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1 | In the early seventies, he wrote an autobiography, which was not published at the time. "Not Just Batman's Butler" was finally published in September, 2015 by McFarland Press with annotations and additional chapters by James Bigwood, who first met him in 1975, when profiling him for "Films in Review". |
2 | He was initially reluctant to sign on to play Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, on Batman (1966) before a friend pointed out to him that the series would make him the most famous butler in the world. |
3 | Had appeared with George Sanders in eight films: The House of the Seven Gables (1940), Appointment in Berlin (1943), Action in Arabia (1944), Hangover Square (1945), The Strange Woman (1946), Forever Amber (1947), Lured (1947) and Moonfleet (1955). |
4 | Close friends with Michael Gough, who later played Alfred Pennyworth in Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). |
5 | Henry Daniell suffered a fatal heart attack while working on My Fair Lady (1964), and the role was completed by Napier. |
6 | In Tim Burton's remake Batman (1989), the Joker's alter ego is named Jack Napier, in Alan Napier's honor. |
7 | Following his death, his ashes were spread out on his rose garden at his home in Pacific Palisades, California. |
8 | Best remembered by the public for his role as Alfred Pennyworth on the television series Batman (1966). |
9 | Father of Jennifer Nichols. |
10 | Immigrated to the United States on April 28, 1939. |
11 | Maternal stepgrandfather of actor Brian Forster. |
12 | Attended and graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). |
13 | Attended and graduated from Clifton College in Bristol, England. |
14 | Cousin of Neville Chamberlain (British Prime Minister, 1937-1940). |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Monkey Mission | 1981 | TV Movie | Briarton |
ABC Weekend Specials | 1979 | TV Series | Hawkins |
Centennial | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Lord Venneford |
The Paper Chase | 1978 | TV Series | Justice Allen Reynolds |
Flying High | 1978 | TV Series | Arthur |
The Bastard | 1978 | TV Movie | Dr. Bleeker |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1977 | TV Series | Archie |
Kojak | 1976 | TV Series | Antonakis |
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | 1974-1975 | TV Mini-Series | |
Ironside | 1970-1974 | TV Series | John / Marcus Lowell / Walter Branford |
The Wide World of Mystery | 1974 | TV Series | Lawyer |
QB VII | 1974 | TV Mini-Series | Semple |
Crime Club | 1973 | TV Movie | John |
Night Gallery | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Cousin Zachariah Ogilvy / The Man (segment "The Sins of the Fathers") / Doctor (segment "House - With Ghost") |
Family Affair | 1969 | TV Series | Mr. Wilson |
Batman | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Alfred Egbert |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1967 | TV Series | Chemist |
Batman: The Movie | 1966 | | Alfred |
Daktari | 1966 | TV Series | Roger Ealing |
Daniel Boone | 1965 | TV Series | Lord Brisbane / Col. Sir Hubert Crater |
Laredo | 1965 | TV Series | Maj. Donaldson |
The Loved One | 1965 | | English Club Official |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Guerny, Sr. / Mr. Hodges |
The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | John McKellway |
Signpost to Murder | 1964 | | The Vicar |
36 Hours | 1964 | | Col. Peter MacLean |
My Fair Lady | 1964 | | Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen (uncredited) |
Mary Poppins | 1964 | | Huntsman / Reporter #3 / Hound (voice, uncredited) |
Marnie | 1964 | | Mr. Rutland |
Breaking Point | 1964 | TV Series | Harold Major |
The Sword in the Stone | 1963 | | Sir Pellinore (voice) |
The Eleventh Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Arnold Todhunter |
The Twilight Zone | 1963 | TV Series | Capt. Protheroe |
The Lloyd Bridges Show | 1963 | TV Series | Kurt Drobney |
Don't Call Me Charlie | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Gen. Steele |
Alcoa Premiere | 1963 | TV Series | Judge Cameron |
Tales of Wells Fargo | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Colonel Decatur / Bertram La Tour |
Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Father Dunne |
Premature Burial | 1962 | | Dr. Gideon Gault |
Follow the Sun | 1962 | TV Series | Julian 'The Major' Mosgrove |
Tender Is the Night | 1962 | | Señor Pardo |
Wild in the Country | 1961 | | Prof. Joe B. Larson (uncredited) |
Thriller | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Attorney Pinchot / Constable Evans / Lawyer Ridgewater |
The Roaring 20's | 1961 | TV Series | Mr. Dunston |
Adventures in Paradise | 1960 | TV Series | Alex |
The Case of the Dangerous Robin | 1960 | TV Series | |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1960 | TV Series | Col. Devlin |
Five Fingers | 1959 | TV Series | Wembley |
