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Ian Abercrombie
Abercrombie as Justin Pitt in the Seinfeld episode, "The Mom & Pop Store."
Born	11 September 1936 (1936-09-11) (age 73) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–present

Ian Abercrombie (born 11 September 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.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 2 Filmography 3 External links

[edit] Biography

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

[edit] Career

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, Babylon 5, 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 The Clone Wars (2008) and reprised his role as Palpatine in the television adaption and it's two spin-off video games: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels.

[edit] 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)
• 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)
• Days of our Lives (1997-2002)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• MouseHunt (1997) (Auctioneer)
• Birds of Prey (2002) (Alfred Pennyworth)
• Inland Empire (2006)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2008) (Professor Crumbs)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) (2008)(Palpatine/Darth Sidious)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) (2008)(Palpatine/Darth Sidious)
• Bentley and Max (2008)

[edit] External links

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

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