Ian Abercrombie

Known for: Acting

Born: 1934-09-11 – 2012-01-26 (aged 77)

From: Grays, Essex, England, UK

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

Filmography (142)

TV★ 7.7
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
2011
as Ganthet (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Rango
2011
as Ambrose (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy
2010
as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Butler
TV★ 8.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Chancellor Palpatine (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
2008
as Headmaster Crumbs
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hard Four
2007
as Jack Ermine
TV★ 8.6
Wizards of Waverly Place
2007
as Professor Crumbs
TV★ 7.3
Moonlight
2007
as Richard Whitley
MOVIE★ 7.5
Trust Me
2007
as Teitelbaum
MOVIE★ 7.0
Inland Empire
2006
as Henry the Butler
MOVIE★ 5.6
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as Smithee
MOVIE★ 5.9
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Ervin Sezgin
TV★ 8.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Ben Franklin
TV★ 9.0
Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance
2005
MOVIE★ 6.0
When Puppets and Dolls Attack!
2005
as Dr. Hess (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.3
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as Auctioneer
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blasphemy the Movie
2005
as Zues
TV★ 7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Rupert
TV★ 8.0
The Batman
2004
as Ewan Fripp (voice)
TV★ 6.5
Summerland
2004
as Thomas Lindfield
MOVIE★ 3.5
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003
as Dr. Hess (archive footage)
TV★ 7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Cyril Parks
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Birds of Prey
2002
as Alfred Pennyworth
MOVIE
Gypsy Love
2002
as Sir George
MOVIE
The Eternal
2002
as Sir George
MOVIE
Cover Me Girls
2002
as Sir George
MOVIE★ 4.0
ChromiumBlue.com
2002
as Sir George
TV
Chromiumblue.com
2002
TV★ 10.0
The Random Years
2002
as Milton
TV★ 7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
as George
TV★ 6.3
State of Grace
2001
as Donnie Thursday
MOVIE★ 4.4
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
2000
as Psychiatrist
TV★ 6.8
The District
2000
as Leon
TV★ 6.0
Love & Money
1999
TV★ 6.2
Grown Ups
1999
as Pillip Dmytryk
MOVIE★ 5.3
Wild Wild West
1999
as British Dignitary
TV★ 8.2
Charmed
1998
as Aramis
MOVIE★ 5.3
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
1997
as Merlin
MOVIE★ 6.5
MouseHunt
1997
as Auctioneer
TV★ 7.5
Over the Top
1997
MOVIE★ 3.4
Bimbo Movie Bash
1997
as Dr. Dorn
TV★ 7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Emil (segment "The Mummy")
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as Butler
TV★ 8.1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Face to Die For
1996
as Mr. Sturetsky
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rattled
1996
as Dr. Remsen
MOVIE★ 6.8
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995
as Parks
TV★ 7.3
NewsRadio
1995
as Cadbury
TV★ 7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Abbot
TV★ 5.9
Cybill
1995
as Alan Ford
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as George Taylor
MOVIE★ 4.2
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
1994
as Professor Dorn
MOVIE★ 4.4
Grief
1994
as Stanley
MOVIE★ 5.8
Clean Slate
1994
as Leader
TV★ 8.0
Babylon 5
1994
as Correlilmurzon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Addams Family Values
1993
as Driver
TV★ 8.1
The Nanny
1993
as Butler Inspector
TV★ 7.0
Cafe Americain
1993
as Uncle Claude
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1992
as Skip
MOVIE★ 7.3
Army of Darkness
1992
as Wiseman
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Public Eye
1992
as Mr. Brown
MOVIE★ 6.3
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
as Dr. Hess
TV★ 7.2
Sisters
1991
MOVIE★ 4.4
Zandalee
1991
as Louis Medina
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rolling Thunder
1991
TV★ 7.4
The Flash
1990
as Skip
MOVIE★ 5.3
Repossessed
1990
as Ice Tea Waiter (uncredited)
TV★ 7.8
Northern Exposure
1990
as Anastasia's Aide
TV★ 8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
as Tom Brockman
TV★ 8.3
Seinfeld
1989
as Justin Pitt
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Fulton (segment "The Switch")
MOVIE★ 6.3
Warlock
1989
as Magistrate #1
MOVIE★ 8.0
Dark Holiday
1989
as Captain
TV★ 6.6
Coach
1989
as Jackie
TV★ 6.4
Murphy Brown
1988
TV★ 7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
as Rodney
TV★ 5.9
Empty Nest
1988
as Captain Burke
MOVIE★ 4.9
Catacombs
1988
as Brother Orsini
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Dancing Princesses
1987
as Royal Cobbler
TV★ 7.3
21 Jump Street
1987
as Lemieux
MOVIE★ 5.2
Frog
1987
as Dr. Fritsky
MOVIE★ 5.4
Firewalker
1986
as Boggs
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Gunther Hall
TV★ 7.1
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
as Fate
MOVIE★ 3.6
Last Resort
1986
as Maitre d'
TV★ 7.0
Foley Square
1985
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hostage Flight
1985
as Scotland Yard Inspector
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Doctor (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
TV★ 7.2
Stingray
1985
MOVIE★ 6.3
Kicks
1985
as Barnes
MOVIE
First the Egg
1985
as Mr. Hanna
TV★ 7.5
Moonlighting
1985
as Ludwig
TV★ 5.7
Otherworld
1985
as Mr. Miro
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Blandings
TV★ 7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
TV★ 7.1
Hunter
1984
as George Cooper
TV★ 4.9
Santa Barbara
1984
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Ice Pirates
1984
as Hymie
TV★ 7.6
Airwolf
1984
as Lord Killebrew
MOVIE★ 5.5
Flicks
1983
as Inspector
TV★ 5.2
Tucker's Witch
1982
TV★ 7.5
Voyagers!
1982
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Royal Cobbler
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
MOVIE
Marian Rose White
1982
as Lord Bates
TV★ 5.6
Falcon Crest
1981
as Ross Beaton
TV★ 6.5
Dynasty
1981
MOVIE★ 4.9
Blood Beach
1980
as Man in Mayor's Office
MOVIE★ 3.6
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
as Denis
MOVIE★ 6.0
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Deck Steward (uncredited)
TV★ 7.0
Knots Landing
1979
as Caterer
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979
as Johann
TV★ 6.5
Mrs. Columbo
1979
TV★ 6.9
Vega$
1978
TV★ 7.1
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Forger 7
MOVIE★ 7.3
Little Mo
1978
as Dr. Noyes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Keefer
1978
as Rudy
MOVIE★ 3.9
Sextette
1978
as Frederick Ambrose (BBC Announcer)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The San Pedro Bums
1977
as Crazed Shopper (uncredited)
TV★ 7.6
Three's Company
1977
MOVIE★ 4.9
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Whiting (uncredited)
TV★ 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
as Sgt. Lander
MOVIE★ 7.5
Fantasy Island
1977
as Bartender
TV★ 7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
MOVIE★ 6.5
High Risk
1976
as Major Domo
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Island at the Top of the World
1974
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.9
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Second Villager (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Questor Tapes
1974
as Charlie
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Shoemacher
TV★ 7.6
Happy Days
1974
MOVIE★ 4.9
Wicked, Wicked
1973
as Eddie (uncredited)
TV★ 7.1
Search
1972
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sole Survivor
1970
as British co-pilot
MOVIE★ 7.6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Star!
1968
as Man in Brixton Music Hall (uncredited)
TV★ 7.9
Get Smart
1965
as Sergeant Poole
MOVIE★ 7.1
Von Ryan's Express
1965
as English POW