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