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