Cecil Parker

Birthday:

09/02/1897

Place of birth:

Hastings, Sussex, England, UK:

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.



Credits

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