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

Swiss Family Robinson

The Admirable Crichton

The Lady Vanishes

Crime Unlimited

Caesar and Cleopatra

The Citadel

The Ladykillers

Under Capricorn

The Man in the White Suit

Under Ten Flags

The Court Jester

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Old Iron

Oh! What a Lovely War

23 Paces to Baker Street

The Guv'nor

The Weaker Sex

I Was Monty's Double

Happy Is the Bride

The Iron Maiden

Guns at Batasi

A French Mistress

A Study in Terror

Ships with Wings

The First Gentleman

Circus of Fear

The Navy Lark

A Man Could Get Killed

Little Friend

The Silver Spoon

Heavens Above!

A Tale of Two Cities

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

Carry On Jack

The Magic Box

For Better, for Worse

The Golden Cage

The Comedy Man

It's Great to be Young!

The Stars Look Down

The Man Who Changed His Mind

On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle

The Chiltern Hundreds

Indiscreet

The Blue Squadron

The Magnificent Two

Storm in a Teacup

Lady L

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

Dangerous Moonlight

The Woman in the Hall

Father Brown

The Saint's Vacation

The Brain

The Office Wife

Quartet

I Believe in You

Hungry Hill

The Amorous Prawn

Dear Mr. Prohack

His Excellency

Petticoat Pirates

The Constant Husband

Captain Boycott

Isn't Life Wonderful!

The Magic Bow

Dark Journey

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Jack of All Trades

A Cuckoo in the Nest

Men of Yesterday

Foreign Affaires

Me and Marlborough

Sons of the Sea

Tony Draws a Horse

True as a Turtle