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'''Alan William Napier-Clavering''' (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as '''Alan Napier''', was an English actor. After a decade in ], he had a long film career in Britain and later on in Hollywood. Napier is best remembered for portraying ], ] butler in the 1960s live-action '']'' ] series.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=Alan Napier, 'Batman's' butler, dies |newspaper=Ukiah Daily Journal |agency=] |date=8 August 1988 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1317513/alan_napiers_obituary/ |via = ]}} {{Open access}}</ref> '''Alan William Napier-Clavering''' (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as '''Alan Napier''', was an English actor. After a decade in ], he had a long film career in Britain and later on in Hollywood. Napier is best remembered for portraying ], ] butler in the 1960s live-action '']'' ] series.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |title=Alan Napier, 'Batman's' butler, dies |newspaper=] |agency=] |date=8 August 1988 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1317513/alan_napiers_obituary/ |via=]}} {{Open access}}</ref>


==Early life and career== ==Early life and career==
Born Alan William Napier-Clavering on 7 January 1903 in Birmingham to Claude and Millicent ({{nee}} Kenrick) Napier-Clavering, he had two older siblings, Mark (born five years earlier) and Molly (born two and a half years earlier).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Napier |first1=Alan |last2=Bigwood |first2=James |title=Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=] |date=24 September 2015 |isbn=9781476662879 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUbJCgAAQBAJ |pages=8–9, 15}}</ref>
⚫ Napier was a first cousin-once removed of ],<ref>{{cite news |title="Good Old Neville" Draws Support from Actor-Cousin |newspaper=Bradford Evening Star |agency=] |date=9 May 1940 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1317517/alan_napiers_support_for_his_cousin/ |via = ]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940. He was educated at ] and,<ref name="Alan Napier">{{cite web|title=After Packwood|url=http://www.packwood-haugh.co.uk/information/old-packwoodians/after-packwood.../|publisher=Packwood Haugh School|access-date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919134234/http://www.packwood-haugh.co.uk/information/old-packwoodians/after-packwood.../|archive-date=19 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> after leaving ],<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp446/77: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948.</ref> he studied at the ], graduating in 1925.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student & Graduate profiles |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/?q=1925&page=4 |website=RADA |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>


⚫ Napier was a first cousin-once removed of ],<ref>{{cite news |title="Good Old Neville" Draws Support from Actor-Cousin |newspaper=Bradford Evening Star |agency=] |date=9 May 1940 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1317517/alan_napiers_support_for_his_cousin/ |via = ]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940. He was educated at ] and,<ref>{{cite web |title=After Packwood |url=http://www.packwood-haugh.co.uk/information/old-packwoodians/after-packwood.../ |website=] |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919134234/http://www.packwood-haugh.co.uk/information/old-packwoodians/after-packwood.../ |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> after leaving ],<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp446/77: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948.</ref> he studied at the ], graduating in 1925.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student & Graduate profiles |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/?q=1925&page=4 |website=] |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>
⚫ He was engaged by the Oxford Players, where he worked with the likes of ] and ]. As Napier recalled, his "ridiculously tall" 6'6" height<ref>{{Citation

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|url-access = subscription}}</ref> almost cost him his position immediately after he secured it. ] had dismissed ] because he was too tall for most parts.<ref name=Eagle>{{cite news |title=Alan Napier Gets There is Spite of Skyscraper Effect |newspaper=] |date=5 May 1940 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1313488/alan_napier_is_tall/ |via = ]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Napier was interviewed (and accepted) as Guthrie's replacement while sitting down. Fagan realized that Napier was even taller than Guthrie when he stood up, but honoured his commitment.<ref name=Eagle/> Napier performed for ten years (1929–1939) on the West End stage. Napier described himself as having a particular affinity for the work of ], and in 1937 appeared in a London revival of '']'' supervised by Shaw himself.<ref name=":0" /> | url-access = subscription}}</ref> almost cost him his position immediately after he secured it. ] had dismissed ] because he was too tall for most parts.<ref name="Eagle">{{cite news |title=Alan Napier Gets There in Spite of Skyscraper Effect |newspaper=] |date=5 May 1940 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1313488/alan_napier_is_tall/ |via = ]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Napier was interviewed (and accepted) as Guthrie's replacement while sitting down. Fagan realized that Napier was even taller than Guthrie when he stood up, but honoured his commitment.<ref name="Eagle" /> Napier performed for ten years (1929–1939) on the West End stage. Napier described himself as having a particular affinity for the work of ], and in 1937 appeared in a London revival of '']'' supervised by Shaw himself.<ref name="page199" />


