Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daktari Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1963 1965
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Capt. Protheroe (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lloyd Bridges Show Kurt Drobney (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Bertram La Tour (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1960-1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sir Everett (Character) 1955-1957 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Northwest Passage Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Unknown (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letter to Loretta Unknown (Guest Star) 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Star Playhouse John Dwerrihouse (Character) 1953