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Alan Napier (Alan William Napier-Clavering) was born on 7 January, 1903 in King's Norton, Birmingham, England, is an English actor (1903–1988). Discover Alan Napier's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Alan William Napier-Clavering
Occupation actor,soundtrack,miscellaneous
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 7 January 1903
Birthday 7 January
Birthplace King's Norton, Birmingham, England
Date of death 8 August, 1988
Died Place Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Nationality United Kingdom

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Alan Napier Height, Weight & Measurements

At 85 years old, Alan Napier height is 6′ 6″ .

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Height 6′ 6″
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Who Is Alan Napier's Wife?

His wife is Emily Nancy Bevill Pethybridge (m. 1930-1944) Aileen Dickens Hawksley (m. 1944-1961)

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Wife Emily Nancy Bevill Pethybridge (m. 1930-1944) Aileen Dickens Hawksley (m. 1944-1961)
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Children Jennifer Raine, Jennifer Nichols

Alan Napier Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alan Napier worth at the age of 85 years old? Alan Napier’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Alan Napier's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actor

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1903

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.

He was born Alan William Napier-Clavering on 7 January 1903 in Birmingham to Claude and Millicent ( Kenrick) Napier-Clavering.

He had two older siblings, Mark (born five years earlier) and Molly (born two and a half years earlier).

1925

He was educated at Packwood Haugh School and, after leaving Clifton College, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1925.

He was engaged by the Oxford Players, where he worked with the likes of John Gielgud and Robert Morley.

1929

As Napier recalled, his "ridiculously tall" 6'6" 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.

He made his American stage debut as the romantic lead opposite Gladys George in Lady in Waiting.

1930

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.

1937

Napier was a first cousin-once removed of Neville Chamberlain, Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940.

1942

He appeared in such films as Random Harvest (1942), Cat People (1942), and The Uninvited (1944).

1943

In The Song of Bernadette (1943), he played the ethically questionable psychiatrist who is hired to declare Bernadette mentally ill.

1948

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.

1949

In 1949, he 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".

1950

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.

1960

Napier is best remembered for portraying Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.

1962

He had a recurring role as General Steele on the 1962–1963 situation comedy Don't Call Me Charlie!

1964

He appeared as Mr. Rutland in the Hitchcock movie Marnie (1964).

1965

In 1965, he 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 [I was hired for Batman]. 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."

1970

Hawsley'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.

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."

1980

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.

1981

He retired in 1981, aged 78.

1988

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.

Napier was twice married.

His second wife, Aileen Dickens Hawksley, was a great-granddaughter of novelist Charles Dickens.

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.

2015

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.