Cecil Parker
Acting • Born 1897-09-02 – Died 1971-04-20
Biography
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.
Filmography
94 credits
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1938
Eric Todhunter
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1958
Jarvis Lorry
The Ladykillers
Movie • 1955
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Movie • 1960
Professor Canford
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Movie • 1936
Dr. Gratton
Indiscreet
Movie • 1958
Alfred Munson
Housemaster
Movie • 1938
Sir Berkeley Nightingale
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie • 1945
Britannus
The Court Jester
Movie • 1955
King Roderick I
Carry On Jack
Movie • 1964
First Sea Lord
The Man in the White Suit
Movie • 1951
Alan Birnley
Crime Unlimited
Movie • 1935
Assistant Commissioner
Circus of Fear
Movie • 1966
Sir John
For Better, for Worse
Movie • 1954
John Purves
The Stars Look Down
Movie • 1940
Stanley Millington
The Admirable Crichton
Movie • 1957
Lord Henry Loam
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie • 1960
Captain Moreland
23 Paces to Baker Street
Movie • 1956
Bob Matthews
The Blue Squadron
Movie • 1934
Bianchi
Dangerous Moonlight
Movie • 1941
Specialist
The Citadel
Movie • 1938
Dr. Charles Every
Storm in a Teacup
Movie • 1937
Provost William Gow
The Constant Husband
Movie • 1955
Llewellyn
I Was Monty's Double
Movie • 1958
Colonel E.F. Logan
The Comedy Man
Movie • 1964
Thomas Rutherford
Quartet
Movie • 1948
Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The Saint's Vacation
Movie • 1941
Rudolph Hauser
Father Brown
Movie • 1954
The Bishop
The Iron Maiden
Movie • 1963
Sir Giles Thompson
Under Ten Flags
Movie • 1960
Colonel Howard
Sons of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Cmdr. Herbert
A French Mistress
Movie • 1960
John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
On the Fiddle
Movie • 1961
Group Capt. Bascombe
Hungry Hill
Movie • 1947
Copper John
Dear Mr. Prohack
Movie • 1949
Arthur Prohack
The Magic Bow
Movie • 1946
Luigi Germi
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Movie • 1953
Charles, the boy's father
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Movie • 1959
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
A Man Could Get Killed
Movie • 1966
Sir Huntley Frazier
I Believe in You
Movie • 1952
Henry Phipps
His Excellency
Movie • 1952
Sir James Kirkman
Petticoat Pirates
Movie • 1961
C-in-C
Captain Boycott
Movie • 1947
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
Heavens Above!
Movie • 1963
Archdeacon Aspinall
Happy Is the Bride
Movie • 1958
Arthur Royd
The Brain
Movie • 1962
Stevenson
The Magnificent Two
Movie • 1967
Sir John
Guns at Batasi
Movie • 1964
Fletcher
The Amorous Prawn
Movie • 1962
Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
A Cuckoo in the Nest
Movie • 1933
Claude Hickett
Dirty Work
Movie • 1934
Gordon Bray
The Navy Lark
Movie • 1959
Cmdr. Stanton
The Woman in the Hall
Movie • 1947
Sir Halmar Barnard
Tony Draws a Horse
Movie • 1950
Jack of All Trades
Movie • 1936
Sir Chas. Darrington
Me and Marlborough
Movie • 1935
Colonel of the Greys
Little Friend
Movie • 1934
Mason
The Chiltern Hundreds
Movie • 1949
Benjamin Beecham
Her Last Affaire
Movie • 1935
Sir Arthur Harding
Dishonour Bright
Movie • 1936
Vincent Crane
Lady in Danger
Movie • 1934
Piker
Under Your Hat
Movie • 1940
Sir Jeffrey Arlington
Under Capricorn
Movie • 1949
The Governor
The Golden Cage
Movie • 1933
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Movie • 1959
Inquiry Chairman
Foreign Affaires
Movie • 1935
Lord Wormington
Follow That Horse!
Movie • 1960
Ships with Wings
Movie • 1941
German Air Marshal
The Silver Spoon
Movie • 1934
Trevor
The Office Wife
Movie • 1934
Lawrence Bradley
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie • 1969
Sir John
The Guv'nor
Movie • 1935
Bank Director
The Magic Box
Movie • 1952
1st Platform Man
It's Great to be Young!
Movie • 1956
Frome, Headmaster
The Weaker Sex
Movie • 1948
Geoffrey Radcliffe
Dark Journey
Movie • 1937
Captain Of Q-Boat
True as a Turtle
Movie • 1957
Dudley Partridge
A Study in Terror
Movie • 1965
Prime Minister
On the Fiddle
Movie • 1961
Gr/Cpt Bascombe
The First Gentleman
Movie • 1948
The Prince Regent
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Movie • 1965
The Mayor
Lady L
Movie • 1965
Sir Percy
Men of Yesterday
Movie • 1936
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Movie • 2002
Self (archive)
It Might Be You
Movie • 1938
Dr. Smith
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Glover
Studio One
TV • 1948
Dr. Hans Hojda
The Saint
TV • 1962
Lord Gillingham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
The Lawyer
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Dr. Cattermole
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1964
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Sir Simon de Canterville
Citizen James
TV • 1960
Himself
Studio One
TV • 1948
A newspaper publisher