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
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
as Colonel E.F. Logan
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
as Eric Todhunter
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
as Captain Moreland
The Court Jester (1955)
as King Roderick I
Under Capricorn (1949)
as The Governor
Old Iron (1938)
as Barnett
The Ladykillers (1955)
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
as Lord Henry Loam
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
as Britannus
Under Ten Flags (1960)
as Colonel Howard
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as Inquiry Chairman
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
as Bob Matthews
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Sir John
A French Mistress (1960)
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
The Citadel (1938)
as Dr. Charles Every
The Iron Maiden (1963)
as Sir Giles Thompson
Indiscreet (1958)
as Alfred Munson
A Study in Terror (1965)
as Prime Minister
Guns at Batasi (1964)
as Fletcher
Lady L (1965)
as Sir Percy
Crime Unlimited (1935)
as Assistant Commissioner
The Guv'nor (1935)
as Bank Director
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
as Frome, Headmaster
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
as The Mayor
The Navy Lark (1959)
as Cmdr. Stanton
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Jarvis Lorry
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
as Provost William Gow
Ships with Wings (1941)
as German Air Marshal
The Weaker Sex (1948)
as Geoffrey Radcliffe
Little Friend (1934)
as Mason
The Comedy Man (1964)
as Thomas Rutherford
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
as Alan Birnley
The First Gentleman (1948)
as The Prince Regent
Circus of Fear (1966)
as Sir John
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
as Sir Huntley Frazier
For Better, for Worse (1954)
as John Purves
Dark Journey (1937)
as Captain Of Q-Boat
The Silver Spoon (1934)
as Trevor
The Magic Box (1952)
as 1st Platform Man
Carry On Jack (1964)
as First Sea Lord
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Arthur Royd
Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
as Specialist
The Stars Look Down (1940)
as Stanley Millington
On the Fiddle (1961)
as Group Capt. Bascombe
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Professor Canford
His Excellency (1952)
as Sir James Kirkman
The Blue Squadron (1934)
as Bianchi
Father Brown (1954)
as The Bishop
Quartet (1948)
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The Brain (1962)
as Stevenson
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
as Benjamin Beecham
The Golden Cage (1933)
Actor
Hungry Hill (1947)
as Copper John
The Magnificent Two (1967)
as Sir John
The Saint's Vacation (1941)
as Rudolph Hauser
The Constant Husband (1955)
as Llewellyn
Captain Boycott (1947)
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
The Woman in the Hall (1947)
as Sir Halmar Barnard
The Magic Bow (1946)
as Luigi Germi
The Amorous Prawn (1962)
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
Jack of All Trades (1936)
as Sir Chas. Darrington
Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
as Charles, the boy's father
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)
as Self (archive)
Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
Actor
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
as Arthur Prohack
I Believe in You (1952)
as Henry Phipps
Sons of the Sea (1939)
as Cmdr. Herbert
True as a Turtle (1957)
as Dudley Partridge
Me and Marlborough (1935)
as Colonel of the Greys
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
as Dr. Gratton
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
as Claude Hickett
Men of Yesterday (1936)
Actor
Heavens Above! (1963)
as Archdeacon Aspinall
Foreign Affaires (1935)
as Lord Wormington
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
as C-in-C
Dirty Work (1934)
as Gordon Bray
Under Your Hat (1940)
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
Lady in Danger (1934)
as Piker
It Might Be You (1938)
as Dr. Smith
Follow That Horse! (1960)
Actor
Dishonour Bright (1936)
as Vincent Crane
The Office Wife (1934)
as Lawrence Bradley
Her Last Affaire (1935)
as Sir Arthur Harding
Housemaster (1938)
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale