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.
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").
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Filmography (Movies)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:07/05/2002
Oh! What a Lovely War
Character:Sir John
Release Date:10/03/1969
The Magnificent Two
Character:Sir John
Release Date:05/07/1967
Circus of Fear
Character:Sir John
Release Date:29/04/1966
A Man Could Get Killed
Character:Sir Huntley Frazier
Release Date:25/03/1966
Lady L
Character:Sir Percy
Release Date:17/12/1965
A Study in Terror
Character:Prime Minister
Release Date:01/10/1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Character:The Mayor
Release Date:26/05/1965
Guns at Batasi
Character:Fletcher
Release Date:30/10/1964
The Comedy Man
Character:Thomas Rutherford
Release Date:03/09/1964
Carry On Jack
Character:First Sea Lord
Release Date:23/02/1964
The Iron Maiden
Character:Sir Giles Thompson
Release Date:07/06/1963
Heavens Above!
Character:Archdeacon Aspinall
Release Date:20/05/1963
The Amorous Prawn
Character:Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
Release Date:26/11/1962
The Brain
Character:Stevenson
Release Date:05/09/1962
Petticoat Pirates
Character:C-in-C
Release Date:01/11/1961
On the Fiddle
Character:Group Capt. Bascombe
Release Date:10/10/1961
On the Fiddle
Character:Gr/Cpt Bascombe
Release Date:10/10/1961
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Character:Professor Canford
Release Date:22/12/1960
Swiss Family Robinson
Character:Captain Moreland
Release Date:21/12/1960
Under Ten Flags
Character:Colonel Howard
Release Date:15/09/1960
A French Mistress
Character:John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
Release Date:25/08/1960
Follow That Horse!
Character:
Release Date:11/07/1960
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Character:Inquiry Chairman
Release Date:17/11/1959
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Character:Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
Release Date:10/10/1959
The Navy Lark
Character:Cmdr. Stanton
Release Date:01/01/1959
I Was Monty's Double
Character:Colonel E.F. Logan
Release Date:21/10/1958
Indiscreet
Character:Alfred Munson
Release Date:16/07/1958
Happy Is the Bride
Character:Arthur Royd
Release Date:04/03/1958
A Tale of Two Cities
Character:Jarvis Lorry
Release Date:07/02/1958
The Admirable Crichton
Character:Lord Henry Loam
Release Date:11/06/1957
True as a Turtle
Character:Dudley Partridge
Release Date:01/02/1957
It's Great to be Young!
Character:Frome, Headmaster
Release Date:26/12/1956
23 Paces to Baker Street
Character:Bob Matthews
Release Date:18/05/1956
The Court Jester
Character:King Roderick I
Release Date:24/12/1955
The Ladykillers
Character:Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Release Date:08/12/1955
The Constant Husband
Character:Llewellyn
Release Date:21/04/1955
For Better, for Worse
Character:John Purves
Release Date:20/06/1954
Father Brown
Character:The Bishop
Release Date:08/06/1954
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Character:Charles, the boy's father
Release Date:08/11/1953
I Believe in You
Character:Henry Phipps
Release Date:05/03/1952
His Excellency
Character:Sir James Kirkman
Release Date:22/01/1952
The Magic Box
Character:1st Platform Man
Release Date:01/01/1952
The Man in the White Suit
Character:Alan Birnley
Release Date:07/08/1951
Tony Draws a Horse
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1950
The Chiltern Hundreds
Character:Benjamin Beecham
Release Date:27/09/1949
Under Capricorn
Character:The Governor
Release Date:08/09/1949
Dear Mr. Prohack
Character:Arthur Prohack
Release Date:07/09/1949
Quartet
Character:Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Release Date:26/10/1948
The Weaker Sex
Character:Geoffrey Radcliffe
Release Date:11/10/1948
The First Gentleman
Character:The Prince Regent
Release Date:15/03/1948
The Woman in the Hall
Character:Sir Halmar Barnard
Release Date:27/10/1947
Captain Boycott
Character:Capt. Charles C. Boycott
Release Date:26/08/1947
Hungry Hill
Character:Copper John
Release Date:07/01/1947
The Magic Bow
Character:Luigi Germi
Release Date:25/11/1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
Character:Britannus
Release Date:11/12/1945
Ships with Wings
Character:German Air Marshal
Release Date:10/11/1941
Dangerous Moonlight
Character:Specialist
Release Date:26/06/1941
The Saint's Vacation
Character:Rudolph Hauser
Release Date:09/05/1941
Under Your Hat
Character:Sir Jeffrey Arlington
Release Date:01/09/1940
The Stars Look Down
Character:Stanley Millington
Release Date:22/01/1940
Sons of the Sea
Character:Cmdr. Herbert
Release Date:23/12/1939
It Might Be You
Character:Dr. Smith
Release Date:25/11/1938
The Citadel
Character:Dr. Charles Every
Release Date:29/10/1938
The Lady Vanishes
Character:Eric Todhunter
Release Date:07/10/1938
Housemaster
Character:Sir Berkeley Nightingale
Release Date:31/01/1938
Dark Journey
Character:Captain Of Q-Boat
Release Date:02/07/1937
Storm in a Teacup
Character:Provost William Gow
Release Date:25/02/1937
Jack of All Trades
Character:Sir Chas. Darrington
Release Date:30/12/1936
Dishonour Bright
Character:Vincent Crane
Release Date:21/09/1936
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Character:Dr. Gratton
Release Date:11/09/1936
Men of Yesterday
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1936
Foreign Affaires
Character:Lord Wormington
Release Date:21/11/1935
Her Last Affaire
Character:Sir Arthur Harding
Release Date:21/10/1935
The Guv'nor
Character:Bank Director
Release Date:01/10/1935
Crime Unlimited
Character:Assistant Commissioner
Release Date:01/08/1935
Me and Marlborough
Character:Colonel of the Greys
Release Date:22/07/1935
The Blue Squadron
Character:Bianchi
Release Date:12/12/1934
Dirty Work
Character:Gordon Bray
Release Date:07/12/1934
Lady in Danger
Character:Piker
Release Date:27/11/1934
Little Friend
Character:Mason
Release Date:18/11/1934
The Office Wife
Character:Lawrence Bradley
Release Date:12/11/1934
The Silver Spoon
Character:Trevor
Release Date:04/06/1934
A Cuckoo in the Nest
Character:Claude Hickett
Release Date:11/11/1933
The Golden Cage
Character:
Release Date:30/03/1933
Television Appearances
Sherlock Holmes
Character:
The Saint
Character:Lord Gillingham
The Avengers
Character:Glover
Citizen James
Character:Himself
The Aquanauts
Character:Dr. Cattermole
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:The Lawyer
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Sir Simon de Canterville
Studio One
Character:Dr. Hans Hojda
Studio One
Character:A newspaper publisher
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