Journey to the Center of the Earth | 1959 | | Dean |
The Detectives | 1959 | TV Series | Bishop |
Island of Lost Women | 1959 | | Dr. Paul Lujan |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Lord Sorrington / Sir Charles Harrington / Wilfred - the Recording Angel / ... |
The Third Man | 1959 | TV Series | Colonel Andresi |
Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | Sir Luke |
General Electric Theater | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Jack Simmons / Sean O'Donnell |
Until They Sail | 1957 | | Prosecution Attorney |
The Californians | 1957 | TV Series | |
Panic! | 1957 | TV Series | Vincent Hawthorne |
Soldiers of Fortune | 1957 | TV Series | Commissioner Hartledge |
Telephone Time | 1957 | TV Series | |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Travers / Sir Edward / Governor |
The Mole People | 1956 | | Elinu, the High Priest |
Miami Exposé | 1956 | | Raymond Sheridan |
The Court Jester | 1955 | | Sir Brockhurst |
Lux Video Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Sir Adrian |
Front Row Center | 1955 | TV Series | Reverend Thompson |
Moonfleet | 1955 | | Parson Glennie |
Désirée | 1954 | | Despreaux |
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | Stephen Everton |
The Loretta Young Show | 1953 | TV Series | Mr. Bronte |
Young Bess | 1953 | | Robert Tyrwhitt |
Julius Caesar | 1953 | | Cicero |
Four Star Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | John Dwerrihouse |
Biff Baker, U.S.A. | 1952 | TV Series | Prof. Artemus Beechem |
Cavalcade of America | 1952 | TV Series | |
Big Jim McLain | 1952 | | Sturak |
Chevron Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
The Schaefer Century Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Uncle Steven |
Fireside Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Charles Dickens |
The Strange Door | 1951 | | Count Grassin |
The Blue Veil | 1951 | | Prof. George Carter |
Across the Wide Missouri | 1951 | | Capt. Humberstone Lyon |
The Highwayman | 1951 | | Barton |
The Great Caruso | 1951 | | Jean de Reszke |
Tarzan's Peril | 1951 | | Commissioner Peters |
Double Crossbones | 1951 | | Capt. Kidd |
Tripoli | 1950 | | Khalil |
Master Minds | 1949 | | Dr. Druzik |
Challenge to Lassie | 1949 | | Lord Provost |
The Red Danube | 1949 | | The General |
Manhandled | 1949 | | Alton Bennet |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 1949 | | High Executioner |
Your Show Time | 1949 | TV Series | Sherlock Holmes |
Tarzan's Magic Fountain | 1949 | | Douglas Jessup |
My Own True Love | 1949 | | Kittredge |
Criss Cross | 1949 | | Finchley |
Hills of Home | 1948 | | Sir George |
Joan of Arc | 1948 | | Earl of Warwick |
Johnny Belinda | 1948 | | Defense Attorney |
Macbeth | 1948 | | A Holy Father |
The Lone Wolf in London | 1947 | | Monty Beresford |
Forever Amber | 1947 | | Landale |
Unconquered | 1947 | | Sir William Johnson |
Driftwood | 1947 | | Dr. Nicholas Adams |
Lured | 1947 | | Detective Gordon |
Adventure Island | 1947 | | Attwater |
Ivy | 1947 | | Sir Jonathan Wright |
High Conquest | 1947 | | Tommy Donlin |
Fiesta | 1947 | | The Tourist |
Sinbad, the Sailor | 1947 | | Aga |
The Strange Woman | 1946 | | Judge Henry Saladine |
A Scandal in Paris | 1946 | | Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister |
House of Horrors | 1946 | | F. Holmes Harmon |
Three Strangers | 1946 | | David Shackleford |
Isle of the Dead | 1945 | | St. Aubyn |
Hangover Square | 1945 | | Sir Henry Chapman |
Mademoiselle Fifi | 1944 | | The Count de Breville |
Dark Waters | 1944 | | The Doctor (uncredited) |
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | 1944 | | Mr. Parker |
Ministry of Fear | 1944 | | Dr. JM Forrester |
The Hairy Ape | 1944 | | MacDougald, Chief Engineer |
Action in Arabia | 1944 | | Eric Latimer |
The Uninvited | 1944 | | Dr. Scott |
Lost Angel | 1943 | | Dr. Woodring |
The Song of Bernadette | 1943 | | Dr. Debeau (uncredited) |
Madame Curie | 1943 | | Dr. Bladh (uncredited) |
Lassie Come Home | 1943 | | Jock |
Appointment in Berlin | 1943 | | Col. Patterson (uncredited) |
Assignment in Brittany | 1943 | | Sam Wells |
Random Harvest | 1942 | | Julian |
Cat People | 1942 | | Doc Carver (uncredited) |
A Yank at Eton | 1942 | | Restaurateur (uncredited) |
Eagle Squadron | 1942 | | Black Watch officer |
Confirm or Deny | 1941 | | Updyke (scenes deleted) |
The House of the Seven Gables | 1940 | | Fuller |
The Invisible Man Returns | 1940 | | Willie Spears |
We Are Not Alone | 1939 | | Archdeacon |
The Secret Four | 1939 | | Sir Hamar Ryman |
Wife of General Ling | 1937 | | Governor |
For Valour | 1937 | | General |
Wings Over Africa | 1936 | | Redfern |
The Wandering Jew | 1933/I | | Knight (uncredited) |
Loyalties | 1933 | | Gen. Canynge |
Bitter Sweet | 1933 | | Lord Shayne (uncredited) |
In a Monastery Garden | 1932 | | Count Romano |
Stamboul | 1931 | | Bouchier |
Caste | 1930 | | Capt. Hawtree |