Alan Napier
English actor (1903–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.[1]
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Alan Napier | |
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Born | Alan William Napier-Clavering (1903-01-07)7 January 1903 King's Norton, Birmingham, England |
Died | 8 August 1988(1988-08-08) (aged 85) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Cremated; ashes scattered in the garden of his home in Pacific Palisades, California |
Education | Clifton College |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Years active | 1920s–1981 |
Spouses | Emily Nancy Bevill Pethybridge
(m. 1930; div. 1944)Aileen Dickens Hawksley
(m. 1944; died 1961) |
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