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Charles Napier is a Actor and Associate Producer American born on 12 april 1936 at Kentucky (USA)
Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was a prolific American actor, who after his film debut mainly worked in supporting roles. Napier's strong voice, steely gaze and distinctive broad jutting chin made him immediately convincing as the cop or military officer he often played.
After leaving his tiny Kentucky town to serve in the army, he graduated college and worked as a sports coach and art teacher before settling on acting as a career. Following some lean years during which he was supported by parts in Russ Meyer's films, Napier established himself in character roles and worked steadily for the next 35 years. He was described as one of the most recognizable faces that people could not put a name to (partly due to his wide grinning persona in TV advertisements). Acclaimed director Jonathan Demme considered Napier to be "vastly underrated".
Il est par ailleurs la voix (le grognement) du monstre dans la série L'Incroyable Hulk. Il est aussi l'invité vedette d'un des épisodes de la série Les 4400 en 2004, ainsi que dans Les Simpson, et il apparaît aussi en tant que shérif dans un épisode de Monk.
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 april 1936 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 5 october 2011 (at 75 years) at Bakersfield (USA)
Birth 12 april 1936 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 5 october 2011 (at 75 years) at Bakersfield (USA)
Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was a prolific American actor, who after his film debut mainly worked in supporting roles. Napier's strong voice, steely gaze and distinctive broad jutting chin made him immediately convincing as the cop or military officer he often played.
After leaving his tiny Kentucky town to serve in the army, he graduated college and worked as a sports coach and art teacher before settling on acting as a career. Following some lean years during which he was supported by parts in Russ Meyer's films, Napier established himself in character roles and worked steadily for the next 35 years. He was described as one of the most recognizable faces that people could not put a name to (partly due to his wide grinning persona in TV advertisements). Acclaimed director Jonathan Demme considered Napier to be "vastly underrated".
Biography
Habitué à jouer des rôles négatifs dans de petits films, Charles Napier n'a jamais réellement eu droit à la reconnaissance d'un public qui connaît pourtant bien sa mâchoire proéminente. Policier corrompu chez Russ Meyer (dans Supervixens, par exemple), officier ennemi de Rambo, musicien de Country Music dans The Blues Brothers, militaire dur-à-cuire dans toutes sortes de films et de séries. Il fait partie des acteurs fétiches de Jonathan Demme, qui l'a employé pas moins de dix fois.Il est par ailleurs la voix (le grognement) du monstre dans la série L'Incroyable Hulk. Il est aussi l'invité vedette d'un des épisodes de la série Les 4400 en 2004, ainsi que dans Les Simpson, et il apparaît aussi en tant que shérif dans un épisode de Monk.
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Hit List (1989)
, 1h27Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Jan-Michael Vincent, Leo Rossi, Lance Henriksen, Charles Napier, Rip Torn, Harold Sylvester
Roles Tom Mitchum
Rating56%
Gangster boss Vic Luca (Rip Torn) is scheduled to appear in court and so hires a hit man/shoe salesman Chris Caleek (Lance Henriksen) to kill the witnesses. He has a mole in the police force who tells him names and locations of the witnesses. Unfortunately, during the last hit, the professional killer enters the wrong house. When owner Jack Collins comes home, he finds his pregnant wife unconscious in the kitchen, his friend dead in the living room and his son kidnapped. Wanting Luca to believe he has the real witness' son, Collins is taken into custody. But Collins manages to escape and takes things into his own hands.
Deep Space (1988)
, 1h30Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Charles Napier, Ann Turkel, Bo Svenson, Ron Glass, Julie Newmar, James Booth
Roles Det. Ian McLemore
Rating45%
The United States military loses control of a secret satellite that contains a biological weapon. Upon crashing, the weapon escapes near Los Angeles and begins to terrorize the populace. Police Lieutenant McLemore is given the job of trying to stop the monster before it kills more people and escapes into the surrounding area.
