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Marshall Napier (right) on the set of Northspur, due to be released in September, with director Aaron Falvey (left.)
New Zealand-born actor and playwright Marshall Napier, who acted on stage and screen in Australia and New Zealand, has died aged 70 from brain cancer.
His daughter Jessica Napier, also an actor, confirmed his death in an Instagram post on Sunday night.
“It is with great sadness that I share the passing of my beautiful dad Marshall Napier. After a short and intense battle with brain cancer he left us this morning. He was peaceful and surrounded by family.”
Napier was born in 1951 in the Hutt Valley, and started acting at Wellington’s Downstage Theatre at 23, winning his first onscreen role in the mid 1970s.
NZ On Screen reports Napier got the first of many cop roles in 1980, starring in John Laing’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt. He played another police officer in Goodbye Pork Pie in 1981, which was a huge box office success.
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In Came a Hot Friday, another successful film of the 1980s, Napier played small-town criminal Sel Bishop. In 1986, he voiced the character of Hunk Murphy in Footrot Flats.
In the late 1980s he moved to Australia where he was cast in the high profile television series Police Rescue, NZ On Screen states.
He also starred in the popular series McLeod’s Daughters, alongside his daughter Jessica.
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Actor Marshall Napier, right, with producer Orlando Stewart at the Bellbird New Zealand Premiere at The Civic Theatre in 2019.
He has returned to New Zealand and starred in a number of Kiwi films, including Bellbird in 2019, and Northspur, which will be released on September 1 this year.
Also a playwright and graphic artist, his play Freak Winds has been performed in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
As well as daughter Jessica, Marshall has a son, Reuben, a singer, and another daughter, Rose.
In her Instagram post, Jessica Napier described her father as “one of a kind”.
“Dad you are one of a kind and I can’t even understand what the world would be like without you in it.
“Your charisma and charm was second to none. Your creativity and intellect was my inspiration. I love you so much and feel completely lost without you,” She said in the post.
“I am glad you can soar free of the pain and confusion. Love you always, Dinky xxx.”
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