Ian Abercrombie

ActorSound Sep 11 (died age 77) Grays, Essex, England, UK 1965–2011 (46 year career)

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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

Film

Shrek

ADR & Dubbing

Film

Young Frankenstein

Second Villager (uncredited)

Film

Rango

Ambrose (voice)

Film

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Butler

Film

Army of Darkness

Wiseman

Film

Addams Family Values

Driver

Film

Inland Empire

Henry the Butler

Film

Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

Headmaster Crumbs

Filmography

Acting (145)

Movies (71)

Rango

2011

as Ambrose (voice)

6.9

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Mortis Trilogy

2011

as Darth Sidious (voice)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy

2010

as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)

9.3

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)

6.1

Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

as Headmaster Crumbs

Trust Me

as Teitelbaum

Hard Four

as Jack Ermine

Inland Empire

as Henry the Butler

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006

as Smithee

5.6

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

as Ervin Sezgin

5.9

When Puppets and Dolls Attack!

2005

as Dr. Hess (archive footage)

6.0

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

as Auctioneer

2.6

Blasphemy the Movie

2005

as Zues

Puppet Master: The Legacy

2003

as Dr. Hess (archive footage)

3.5

Cover Me Girls

2002

as Sir George

The Eternal

2002

as Sir George

ChromiumBlue.com

2002

as Sir George

2.7

Gypsy Love

2002

as Sir George

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

as Psychiatrist

Wild Wild West

as British Dignitary

MouseHunt

as Auctioneer

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard

as Merlin

Bimbo Movie Bash

as Dr. Dorn

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

as Butler

Rattled

as Dr. Remsen

A Face to Die For

as Mr. Sturetsky

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

as Parks

Grief

as Stanley

Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000

as Professor Dorn

Clean Slate

as Leader

Addams Family Values

as Driver

Army of Darkness

as Wiseman

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

as Dr. Hess

The Public Eye

as Mr. Brown

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

as Skip

Zandalee

as Louis Medina

Rolling Thunder

Repossessed

as Ice Tea Waiter (uncredited)

Warlock

as Magistrate #1

Dark Holiday

as Captain

Catacombs

1988

as Brother Orsini

4.8

The Dancing Princesses

as Royal Cobbler

Frog

as Dr. Fritsky

Firewalker

as Boggs

Last Resort

as Maitre d'

First The Egg

as Mr. Hanna

Kicks

1985

as Barnes

6.0

Hostage Flight

1985

as Scotland Yard Inspector

The Ice Pirates

as Hymie

Flicks

as Inspector

Marian Rose White

as Lord Bates

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

as Deck Steward (uncredited)

5.9

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

1980

as Denis

3.4

Blood Beach

1980

as Man in Mayor's Office

4.9

The Prisoner of Zenda

1979

as Johann

5.7

The Bastard

1978

as Deserter (uncredited)

5.8

Sextette

1978

as Frederick Ambrose (BBC Announcer)

3.7

Keefer

1978

as Rudy

Little Mo

as Dr. Noyes

Fantasy Island

as Bartender

The San Pedro Bums

as Crazed Shopper (uncredited)

3.0

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977

as Whiting (uncredited)

High Risk

as Major Domo

Young Frankenstein

as Second Villager (uncredited)

7.9

The Island at the Top of the World

1974

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Questor Tapes

as Charlie

Wicked, Wicked

as Eddie (uncredited)

4.8

Sole Survivor

1970

as British co-pilot

6.4

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)

7.6

Star!

1968

as Man in Brixton Music Hall (uncredited)

6.9

Von Ryan's Express

1965

as English POW

7.1

Television (74)

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

2011

as Ganthet (voice)

7.7

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)

8.5

Childrens Hospital

2008

as Butler

7.1

Wizards of Waverly Place

as Professor Crumbs

Moonlight

as Richard Whitley

How I Met Your Mother

2005

as Ben Franklin

8.1

Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance

Desperate Housewives

as Rupert

The Batman

as Ewan Fripp (voice)

Summerland

as Thomas Lindfield

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Nip/Tuck

as Cyril Parks

Birds of Prey

as Alfred Pennyworth

The Random Years

as Milton

Chromiumblue.com

Crossing Jordan

as George

State of Grace

as Donnie Thursday

The District

as Leon

Grown Ups

Love & Money

Charmed

as Aramis

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

as Old Man

8.1

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Emil (segment "The Mummy")

Over the Top

Star Trek: Voyager

as Abbot

NewsRadio

as Cadbury

Cybill

as Alan Ford

Babylon 5

as Correlilmurzon

Touched by an Angel

as George Taylor

The Nanny

as Butler Inspector

Cafe Americain

as Uncle Claude

Sisters

Northern Exposure

as Anastasia's Aide

Twin Peaks

as Tom Brockman

The Flash

as Skip

Seinfeld

as Justin Pitt

Coach

as Jackie

Tales from the Crypt

as Fulton (segment "The Switch")

Murphy Brown

Empty Nest

as Captain Burke

War and Remembrance

as Vice Admiral Rodney

21 Jump Street

as Lemieux

L.A. Law

as Gunther Hall

It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Fate

Moonlighting

as Ludwig

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

as Doctor (uncredited)

7.2

Foley Square

1985

5.0

George Burns Comedy Week

Otherworld

Stingray

Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Blandings

Who's the Boss?

Airwolf

as Lord Killebrew

Hunter

as George Cooper

Santa Barbara

Hotel

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Royal Cobbler

Voyagers!

Tucker's Witch

Dynasty

Falcon Crest

as Ross Beaton

Knots Landing

as Caterer

Mrs. Columbo

Fantasy Island

as Bartender (as Ian Ambercrombie)

Vega$

Battlestar Galactica

as Forger 7

Three's Company

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as Sgt. Lander

Quincy, M.E.

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Shoemacher

Happy Days

Cannon

Get Smart

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Shrek

2001

ADR & Dubbing

7.8