Alan Napier

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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.

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

Died: August 8, 1988 (age 85)

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Known For

6.4

The Sword in the Stone

Movies & TV Credits

147 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet TV Special	—	Actor	Alfred	2020
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission Movie	6.4	Actor	Briarton	1981
The Paper Chase TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1978
Flying High TV Show	6.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1978
The Bastard TV Show	6.6	Actor	Dr. Bleeker	1978
Centennial Limited Series	8.1	Actor	Lord Venneford(1 Episode)	1978
The Golden Dog Movie	—	Actor	Archie	1977
Come Die With Me Movie	7.5	Actor	—	1974
QB VII Limited Series	7.5	Actor	Semple(2 Episodes)	1974
Kojak TV Show	7.2	Actor	Antonakis(1 Episode)	1973
Night Gallery TV Show	8.0	Actor	Doctor(1 Episode)	1969
Night Gallery TV Show	8.0	Actor	Cousin Zachariah Ogilvy(2 Episodes)	1969
Ironside TV Show	6.8	Actor	John(3 Episodes)	1967
Batman Movie	6.4	Actor	Alfred	1966
Batman TV Show	7.4	Actor	Alfred(120 Episodes)	1966
Family Affair TV Show	6.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1966
Daktari TV Show	6.8	Actor	Roger Ealing(1 Episode)	1966
The Loved One Movie	7.0	Actor	British Club Official	1965
Laredo TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1965
Signpost to Murder Movie	6.0	Actor	The Vicar	1964
Marnie Movie	7.2	Actor	Mr. Rutland	1964
36 Hours Movie	7.2	Actor	Col. Peter MacLean	1964
My Fair Lady Movie	7.9	Actor	Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited)	1964
Daniel Boone TV Show	7.1	Actor	Lord Brisbane(1 Episode)	1964
The Rogues TV Show	7.8	Actor	John McKellway(1 Episode)	1964
Daniel Boone TV Show	7.1	Actor	Col. Sir Hubert Crater(1 Episode)	1964
The Sword in the Stone Movie	7.3	Actor	Sir Pellinore (voice)	1963
Breaking Point TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1963
The Premature Burial Movie	6.3	Actor	Dr. Gideon Gault	1962
Tender Is the Night Movie	5.8	Actor	Señor Pardo	1962
Don't Call Me Charlie TV Show	5.1	Actor	Gen. Steele(18 Episodes)	1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV Show	8.3	Actor	Mr. Hodges(1 Episode)	1962
The Beverly Hillbillies TV Show	7.1	Actor	Chemist(1 Episode)	1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show TV Show	—	Actor	Kurt Drobney(1 Episode)	1962
Wild in the Country Movie	6.4	Actor	Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited)	1961
Five Fingers : Thin Ice Movie	—	Actor	Wembley	1961
Thriller TV Show	8.0	Actor	Constable Evans(1 Episode)	1960
Checkmate TV Show	7.2	Actor	Father Dunne, the Abbot(1 Episode)	1960
Thriller TV Show	8.0	Actor	Lawyer Ridgewater(1 Episode)	1960
The Case of the Dangerous Robin TV Show	—	Actor	Alexander Pinley(1 Episode)	1960
Thriller TV Show	8.0	Actor	Attorney Pinchot(1 Episode)	1960
The Roaring 20's TV Special	—	Actor	Mr. Dunston(1 Episode)	1960
Journey to the Center of the Earth Movie	6.9	Actor	Dean	1959
Island of Lost Women Movie	4.9	Actor	Dr. Paul Lujan	1959
Five Fingers TV Show	8.0	Actor	Wembley(16 Episodes)	1959
The Detectives TV Show	7.2	Actor	Bishop(1 Episode)	1959
The Twilight Zone TV Show	8.8	Actor	Capt. Protheroe(1 Episode)	1959
Adventures in Paradise TV Show	7.9	Actor	Alex(1 Episode)	1959
The Third Man TV Show	7.5	Actor	Colonel Andresi(1 Episode)	1959
Shirley Temple's Storybook TV Show	7.1	Actor	Colonel Devlin(1 Episode)	1958
Until They Sail Movie	6.4	Actor	Prosecution Attorney	1957
Panic! TV Show	8.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1957
Tales of Wells Fargo TV Show	7.7	Actor	Colonel Decatur(1 Episode)	1957
Tales of Wells Fargo TV Show	7.7	Actor	Bertram La Tour(1 Episode)	1957
Miami Exposé Movie	5.7	Actor	Raymond Sheridan	1956
The Mole People Movie	5.2	Actor	Elinu, the High Priest	1956
Telephone Time TV Show	6.6	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1956
The Court Jester Movie	7.9	Actor	Sir Brockhurst	1955
Moonfleet Movie	6.5	Actor	Parson Glennie	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Sir Charles Harrington(1 Episode)	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Lord Sorrington(3 Episodes)	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Sir Everett(1 Episode)	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Wilfred - the Recording Angel(1 Episode)	1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Show	6.8	Actor	Governor(1 Episode)	1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Show	6.8	Actor	Sir Edward(1 Episode)	1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Show	6.8	Actor	Travers(1 Episode)	1955
