Job Actor
Years active 1930-81
Top Roles Huntsman / Reporter #3 / Hound, Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen, Dean, Lord Provost, Sir William Johnson
Top GenresDrama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, Crime, Family
Top TopicsBook-Based, True Story (based on), Based on Play
Top Collaborators , (Producer), (Producer), (Director)
Shares birthday with Adolph Zukor, Butterfly McQueen, Terry Moore  see more..

Alan Napier Overview:

Character actor, Alan Napier, was born Alan William Napier-Clavering on Jan 7, 1903 in Birmingham, England. Napier died at the age of 85 on Aug 8, 1988 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Chapel Of The Pines Crematory Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

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Alan Napier was an extremely tall, distinguished-looking, somewhat gaunt British actor. Born in Birmingham, he was mainly a stage actor until going to Hollywood in 1919, where he played noblemen, butlers, senior officers and aristocrats (1942, Random Harvest; 1943, The Song of Bernadette; 1943, Madame Curie). In the 1960s he became well known as Alfred, Batman's manservant on the hit television series "Batman" (1966-1968).

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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Alan Napier Quotes:

Eric Latimer: Don't worry about them; they're running their heads straight into a noose!


A Holy Father: God's benison go with you. And with those that would make good of bad, and friends of foes.


F. Holmes Harmon: [Hearing someone come in but not turning around] If you're the janitor, come back later. If you're anyone else, there's a window at the end of the hall, jump out of it.


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In Tim Burton's Batman (1989) the Joker's alter ego is named Jack Napier, in Alan's honor.

Father of Jennifer Nichols.

Maternal step-grandfather of actor Brian Forster.

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