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