Cecil Parker
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").
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Movies (85)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002 · Self (archive)
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Sir John
The Magnificent Two
1967 · Sir John
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 Sea Lord
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 · Group Capt. Bascombe, Gr/Cpt 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
For Better, for Worse
1954 · John Purves
Father Brown
1954 · The Bishop
Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953 · Charles, the boy's father
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
Under Capricorn
1949 · The Governor
The Chiltern Hundreds
1949 · Benjamin Beecham
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949 · Arthur Prohack
Quartet
1948 · Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
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
1946 · 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
Old Iron
1938 · Barnett
It Might Be You
1938 · Dr. Smith
The Citadel
1938 · Dr. Charles Every
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · Eric Todhunter
Housemaster
1938 · Sir Berkeley Nightingale
Storm in a Teacup
1937 · Provost William Gow
Dark Journey
1937 · Captain Of Q-Boat
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 · Bianchi
Dirty Work
1934 · Gordon Bray
Lady in Danger
1934 · Piker
Little Friend
1934 · Mason
The Office Wife
1934 · Lawrence Bradley
The Silver Spoon
1934 · Trevor
A Cuckoo in the Nest
1933 · Claude Hickett
The Golden Cage
1933