Married to the Mob (1988)
, 1h43Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Gangster films
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Charles Napier
Roles Angela's Hairdresser
Rating61%
Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the wife of mafia up-and-comer Frank "The Cucumber" de Marco (Alec Baldwin), who gets violently dispatched by Mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo (Dean Stockwell) when he is discovered in a compromising situation with the latter's mistress Karen (Nancy Travis). Angela wants to escape the mafia scene with her son, but is harassed by Tony who puts the moves on her at Frank's funeral. This clinch earns her the suspicion of FBI agents Mike Downey (Matthew Modine) and Ed Benitez (Oliver Platt), and also of Tony's wife Connie (Mercedes Ruehl), who repeatedly confronts Angela with accusations of stealing her husband. To further complicate things, Mike Downey is assigned to monitor all of Angela's movements as part of an undercover surveillance operation, but cannot resist becoming romantically involved with Angela himself. Angela's attempts to break away from the Mob result in comic mayhem and a climactic showdown in a honeymoon suite in Miami.
The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
, 1h40Directed by Bill Bixby, Nicholas Corea
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Hulk (comics) films, Superhero films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Steve Levitt, Eric Allan Kramer, Jack Colvin, Charles Napier
Roles Mike Fouche
Rating57%
Two years after the episode "A Minor Problem", Dr. David Banner has been gainfully employed at the Joshua-Lambert Research Institute (as David Bannion) where he and a team of scientists are putting the final touches on a Gamma Transponder, which he intends to use to cure him of his ability to turn into the Hulk. He has not changed into the Hulk for two years since he met a young widow, Maggie Shaw, with whom he is romantically involved. By chance, he is recognized by a former student of his, Donald Blake. Blake claims that, on an expedition in the Norwegian mountains, he found an enchanted hammer containing the soul of Thor, an immortal Norse warrior banished by Odin to Earth to earn worthiness into Valhalla. Thor is reluctantly compelled to serve Blake, who is unnerved by this. Banner does not believe him, so Blake summons Thor into Banner's laboratory. Thor damages equipment and angers Banner until he turns into the Hulk, who easily fights him off and leaves.
Body Count (1987)
, 1h27Directed by Ruggero Deodato
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Charles Napier, David Hess, Mimsy Farmer, Ivan Rassimov, Stefano Madia, Nancy Brilli
Roles Sheriff Charlie
Rating48%
The film begins as two students named Rosie and Tom excuse themselves from a basketball game and head to a campground where it is revealed that the campground was built on a haunted Indian burial ground, adopted by an ancient Indian shaman to watch over the ground site. After Tom and Rosie finish having sex, Rosie heads out and finds an abandoned police car, not knowing that the Shaman is watching her through the bushes. Rosie gets inside the police car, only for the Shaman to attack from behind the seat, causing Rosie to flee and in the progress, gets stabbed in the hand.
Something Wild (1986)
, 1h53Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Charles Napier, Margaret Colin, John Cale
Roles Irate Chef
Rating68%
In New York City, Charlie Driggs (Jeff Daniels) is a seemingly conventional banker whose wife has left him. In a café, an adorable brunette (Melanie Griffith) who calls herself Lulu spots him leaving without paying. After a teasing confrontation, the two leave in a car that, Lulu says, she acquired from a divorce. They embark on a bizarre adventure, including crashing and abandoning the car, stealing from a liquor store and leaving a diner without paying. Believing Charlie to be married, Lulu discloses her real name is Audrey, and takes him to visit her mother, Peaches. Audrey now adopts a different persona, becoming a demure platinum blonde. Coming to accept Audrey's free-wheeling lifestyle, Charlie realises he is falling in love with her.
Instant Justice (1986)
, 1h41Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Michael Paré, Charles Napier, Tawny Kitaen, Aldo Sambrell
Roles Maj. Davis
Rating41%
Scott is an US Marine, who serves in the US embassy located in Japan. One day he gets message that his long unseen sister Kim, who works as a model in Spain, is in serious trouble; he asks for a dismissal from his outpost and travels Spain to help her.
