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.

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Biography

I Was Monty's Double

The Lady Vanishes

Swiss Family Robinson

The Court Jester

Under Capricorn

Old Iron

The Ladykillers

The Admirable Crichton

Caesar and Cleopatra

Under Ten Flags

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

23 Paces to Baker Street

Oh! What a Lovely War

A French Mistress

The Citadel

The Iron Maiden

Indiscreet

A Study in Terror

Guns at Batasi

Lady L

Crime Unlimited

The Guv'nor

It's Great to be Young!

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

The Navy Lark

A Tale of Two Cities

Storm in a Teacup

Ships with Wings

The Weaker Sex

Little Friend

The Comedy Man

The Man in the White Suit

The First Gentleman

Circus of Fear

A Man Could Get Killed

For Better, for Worse

Dark Journey

The Silver Spoon

The Magic Box

Carry On Jack

Happy Is the Bride

Dangerous Moonlight

The Stars Look Down

On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

His Excellency

The Blue Squadron

Father Brown

Quartet

The Brain

The Chiltern Hundreds

The Golden Cage

Hungry Hill

The Magnificent Two

The Saint's Vacation

The Constant Husband

Captain Boycott

The Woman in the Hall

The Magic Bow

The Amorous Prawn

Jack of All Trades

Isn't Life Wonderful!

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

Tony Draws a Horse

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Dear Mr. Prohack

I Believe in You

Sons of the Sea

True as a Turtle

Me and Marlborough

The Man Who Changed His Mind

A Cuckoo in the Nest

Men of Yesterday

Heavens Above!

Foreign Affaires

Petticoat Pirates