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

Desperate Housewives
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2005
Charmed
2004
Seinfeld
1994
Twin Peaks
1990
How I Met Your Mother
2008
Star Trek: Voyager
1999
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2011
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1998
Nip/Tuck
2003
Murder, She Wrote
1987
Knots Landing
1981

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
150
Sound
1
2011
Rango
as Ambrose (voice)
2011
Childrens Hospital
as Butler
2011
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)
2011
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
as Ganthet (voice)
2010
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy
as Darth Sidious / Pirate #2 (voice)
2009
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
2008
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
as Headmaster Crumbs
2008
Wizards of Waverly Place
as Professor Crumbs
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Chancellor Palpatine (voice)
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Darth Sidious (voice)
2008
How I Met Your Mother
as Ben Franklin
2007
Hard Four
as Jack Ermine
2007
Trust Me
as Teitelbaum
2007
Moonlight
as Richard Whitley
2006
Inland Empire
as Henry the Butler
2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
as Smithee
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Ervin Sezgin
2006
Desperate Housewives
as Rupert
2006
The Batman
as Ewan Fripp (voice)
2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as Auctioneer
2005
When Puppets and Dolls Attack!
as Dr. Hess (archive footage)
2005
Blasphemy the Movie
as Zues
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2005
Summerland
as Thomas Lindfield
2005
Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance
2004
Charmed
as Aramis
2003
Puppet Master: The Legacy
as Dr. Hess (archive footage)
2003
Nip/Tuck
as Cyril Parks
2002
Gypsy Love
as Sir George
2002
The Eternal
as Sir George
2002
Cover Me Girls
as Sir George
2002
ChromiumBlue.com
as Sir George
2002
The District
as Leon
2002
Birds of Prey
as Alfred Pennyworth
2002
Crossing Jordan
as George
2002
Chromiumblue.com
2002
The Random Years
as Milton
2001
State of Grace
as Donnie Thursday
2000
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
as Psychiatrist
2000
Star Trek: Voyager
as Milo
1999
Wild Wild West
as British Dignitary
1999
Star Trek: Voyager
as Abbot
1999
Grown Ups
as Pillip Dmytryk
1999
Love & Money
1998
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Old Man
1998
NewsRadio
as Cadbury
1998
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Emil (segment "The Mummy")
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as Butler
1997
Bimbo Movie Bash
as Dr. Dorn
1997
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
as Merlin
1997
MouseHunt
as Auctioneer
1997
Touched by an Angel
as George Taylor
1997
Over the Top
1996
A Face to Die For
as Mr. Sturetsky
1996
Rattled
as Dr. Remsen
1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Parks
1995
Cybill
as Alan Ford
1995
Babylon 5
as Correlilmurzon
1995
Sisters
1994
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
as Professor Dorn
1994
Grief
as Stanley
1994
Clean Slate
as Leader
1994
Seinfeld
as Justin Pitt
1994
Murphy Brown
1994
Northern Exposure
as Anastasia's Aide
1993
Addams Family Values
as Driver
1993
The Nanny
as Butler Inspector
1993
Cafe Americain
as Uncle Claude
1992
Army of Darkness
as Wiseman
1992
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
as Dr. Hess
1992
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
as Skip
1992
The Public Eye
as Mr. Brown
1992
Coach
as Jackie
1991
Zandalee
as Louis Medina
1991
Rolling Thunder
1990
Repossessed
as Ice Tea Waiter (uncredited)
1990
Twin Peaks
as Tom Brockman
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Fulton (segment "The Switch")
1990
The Flash
as Skip
1989
Dark Holiday
as Captain
1989
Warlock
as Magistrate #1
1989
Empty Nest
as Captain Burke
1989
21 Jump Street
as Lemieux
1988
Catacombs
as Brother Orsini
1988
Hunter
as George Cooper
1988
War and Remembrance
as Rodney
1987
Frog
as Dr. Fritsky
1987
The Dancing Princesses
as Royal Cobbler
1987
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Blandings
1987
Moonlighting
as Ludwig
1987
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Royal Cobbler
1987
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Royal Cobbler
1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Fate
1986
Firewalker
as Boggs
1986
Last Resort
as Maitre d'
1986
Falcon Crest
as Ross Beaton
1986
L.A. Law
as Gunther Hall
1986
Hotel
1986
Stingray
1986
Foley Square
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Doctor (uncredited)
1985
Kicks
as Barnes
1985
First the Egg
as Mr. Hanna
1985
Hostage Flight
as Scotland Yard Inspector
1985
Who's the Boss?
1985
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
Otherworld
as Mr. Miro
1985
Airwolf
as Lord Killebrew
1984
The Ice Pirates
as Hymie
1984
Santa Barbara
1984
Dynasty
1984
Three's Company
1983
Flicks
as Inspector
1983
Happy Days
1983
Tucker's Witch
1982
Marian Rose White
as Lord Bates
1982
Voyagers!
1981
Quincy, M.E.
1981
Knots Landing
as Caterer
1980
Blood Beach
as Man in Mayor's Office
1980
S.O.S. Titanic
as Deck Steward (uncredited)
1980
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Denis
1980
Vega$
1979
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Johann
1979
Mrs. Columbo
1978
Little Mo
as Dr. Noyes (uncredited)
1978
Keefer
as Rudy
1978
Sextette
as Frederick Ambrose (BBC Announcer)
1978
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Sgt. Lander
1978
Battlestar Galactica
as Forger 7
1978
The Bastard
as Deserter (uncredited)
1977
Fantasy Island
as Bartender
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Whiting (uncredited)
1977
The San Pedro Bums
as Crazed Shopper (uncredited)
1977
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Shoemacher
1977
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Man in Van
1976
High Risk
as Major Domo
1974
The Questor Tapes
as Charlie
1974
Young Frankenstein
as Second Villager (uncredited)
1974
The Island at the Top of the World
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1974
Cannon
1973
Wicked, Wicked
as Eddie, Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
1972
Search
1970
Sole Survivor
as British co-pilot
1970
Get Smart
as Sergeant Poole
1970
Get Smart
as Sergeant Poole (uncredited)
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
1968
Star!
as Man in Brixton Music Hall (uncredited)
1965
Von Ryan's Express
as English POW (uncredited)