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