He made his American stage debut as the romantic lead opposite ] in ''Lady in Waiting''.<ref name=Eagle/> Though his film career had begun in Britain in the 1930s, he had very little success before the cameras until he joined the British expatriate community in ] in 1941. There he spent time with such people as ], a fellow ex-Oxford Player. He appeared in such films as '']'' (1942), '']'' (1942), and '']'' (1944). In '']'' (1943), he played the ethically questionable psychiatrist who is hired to declare Bernadette mentally ill. He also played the vicious Earl of Warwick in '']'' (1948). He performed in two ]an films: the ] '']'' (1948), in which he played a priest that Welles added to the story, who spoke lines originally uttered by other characters, and ]'s '']'' (1953), as ]. He appeared as Mr. Rutland in the Hitchcock movie '']'' (1964). Napier made his American stage debut as the romantic lead opposite ] in ''Lady in Waiting''.<ref name="Eagle" /> Though his film career had begun in Britain in the 1930s, he had very little success before the cameras until he joined the British expatriate community in ] in 1941. There he spent time with such people as ], a fellow ex-Oxford Player. He appeared in such films as '']'' (1942), '']'' (1942), and '']'' (1944). In '']'' (1943), he played the ethically questionable psychiatrist who is hired to declare Bernadette mentally ill. He also played the vicious Earl of Warwick in '']'' (1948). He performed in two ]an films: the ] '']'' (1948), in which he played a priest that Welles added to the story, who spoke lines originally uttered by other characters, and ]'s '']'' (1953), as ]. He appeared as Mr. Rutland in the Hitchcock movie '']'' (1964).


In 1949, he made an appearance on the short-lived ] '']'' as ], in an adaptation of "]". In the 1950s, he appeared on TV in four episodes of '']'' and guest starred on ]'s ] ] series '']''. He had a recurring role as General Steele on the 1962–1963 situation comedy '']'' In 1949, Napier made an appearance on the short-lived ] '']'' as ], in an adaptation of "]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2011 |publisher=]|page=311 |ISBN=9780857687760}}</ref> In the 1950s, he appeared on TV in four episodes of '']'' and guest starred on ]'s ] ] series '']''. He had a recurring role as General Steele on the 1962–1963 situation comedy '']''


==''Batman''== ==''Batman''==
In 1965, he was the first to be cast in the ''Batman'' TV series,<ref name = mercury>{{cite web |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-actor-was-batmans-butler-237570 |title=Birmingham actor was Batman's butler |work=Sunday Mercury |access-date=30 July 2020 }}</ref> as Bruce Wayne's faithful butler Alfred, a role he played until the series' cancellation in 1968. <blockquote>I had never read comics before . My agent rang up and said, 'I think you are going to play on "Batman,"' I said 'What is "Batman"?' He said, 'Don't you read the comics?' I said, 'No, never.' He said, 'I think you are going to be Batman's butler.' I said, 'How do I know I want to be Batman's butler?' It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard of. He said, 'It may be worth over $100,000.' So I said I was Batman's butler.<ref name = mercury/></blockquote> In 1965, Napier was the first to be cast in the ''Batman'' TV series,<ref name="mercury">{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-actor-was-batmans-butler-237570 |title=Birmingham actor was Batman's butler |work=] |location=], England |date=3 January 2009 |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> as Bruce Wayne's faithful butler Alfred, a role he played until the series' cancellation in 1968. <blockquote>I had never read comics before . My agent rang up and said, 'I think you are going to play on "Batman,"' I said 'What is "Batman"?' He said, 'Don't you read the comics?' I said, 'No, never.' He said, 'I think you are going to be Batman's butler.' I said, 'How do I know I want to be Batman's butler?' It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard of. He said, 'It may be worth over $100,000.' So I said I was Batman's butler.<ref name="mercury" /></blockquote>

Jack Nicholson's version of the ] in the 1989 film '']'' was named Jack Napier in his honor.


==Later life and career== ==Later life and career==
Napier's career extended into the 1980s with roles on television, including the miniseries '']'', '']'' and '']'', and the drama '']''. He retired in 1981, aged 78. Napier's career extended into the 1980s with roles on television, including the miniseries '']'', '']'', and '']'', and the drama '']''. He retired in 1981, aged 78.


In early 1988, Napier appeared on the late-night talk show ] as part of a reunion of the surviving cast of ''Batman'', despite being in a wheelchair.<ref name=":0" /> His co-star ] described the reunion show as overbooked, and when host ] finally turned his attention to Napier, it was only to ask him a silly question, then cut him off abruptly as he was telling a story, much to Napier's annoyance. Napier participate in the subsequent cast reunion held short before his death.<ref></ref> In early 1988, Napier appeared on the late-night talk show ] as part of a reunion of the surviving cast of ''Batman'', despite being in a wheelchair.<ref name="page199" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qBgRJ0PEte4 |title=Alan Napier's Disappointing Final TV Appearance - The Late Show with Ross Shafer, April 28, 1988 |date=20 July 2021 |publisher=Forgotten Media |via=]}}</ref> His co-star ] described the reunion show as overbooked, and when host ] finally turned his attention to Napier, it was only to ask him a silly question, then cut him off abruptly as he was telling a story, much to Napier's annoyance. Napier did not participate in the subsequent cast reunion held before his death.<ref name="mercury" />


==Family== ==Family==
Napier was twice married. His second wife, Aileen Dickens Hawksley, was a great-granddaughter of novelist ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUbJCgAAQBAJ&q=Aileen+Dickens+Hawksley&pg=PA199|title=Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier|last1=Napier|first1=Alan|last2=Bigwood|first2=James|date=2015-09-24|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476662879|language=en}}</ref> Hawsley's daughter from a previous marriage, actress Jennifer Raine, was the mother of former child actor ], best known as "Chris Partridge" on the 1970s television show '']''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/1993/scene/people-news/jennifer-raine-bissell-102962/|title=Jennifer Raine Bissell|author=Variety Staff|date=1993-01-14|work=Variety|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en-US}}</ref> Napier was twice married. His second wife, Aileen Dickens Hawksley, was a great-granddaughter of novelist ].<ref name="page199">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUbJCgAAQBAJ&q=Aileen+Dickens+Hawksley&pg=PA199 |title=Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier |last1=Napier |first1=Alan |last2=Bigwood |first2=James |date=24 September 2015 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=] |isbn=9781476662879 |page=199 |language=en}}</ref> Hawksley's daughter from a previous marriage, actress Jennifer Raine, was the mother of former child actor ], best known as "Chris Partridge" on the 1970s television show '']''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1993/scene/people-news/jennifer-raine-bissell-102962/ |title=Jennifer Raine Bissell |date=14 January 1993 |work=] |access-date=3 November 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Death== ==Death==
Napier suffered a ] in 1987, was hospitalized from June 1988, and was gravely ill for several days before his death of natural causes on 8 August 1988, in the Berkeley East Convalescent Hospital in ], ]. He was 85 years old.<ref name=AP/> Napier suffered a ] in 1987, was hospitalized from June 1988, and was gravely ill for several days before his death of natural causes on 8 August 1988, in the Berkeley East Convalescent Hospital in ], ]. He was 85 years old.<ref name="AP" />


==Autobiography== ==Autobiography==


In the early 1970s, Napier wrote a three-volume autobiography which was not published at the time because, as he joked, "I haven't committed a major crime and I'm not known to have slept with any famous actresses."<ref>"Alan Napier", ''Films in Review'', February 1979, Vol XXX No. 2</ref> In 2015, McFarland Press published the book under the title ''Not Just Batman's Butler'', with Napier's original text annotated and updated by James Bigwood.{{Citation needed |date=January 2022}} In the early 1970s, Napier wrote a three-volume autobiography which was not published at the time because, as he joked, "I haven't committed a major crime and I'm not known to have slept with any famous actresses."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Alan Napier |magazine=] |date=February 1979 |volume=XXX |issue=2}}</ref> In 2015, McFarland Press published the book under the title ''Not Just Batman's Butler'', with Napier's original text annotated and updated by James Bigwood.{{Citation needed |date=January 2022}}