Désirée Movie	6.3	Actor	Despreaux	1954
Playmates Movie	—	Actor	Stephen Everton	1954
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.2	Actor	Archie(1 Episode)	1954
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.2	Actor	Mr. Cryer(1 Episode)	1954
Julius Caesar Movie	7.4	Actor	Cicero	1953
Young Bess Movie	6.4	Actor	Robert Tyrwhitt	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Jack Simmons(1 Episode)	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Sean O'Donnell(1 Episode)	1953
The Loretta Young Show TV Show	7.2	Actor	Mr. Bronte(1 Episode)	1953
Big Jim McLain Movie	5.0	Actor	Sturak	1952
Cavalcade of America TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1952
Biff Baker, U.S.A. TV Show	7.5	Actor	Prof. Artemus Beechem(1 Episode)	1952
Four Star Playhouse TV Show	7.3	Actor	John Dwerrihouse(1 Episode)	1952
Chevron Theatre TV Show	6.7	Actor	Carnacki(1 Episode)	1952
Chevron Theatre TV Show	6.7	Actor	Steven Everton(1 Episode)	1952
The Strange Door Movie	6.2	Actor	Count Grassin	1951
Tarzan's Peril Movie	5.5	Actor	Commissioner Peters	1951
Across the Wide Missouri Movie	6.3	Actor	Capt. Humberstone Lyon	1951
The Great Caruso Movie	6.7	Actor	Jean de Reszke	1951
Double Crossbones Movie	5.8	Actor	Capt. Kidd	1951
The Blue Veil Movie	6.9	Actor	Professor George Carter	1951
The Highwayman Movie	6.8	Actor	—	1951
Tripoli Movie	5.5	Actor	Khalil	1950
Lux Video Theatre TV Show	7.1	Actor	Sir Adrian(1 Episode)	1950
Criss Cross Movie	7.3	Actor	Finchley	1949
The Red Danube Movie	6.3	Actor	The General	1949
Manhandled Movie	6.3	Actor	Alton Bennet	1949
Master Minds Movie	5.8	Actor	Dr. Druzik	1949
Tarzan's Magic Fountain Movie	5.7	Actor	Jessup	1949
Challenge to Lassie Movie	6.0	Actor	Lord Provost	1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Movie	6.4	Actor	High Executioner	1949
The Adventure of the Speckled Band Movie	6.5	Actor	Sherlock Holmes	1949
Macbeth Movie	7.3	Actor	A Holy Father	1948
Hills of Home Movie	6.3	Actor	Sir George	1948
My Own True Love Movie	5.9	Actor	Kittredge	1948
Johnny Belinda Movie	7.6	Actor	Defense Attorney	1948
Joan of Arc Movie	6.2	Actor	Earl of Warwick	1948
Fiesta Movie	5.7	Actor	The Tourist	1947
Forever Amber Movie	6.3	Actor	Landale	1947
The Lone Wolf in London Movie	5.6	Actor	Monty Beresford	1947
Unconquered Movie	6.8	Actor	Sir William Johnson	1947
Adventure Island Movie	4.5	Actor	Attwater	1947
Sinbad the Sailor Movie	6.3	Actor	Aga	1947
High Conquest Movie	—	Actor	Tommy Donlin	1947
Lured Movie	6.8	Actor	Detective Gordon	1947
Driftwood Movie	6.8	Actor	Dr. Nicholas Adams	1947
Ivy Movie	6.8	Actor	Sir Jonathan Wright	1947
A Scandal in Paris Movie	6.7	Actor	Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister	1946
The Strange Woman Movie	6.3	Actor	Judge Henry Saladine	1946
Three Strangers Movie	6.7	Actor	David Shackleford	1946
House of Horrors Movie	6.2	Actor	F. Holmes Harmon	1946
Isle of the Dead Movie	6.3	Actor	St. Aubyn	1945
Hangover Square Movie	7.2	Actor	Sir Henry Chapman	1945
The Uninvited Movie	7.3	Actor	Dr. Scott	1944
Mademoiselle Fifi Movie	6.1	Actor	The Count de Breville	1944
Action in Arabia Movie	6.0	Actor	Eric Latimer	1944
The Hairy Ape Movie	5.9	Actor	MacDougald, Chief Engineer	1944
Ministry of Fear Movie	7.0	Actor	Dr. Forrester	1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Movie	7.1	Actor	Mr. Parker	1944
Assignment in Brittany Movie	6.5	Actor	Sam Wells	1943
Lost Angel Movie	6.9	Actor	Dr. Woodring	1943
Lassie Come Home Movie	7.0	Actor	Jock	1943
Madame Curie Movie	7.1	Actor	Dr. Bladh (uncredited)	1943
Appointment in Berlin Movie	6.1	Actor	Col. Patterson (uncredited)	1943
The Song of Bernadette Movie	7.5	Actor	Dr. Debeau	1943
Random Harvest Movie	8.0	Actor	Julian	1942
Cat People Movie	7.1	Actor	Doc Carver (uncredited)	1942
Eagle Squadron Movie	6.1	Actor	Black Watch officer	1942
Confirm or Deny Movie	6.1	Actor	Updyke (scenes deleted)	1941
The Invisible Man Returns Movie	6.3	Actor	Willie Spears	1940
The House of the Seven Gables Movie	6.9	Actor	Fuller	1940
The Four Just Men Movie	6.1	Actor	Sir Hamar Ryman M.P.	1939
We Are Not Alone Movie	6.9	Actor	Archdeacon	1939
For Valour Movie	6.2	Actor	General	1937
The Wife of General Ling Movie	6.4	Actor	Governor	1937
Wings over Africa Movie	4.6	Actor	Redfern	1936
Loyalties Movie	6.4	Actor	Gen. Canynge	1933
The Wandering Jew Movie	6.3	Actor	Knight (Phase II)	1933
In a Monastery Garden Movie	6.4	Actor	Count Romano	1932
Stamboul Movie	8.5	Actor	Bouchier	1931
Caste Movie	5.7	Actor	Capt. Hawtree	1930

Alan Napier

Known For

Batman

Marnie

My Fair Lady

The Sword in the Stone

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