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DetailsAKA:
Alan Napier-Clavering
Nationality:
English Birthdate:
01/07/1903 Birthplace:
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Death Date:
08/08/1988 biography
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
CreditsmilestonesYear
Milestone
Began acting career with England's Oxford Repertory
1929
Graduated to London's West End theaters and the Old Vic
Earliest British feature film credits include "Caste" (1930), "Stamboul" (1931) and "Bitter Sweet" (1933)
1939
Immigrated to US
1939
Acted in first American feature film, "We Are Not Alone"
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