Ian Abercrombie

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
birthdate =birth date and age|1936|9|11
birthplace = London, England

Ian Abercrombie (born September 11, 1936) is an English actor, best known for playing Elaine Benes' boss Mr. Pitt during the sixth season of "Seinfeld". More recently, he has appeared as Alfred Pennyworth in "Birds of Prey", 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", and "NewsRadio".

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

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)
*"" (1997)
*"Mousehunt" (1997) (Auctioneer)
*"Inland Empire" (2006)
*"" (2006)
*"" (2008)
*"" (2008)
*"Bentley and Max" (2008)

External links

*imdb name|id=0000718|name=Ian Abercrombie
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=114 "New York Times" profile]