
Alan Napier
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Marnie
1964

Lassie Come Home
1943

Batman
1966

Lured
1947

Isle of the Dead
1945

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944

Ministry of Fear
1944

Julius Caesar
1953

Criss Cross
1949

Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959

Random Harvest
1942

The Court Jester
1955

The Sword in the Stone
1963

The Strange Woman
1946

Across the Wide Missouri
1951

Macbeth
1948

The House of the Seven Gables
1940

Three Strangers
1946

The Invisible Man Returns
1940

Big Jim McLain
1952

Hangover Square
1945

The Mole People
1956

The Premature Burial
1962

The Red Danube
1949

Moonfleet
1955

Manhandled
1949

Miami Exposé
1956

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949

Challenge to Lassie
1949

Sinbad the Sailor
1947

36 Hours
1964

Ivy
1947

Johnny Belinda
1948

Fiesta
1947

The Loved One
1965

The Uninvited
1944

The Strange Door
1951

House of Horrors
1946

Double Crossbones
1951

Mademoiselle Fifi
1944

My Own True Love
1948

The Great Caruso
1951

Driftwood
1947

Hills of Home
1948

The Blue Veil
1951

The Hairy Ape
1944

Island of Lost Women
1959

Come Die with Me
1974

A Scandal in Paris
1946

Signpost to Murder
1964

Lost Angel
1943

Master Minds
1949

Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949

The Four Just Men
1939

The Wife of General Ling
1937

Assignment in Brittany
1943

Désirée
1954

Wild in the Country
1961

Adventure Island
1947

Five Fingers : Thin Ice
1961

The Adventure of the Speckled Band
1949

My Fair Lady
1964

For Valour
1937

We Are Not Alone
1939

The Song of Bernadette
1943

Until They Sail
1957

Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
1981

Confirm or Deny
1941

Young Bess
1953

Loyalties
1933

Tarzan's Peril
1951

Forever Amber
1947

The Lone Wolf in London
1947

In a Monastery Garden
1932

The Golden Dog
1977

Eagle Squadron
1942

Tripoli
1950

Caste
1930

Stamboul
1931

Cat People
1942

The Wandering Jew
1933

Action in Arabia
1944

Madame Curie
1943

Unconquered
1947

High Conquest
1947

Tender Is the Night
1962

Joan of Arc
1948

Wings over Africa
1936

Appointment in Berlin
1943

Playmates
1954

The Highwayman
1951

And One Was Loyal
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A Yank at Eton
1942

Family Affair
1966

Batman
1966

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

Kojak
1973

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

Night Gallery
1970

General Electric Theater
1953

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Rogues
1964

Ironside
1967

Laredo
1965

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Daniel Boone
1964

Thriller
1960

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Adventures in Paradise
1959

The Paper Chase
1978

General Electric Theater
1953

The Detectives
1959

Cavalcade of America
1952

Don't Call Me Charlie
1962

Breaking Point
1963

Flying High
1978

Telephone Time
1956

Panic!
1957

Five Fingers
1959

The Third Man
1959

Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952

Four Star Playhouse
1952

QB VII
1974

Daniel Boone
1964

Checkmate
1960

Thriller
1960

Thriller
1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Chevron Theatre
1952

Chevron Theatre
1952

Centennial
1978

The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960

The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962

Letter to Loretta
1953

Daktari
1966

Night Gallery
1970

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Roaring 20's
1960

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958

The Bastard
1978

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953