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
, 1h32Directed by George Cosmatos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson-Soul, Martin Kove
Roles Marshall Murdock
Rating65%
A year into his sentence, former commando John Rambo is visited by his old commander, Colonel Sam Trautman. With the war in Vietnam over, the public has become increasingly concerned over news that a small group of American POWs have been left in enemy custody. To placate their demands for action, the US government has authorized a solo infiltration mission to confirm the reports. As one of only three men suited for such work, Rambo agrees to undertake the operation in exchange for a pardon. He is taken to meet Marshal Murdock, a condescending bureaucrat in charge of overseeing the project. Rambo is temporarily reinstated into the army and told that he is only to photograph, not rescue the prisoners or engage enemy personnel.
The Cartier Affair (1984)
, 1h36Directed by Rod Holcomb
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors David Hasselhoff, Joan Collins, Telly Savalas, Ed Lauter, Charles Napier, Jordan Charney
Roles Morgan Carroll
Rating49%
Curt Taylor (David Hasselhoff) is released from California State Prison and to settle a debt he becomes a secretary for Cartier Rand (Joan Collins) as a form of amusing punishment, so that he can steal her jewels. During the course of his employment for Cartier, He falls in love with her, which complicates his primary mission to steal from her, Cartier reciprocates his feelings and the two begin an affair.
In Search of a Golden Sky (1984)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Charles Napier, George Buck Flower, Cliff Osmond, Craig Clyde
Rating62%
Swing Shift (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward, Ed Harris, Belita Moreno
Roles Moon Willis
Rating58%
During the Second World War, Kay Walsh (Goldie Hawn) is a woman who has been assigned to work in an armaments factory in California while her husband Jack (Ed Harris), a Leading Seaman, is overseas in naval service.
Wacko (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Greydon Clark
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy, Andrew Dice Clay, Charles Napier
Roles Chief O'Hara
Rating49%
It all started exactly 13 years ago, when Mary Graves' older sister was murdered on Halloween prom night by a power-mowing maniac. Poor Mary...since then she has experienced horror, sexual frustration, even psychoanalysis, but she still sees little lawnmowers everywhere. But tonight will be different. Tonight, at the new Halloween Prom, all the questions of the past 13 years will be answered as the pumpkin headed killer has returned. But hot on their trail is an obsessed cop (Joe Don Baker) who won't allow history to repeat itself.
The Blues Brothers (1980)
, 2h7Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Le blues, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Lawrence, Murphy Dunne
Roles Tucker McElroy
Rating78%
"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery. Jake is irritated at being picked up by his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) in the Bluesmobile, a battered former Mount Prospect police car, instead of the Cadillac the brothers used to own. The brothers visit their childhood home, a Roman Catholic orphanage, and learn that it will be closed unless $5,000 in property taxes is collected. The brothers visit an evangelical church service where Jake has an epiphany: they can legitimately raise the funds by re-forming their rhythm and blues band. Elwood calls the quest "a mission from God.
Melvin and Howard (1980)
, 1h35Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Pamela Reed, Jason Robards, Michael J. Pollard, Charles Napier
Roles Ventura
Rating67%
In the opening scene, Howard Hughes loses control of and crashes his motorcycle in the Nevada desert. That night, he's discovered lying on the side of a stretch of U.S. Highway 95 where Melvin Dummar stops his pickup truck so he can relieve himself. The disheveled stranger, refusing to allow the Good Samaritan to take him for medical help, asks him to drive him to Las Vegas. En route, the two engage in stilted conversation until Dummar cajoles his passenger into joining him in singing a Christmas song he wrote. Hughes then suggests they sing his favorite song Bye Bye Blackbird, and they do. The man warms up to his rescuer and before he's dropped off at the Desert Inn (which Hughes owns and therein resides), he identifies himself as the reclusive billionaire.
Last Embrace (1979)
, 1h42Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, Sam Levene, Christopher Walken, John Glover, Jacqueline Brookes
Roles Dave Quittle
Rating60%
The film opens in a Mexican cantina across the border from El Paso, where government agent Harry Hannan is canoodling with his wife. Harry spots an informant that he was supposed to meet in a few days. Realizing he is about to be attacked, he shoves his wife to the ground and starts shooting at the informant's companions who return fire and flee the restaurant. Harry's wife dies in the attack, and he suffers a nervous breakdown. He spends 161 days in a Connecticut sanitarium before being released.