==Partial filmography== ==Partial filmography==
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==Partial television credits== ==Partial television credits==
* '']'' (1949) Season 1 Episode 10: "]" as Sherlock Holmes
* '']'' (1955) Season 1 Episode 5: "]" aka "The Vanishing Lady" as Sir Everett * '']'' (1955) Season 1 Episode 5: "]" aka "The Vanishing Lady" as Sir Everett
* '']'' (1956) Season 1 Episode 26: "Whodunit" as Wilfred - The Recording Angel * '']'' (1956) Season 1 Episode 26: "Whodunit" as Wilfred - The Recording Angel
* '']'' (1957) Season 2 Episodes 25, 26, 27: "]" Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 as Lord Sorrington * '']'' (1957) Season 2 Episodes 25, 26, 27: "]" Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 as Lord Sorrington
* '']'' (1959) Season 4 Episode 24: "The Avon Emeralds" as Sir Charles Harrington * '']'' (1959) Season 4 Episode 24: "The Avon Emeralds" as Sir Charles Harrington
* '']'' (1962–1963 TV series), recurring role as General Steele * '']'' (1962–1963 TV series), recurring role as General Steele
* '']'' (1963) episode "]" as Capt. Protheroe * '']'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 26: "An Out for Oscar") as Mr. Hodges
* '']'' (1965) S1/E26-27 "Cain's Birthday" (Parts 1 & 2) as Col. Sir Hubert Crater * '']'' (1963) episode "]" as Captain Protheroe
* '']'' (1965) S1/E26-27 "Cain's Birthday" (Parts 1 & 2) as Colonel Sir Hubert Crater
* '']'' (1965) S2/E13 "The Perilous Journey" as Lord Brisbane * '']'' (1965) S2/E13 "The Perilous Journey" as Lord Brisbane
* '']'' (1965) (Season 3 Episode 22: "Thou Still Unravished Bride") as Guerny, Sr.
* '']'' (1966-1968) as Alfred Pennyworth * '']'' (1966–1968) as Alfred Pennyworth
* '']'' (1967) episode "The Clampetts In London" as Chemist * '']'' (1967) Episode "The Clampetts In London" as Chemist
* '']'' (1969) S3/E17 "Oh to be in England" as Mr. Wills
* '']'' (1970, 1973, 1974) * '']'' (1970, 1973, 1974)
* '']'' (1974 miniseries) as Semple * '']'' (1974 miniseries) as Semple
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English actor (1903–1988)

Alan Napier
Napier in 1949
BornAlan William Napier-Clavering
(1903-01-07)7 January 1903
King's Norton, Birmingham, England
Died8 August 1988(1988-08-08) (aged 85)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting placeCremated; ashes scattered in the garden of his home in Pacific Palisades, California
EducationClifton College
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Years active1920s–1981
Spouses
Emily Nancy Bevill Pethybridge ​ ​(m. 1930; div. 1944)​
Aileen Dickens Hawksley ​ ​(m. 1944; died 1961)​

Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor. After a decade in West End theatre, he had a long film career in Britain and later on in Hollywood. Napier is best remembered for portraying Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.

Early life and career

Born Alan William Napier-Clavering on 7 January 1903 in Birmingham to Claude and Millicent (née Kenrick) Napier-Clavering, he had two older siblings, Mark (born five years earlier) and Molly (born two and a half years earlier).

Napier was a first cousin-once removed of Neville Chamberlain, Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940. He was educated at Packwood Haugh School and, after leaving Clifton College, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1925.

Napier was engaged by the Oxford Players, where he worked with the likes of John Gielgud and Robert Morley. As Napier recalled, his "ridiculously tall" 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) height almost cost him his position immediately after he secured it. J. B. Fagan had dismissed Tyrone Guthrie because he was too tall for most parts. Napier was interviewed (and accepted) as Guthrie's replacement while sitting down. Fagan realized that Napier was even taller than Guthrie when he stood up, but honoured his commitment. Napier performed for ten years (1929–1939) on the West End stage. Napier described himself as having a particular affinity for the work of George Bernard Shaw, and in 1937 appeared in a London revival of Heartbreak House supervised by Shaw himself.

