Ian Abercrombie

Ian Abercrombie

Known for
Acting
Born
September 11, 1934
Died
January 26, 2012 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Grays, Essex, England, UK

Biography

Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor, best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey. He appeared as Elaine Benes' boss Justin Pitt during the sixth season of Seinfeld, and as a fastidious butler on Desperate Housewives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Abercrombie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

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Filmography

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · as Ambrose (voice)

2011
Green Lantern: The Animated Series poster

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

TV · as Ganthet (voice) · 5 eps

2010
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy

Movie · as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Movie · as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)

2008
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School poster

Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

Movie · as Headmaster Crumbs

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Butler · 1 ep

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

TV · as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice), Chancellor Palpatine (voice), Darth Sidious (voice), Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Hard Four poster

Hard Four

Movie · as Jack Ermine

2007
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

Movie · as Teitelbaum

2007
Wizards of Waverly Place poster

Wizards of Waverly Place

TV · as Professor Crumbs · 10 eps

2007
Moonlight poster

Moonlight

TV · as Richard Whitley · 1 ep

2006
Inland Empire poster

Inland Empire

Movie · as Henry the Butler

2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties poster

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Movie · as Smithee

2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Movie · as Ervin Sezgin

2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular poster

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

Movie · as Auctioneer

2005
When Puppets and Dolls Attack! poster

When Puppets and Dolls Attack!

Movie · as Dr. Hess (archive footage)

2005
Blasphemy the Movie poster

Blasphemy the Movie

Movie · as Zues

2005
Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance

Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance

TV · 5 eps

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Ben Franklin · 1 ep

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Rupert · 1 ep

2004
The Batman poster

The Batman

TV · as Ewan Fripp (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Summerland poster

Summerland

TV · as Thomas Lindfield · 1 ep

2003
Puppet Master: The Legacy poster

Puppet Master: The Legacy

Movie · as Dr. Hess (archive footage)

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Cyril Parks · 1 ep

2002
Cover Me Girls poster

Cover Me Girls

Movie · as Sir George

2002
The Eternal poster

The Eternal

Movie · as Sir George

2002
Gypsy Love poster

Gypsy Love

Movie · as Sir George

2002
ChromiumBlue.com poster

ChromiumBlue.com

Movie · as Sir George

2002
Birds of Prey poster

Birds of Prey

TV · as Alfred Pennyworth · 13 eps

2002
Chromiumblue.com poster

Chromiumblue.com

TV · 13 eps

2002
The Random Years poster

The Random Years

TV · as Milton · 1 ep

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as George · 1 ep

2001
State of Grace poster

State of Grace

TV · as Donnie Thursday · 2 eps

2000
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman poster

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

Movie · as Psychiatrist

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Leon · 1 ep

1999
Wild Wild West poster

Wild Wild West

Movie · as British Dignitary

1999
Grown Ups

Grown Ups

TV · as Pillip Dmytryk · 1 ep

1999
Love & Money poster

Love & Money

TV · 1 ep

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as Aramis · 1 ep

1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park poster

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Movie · as Butler

1997
Bimbo Movie Bash poster

Bimbo Movie Bash

Movie · as Dr. Dorn

1997
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard poster

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard

Movie · as Merlin

1997
MouseHunt poster

MouseHunt

Movie · as Auctioneer

1997
Over the Top poster

Over the Top

TV · 1 ep

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV · as Old Man · 1 ep

1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

TV · as Emil (segment "The Mummy") · 1 ep

1996
A Face to Die For poster

A Face to Die For

Movie · as Mr. Sturetsky

1996
Rattled poster

Rattled

Movie · as Dr. Remsen

1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler poster

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Movie · as Parks

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Abbot, Milo · 1 ep

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Alan Ford · 1 ep

1995
NewsRadio poster

NewsRadio

TV · as Cadbury · 1 ep

1994
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 poster

Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000

Movie · as Professor Dorn

1994
Grief poster

Grief

Movie · as Stanley

1994
Clean Slate poster

Clean Slate

Movie · as Leader

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as George Taylor · 1 ep

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as Correlilmurzon · 1 ep

1993
Addams Family Values poster

Addams Family Values

Movie · as Driver

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Butler Inspector · 1 ep

1993
Cafe Americain poster

Cafe Americain

TV · as Uncle Claude · 1 ep

1992
Army of Darkness poster

Army of Darkness

Movie · as Wiseman

1992
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge poster

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

Movie · as Dr. Hess

1992
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade poster

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

Movie · as Skip

1992
The Public Eye poster

The Public Eye

Movie · as Mr. Brown

1991
Zandalee poster

Zandalee

Movie · as Louis Medina

1991
Rolling Thunder poster

Rolling Thunder

Movie

1991
Sisters poster

Sisters

TV · 1 ep

1990
Repossessed poster

Repossessed

Movie · as Ice Tea Waiter (uncredited)

