Ian Abercrombie

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Ian Abercrombie
Born	September 11, 1936 (1936-09-11) (age 72) London, England

Ian Abercrombie (born September 11, 1936) is an English actor, best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey. He appeared as Elaine Benes' boss Mr. Pitt during the sixth season of Seinfeld, and as a fastidious butler on Desperate Housewives.

He is the cousin of John Abercrombie, a jazz guitarist of ECM Recording Star and ex-husband of Elizabeth Romano.

He is also known to cult film audiences as Wiseman in Army of Darkness.

Also, he has guest starred in many television shows such as The Nanny, Wizards of Waverly Place, Airwolf and NewsRadio.

Currently as of January 2008, he is in production of a new film, Bentley and Max.

As a voice actor, Ian Abercrombie portrayed evil chancellor Palpatine in the film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) (2008) and reprised his role as Palpatine in the television adaption.

Filmography

• Young Frankenstein (1974) (second villager) (Uncredited)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1977)
• Fantasy Island (1977)
• Sextette (1978)
• Journey's End (1983)
• The Ice Pirates (1984)
• Kicks (1985)
• Firewalker (1986)
• The Last Resort (1986)
• Warlock (1988)
• Catacombs (1988)
• Zandalee (1991)
• Twin Peaks (1992)
• The Public Eye (1992)
• Army of Darkness (1992)
• Addams Family Values (1993) (Cameo)
• Clean Slate (1994)
• Grief (1994)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Mousehunt (1997) (Auctioneer)
• Inland Empire (2006)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series) (2008)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) (2008)
• Bentley and Max (2008)

External links

• Ian Abercrombie at the Internet Movie Database
• New York Times profile

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