Cecil Parker
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Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after serving in World War I. He made his first film appearance in 1928 and subsequently became a familiar face in British, and occasionally American films, until his death. He appeared less often on television, but many of his films have remained popular and are often shown. He acted in two adaptations of A. J. Cronin's novels, The Citadel (1938) and The Stars Look Down (1940), in addition to appearing in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Under Capricorn (1949), both of the later films were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Other roles were in 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), and I Was Monty's Double (1958), as well as the comedies A French Mistress (1960), The Ladykillers (1955), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Court Jester (1955), Indiscreet (1958) and I Believe in You (1952). Parker was also the original Charles Condomine in the West End production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, a role subsequently played on Broadway by Clifton Webb and in the 1945 film by Rex Harrison. He often played a touchy senior officer or British upper-class character, and his last two films were true to form: The Magnificent Two (1967) with the British comedy double act Morecambe and Wise and Richard Attenborough's version of Oh! What A Lovely War (1969). He played an evil, scheming butler on one episode of The Avengers ("The £50,000 Breakfast"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Parker , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
as Eric Todhunter
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
as Captain Moreland
The Ladykillers (1955)
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
The Court Jester (1955)
as King Roderick I
Under Capricorn (1949)
as The Governor
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
as Alan Birnley
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
as Britannus
A Study in Terror (1965)
as Prime Minister
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
as Colonel E.F. Logan
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as Inquiry Chairman
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Sir John
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Jarvis Lorry
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Professor Canford
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
as Lord Henry Loam
For Better, for Worse (1954)
as John Purves
Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
as Charles, the boy's father
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
as Bob Matthews
Indiscreet (1958)
as Alfred Munson
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
as Frome, Headmaster
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
as The Mayor
The Citadel (1938)
as Dr. Charles Every
Circus of Fear (1966)
as Sir John
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Arthur Royd
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
as Sir Huntley Frazier
On the Fiddle (1961)
as Group Capt. Bascombe
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
as Provost William Gow
The Stars Look Down (1940)
as Stanley Millington
Crime Unlimited (1935)
as Assistant Commissioner
The Magic Box (1952)
as 1st Platform Man
I Believe in You (1952)
as Henry Phipps
Sons of the Sea (1939)
as Cmdr. Herbert
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
as Dr. Gratton
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
The Comedy Man (1964)
as Thomas Rutherford
The Constant Husband (1955)
as Llewellyn
Guns at Batasi (1964)
as Fletcher
Lady L (1965)
as Sir Percy
The Woman in the Hall (1947)
as Sir Halmar Barnard
Heavens Above! (1963)
as Archdeacon Aspinall
Dark Journey (1937)
as Captain Of Q-Boat
Old Iron (1938)
as Barnett
Captain Boycott (1947)
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
The Brain (1962)
as Stevenson
Carry On Jack (1964)
as First Sea Lord
The Saint's Vacation (1941)
as Rudolph Hauser
A French Mistress (1960)
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)
as Self (archive)
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
as Claude Hickett
Men of Yesterday (1936)
Actor
The Iron Maiden (1963)
as Sir Giles Thompson
Father Brown (1954)
as The Bishop
True as a Turtle (1957)
as Dudley Partridge
The Weaker Sex (1948)
as Geoffrey Radcliffe
Under Ten Flags (1960)
as Colonel Howard
Ships with Wings (1941)
as German Air Marshal
The Magnificent Two (1967)
as Sir John
The First Gentleman (1948)
as The Prince Regent
The Guv'nor (1935)
as Bank Director
Hungry Hill (1947)
as Copper John
The Navy Lark (1959)
as Cmdr. Stanton
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
as Benjamin Beecham
Jack of All Trades (1936)
as Sir Chas. Darrington
Quartet (1948)
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
His Excellency (1952)
as Sir James Kirkman
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
as Arthur Prohack
Little Friend (1934)
as Mason
Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
as Specialist
It Might Be You (1938)
as Dr. Smith
Under Your Hat (1940)
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
The Magic Bow (1946)
as Luigi Germi
The Silver Spoon (1934)
as Trevor
The Amorous Prawn (1962)
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
Actor
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
as C-in-C
Her Last Affaire (1935)
as Sir Arthur Harding
Dirty Work (1934)
as Gordon Bray
The Blue Squadron (1934)
as Bianchi
Housemaster (1938)
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale
Me and Marlborough (1935)
as Colonel of the Greys
The Golden Cage (1933)
Actor
The Office Wife (1934)
as Lawrence Bradley
Foreign Affaires (1935)
as Lord Wormington
Dishonour Bright (1936)
as Vincent Crane
Lady in Danger (1934)
as Piker
Follow That Horse! (1960)
Actor