Napier made his American stage debut as the romantic lead opposite Gladys George in Lady in Waiting. Though his film career had begun in Britain in the 1930s, he had very little success before the cameras until he joined the British expatriate community in Hollywood in 1941. There he spent time with such people as James Whale, a fellow ex-Oxford Player. He appeared in such films as Random Harvest (1942), Cat People (1942), and The Uninvited (1944). In The Song of Bernadette (1943), he played the ethically questionable psychiatrist who is hired to declare Bernadette mentally ill. He also played the vicious Earl of Warwick in Joan of Arc (1948). He performed in two Shakespearean films: the Orson Welles Macbeth (1948), in which he played a priest that Welles added to the story, who spoke lines originally uttered by other characters, and MGM's Julius Caesar (1953), as Cicero. He appeared as Mr. Rutland in the Hitchcock movie Marnie (1964).

In 1949, Napier made an appearance on the short-lived television anthology series Your Show Time as Sherlock Holmes, in an adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band". In the 1950s, he appeared on TV in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and guest starred on Dale Robertson's NBC western series Tales of Wells Fargo. He had a recurring role as General Steele on the 1962–1963 situation comedy Don't Call Me Charlie!

Batman

In 1965, Napier was the first to be cast in the Batman TV series, as Bruce Wayne's faithful butler Alfred, a role he played until the series' cancellation in 1968.

I had never read comics before . My agent rang up and said, 'I think you are going to play on "Batman,"' I said 'What is "Batman"?' He said, 'Don't you read the comics?' I said, 'No, never.' He said, 'I think you are going to be Batman's butler.' I said, 'How do I know I want to be Batman's butler?' It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard of. He said, 'It may be worth over $100,000.' So I said I was Batman's butler.

Later life and career

Napier's career extended into the 1980s with roles on television, including the miniseries QB VII, The Bastard, and Centennial, and the drama The Paper Chase. He retired in 1981, aged 78.

In early 1988, Napier appeared on the late-night talk show The Late Show as part of a reunion of the surviving cast of Batman, despite being in a wheelchair. His co-star Yvonne Craig described the reunion show as overbooked, and when host Ross Shafer finally turned his attention to Napier, it was only to ask him a silly question, then cut him off abruptly as he was telling a story, much to Napier's annoyance. Napier did not participate in the subsequent cast reunion held before his death.

Family

Napier was twice married. His second wife, Aileen Dickens Hawksley, was a great-granddaughter of novelist Charles Dickens. Hawksley's daughter from a previous marriage, actress Jennifer Raine, was the mother of former child actor Brian Forster, best known as "Chris Partridge" on the 1970s television show The Partridge Family.

Death

Napier suffered a stroke in 1987, was hospitalized from June 1988, and was gravely ill for several days before his death of natural causes on 8 August 1988, in the Berkeley East Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He was 85 years old.

Autobiography

In the early 1970s, Napier wrote a three-volume autobiography which was not published at the time because, as he joked, "I haven't committed a major crime and I'm not known to have slept with any famous actresses." In 2015, McFarland Press published the book under the title Not Just Batman's Butler, with Napier's original text annotated and updated by James Bigwood.

Partial filmography

Partial television credits

References

  1. ^ "Alan Napier, 'Batman's' butler, dies". Ukiah Daily Journal. Associated Press. 8 August 1988 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. Napier, Alan; Bigwood, James (24 September 2015). Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 8–9, 15. ISBN 9781476662879.
  3. ""Good Old Neville" Draws Support from Actor-Cousin". Bradford Evening Star. United Press. 9 May 1940 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "After Packwood". Packwood Haugh School. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp446/77: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948.
  6. "Student & Graduate profiles". Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  7. Oldham, Michael (8 November 2018). "'Batman' Butler Alan Napier's Castellammare Home". Palisadian-Post. Pacific Palisades, California. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Alan Napier Gets There in Spite of Skyscraper Effect". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 5 May 1940 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ Napier, Alan; Bigwood, James (24 September 2015). Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 199. ISBN 9781476662879.
  10. Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. p. 311. ISBN 9780857687760.
  11. ^ "Birmingham actor was Batman's butler". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham, England. 3 January 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  12. "Alan Napier's Disappointing Final TV Appearance - The Late Show with Ross Shafer, April 28, 1988". Forgotten Media. 20 July 2021 – via YouTube.
  13. "Jennifer Raine Bissell". Variety. 14 January 1993. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  14. "Alan Napier". Films in Review. Vol. XXX, no. 2. February 1979.

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Preceded byEric Wilton Alfred Pennyworth Actor
1966–1968 		Succeeded byMichael Gough
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