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Tom Brockman · 1 ep

1990
Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure

TV · as Anastasia's Aide · 1 ep

1990
The Flash poster

The Flash

TV · as Skip · 1 ep

1989
Dark Holiday poster

Dark Holiday

Movie · as Captain

1989
Warlock poster

Warlock

Movie · as Magistrate #1

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Justin Pitt · 8 eps

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Fulton (segment "The Switch") · 1 ep

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Jackie · 1 ep

1988
Catacombs poster

Catacombs

Movie · as Brother Orsini

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · 1 ep

1988
Empty Nest poster

Empty Nest

TV · as Captain Burke · 1 ep

1988
War and Remembrance poster

War and Remembrance

TV · as Rodney · 1 ep

1987
Frog poster

Frog

Movie · as Dr. Fritsky

1987
The Dancing Princesses poster

The Dancing Princesses

Movie · as Royal Cobbler

1987
21 Jump Street poster

21 Jump Street

TV · as Lemieux · 1 ep

1986
Firewalker poster

Firewalker

Movie · as Boggs

1986
Last Resort poster

Last Resort

Movie · as Maitre d'

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Gunther Hall · 1 ep

1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show poster

It's Garry Shandling's Show

TV · as Fate · 1 ep

1985
Kicks poster

Kicks

Movie · as Barnes

1985
First the Egg poster

First the Egg

Movie · as Mr. Hanna

1985
Hostage Flight poster

Hostage Flight

Movie · as Scotland Yard Inspector

1985
George Burns Comedy Week poster

George Burns Comedy Week

TV · 1 ep

1985
Otherworld poster

Otherworld

TV · as Mr. Miro · 1 ep

1985
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

TV · as Ludwig · 1 ep

1985
Stingray poster

Stingray

TV · 1 ep

1985
Foley Square poster

Foley Square

TV · 1 ep

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Doctor (uncredited) · 1 ep

1984
The Ice Pirates poster

The Ice Pirates

Movie · as Hymie

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Dr. Blandings · 1 ep

1984
Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss?

TV · 1 ep

1984
Santa Barbara poster

Santa Barbara

TV · 6 eps

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as George Cooper · 1 ep

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as Lord Killebrew · 1 ep

1983
Flicks poster

Flicks

Movie · as Inspector

1982
Marian Rose White poster

Marian Rose White

Movie · as Lord Bates

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 1 ep

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Royal Cobbler, The Royal Cobbler · 1 ep

1982
Voyagers! poster

Voyagers!

TV · 1 ep

1982
Tucker's Witch poster

Tucker's Witch

TV · 1 ep

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Ross Beaton · 2 eps

1981
Dynasty poster

Dynasty

TV · 2 eps

1980
Blood Beach poster

Blood Beach

Movie · as Man in Mayor's Office

1980
S.O.S. Titanic poster

S.O.S. Titanic

Movie · as Deck Steward (uncredited)

1980
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood poster

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

Movie · as Denis

1979
The Prisoner of Zenda poster

The Prisoner of Zenda

Movie · as Johann

1979
Mrs. Columbo poster

Mrs. Columbo

TV · 1 ep

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Caterer · 1 ep

1978
Little Mo poster

Little Mo

Movie · as Dr. Noyes (uncredited)

1978
Keefer poster

Keefer

Movie · as Rudy

1978
Sextette poster

Sextette

Movie · as Frederick Ambrose (BBC Announcer)

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1978
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Forger 7 · 1 ep

1978
The Bastard poster

The Bastard

TV · as Deserter (uncredited) · 1 ep

1977
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

Movie · as Bartender

1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Movie · as Whiting (uncredited)

1977
The San Pedro Bums poster

The San Pedro Bums

Movie · as Crazed Shopper (uncredited)

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · as Sgt. Lander · 1 ep

1977
Three's Company poster

Three's Company

TV · 1 ep

1976
High Risk poster

High Risk

Movie · as Major Domo

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Questor Tapes poster

The Questor Tapes

Movie · as Charlie

1974
Young Frankenstein poster

Young Frankenstein

Movie · as Second Villager (uncredited)

1974
The Island at the Top of the World poster

The Island at the Top of the World

Movie · as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1974
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV · as Shoemacher, Man in Van · 1 ep

1973
Wicked, Wicked poster

Wicked, Wicked

Movie · as Eddie, Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

1972
Search poster

Search

TV · 1 ep

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1970
Sole Survivor poster

Sole Survivor

Movie · as British co-pilot

1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Movie · as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)

1968
Star! poster

Star!

Movie · as Man in Brixton Music Hall (uncredited)

1965
Von Ryan's Express poster

Von Ryan's Express

Movie · as English POW (uncredited)

1965
Get Smart poster

Get Smart

TV · as Sergeant Poole, Sergeant Poole (uncredited) · 1 ep