Alan Napier (born Alan William Clavering; 7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988) was an English character actor. He is best known for playing Alfred in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.
Napier was a cousin of Neville Chamberlain, Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940 and a great-great-grandson of author Charles Dickens. He was stage-struck from childhood and...