Cecil Parker
Age: 73 | From: Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1897-09-03 06:05:29
Death: 1971-04-20 06:05:29
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Most Famous Work
The Avengers
(1961) Glover
The Saint
(1962) Lord Gillingham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) The Lawyer
Studio One
(1948) A newspaper publisher
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Sir Simon de Canterville
Swiss Family Robinson
(1960) Captain Moreland
Under Capricorn
(1949) The Governor
The Aquanauts
(1960) Dr. CattermoleActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Sir John | |
| 1967 | British Ambassador | |
| 1966 | Sir John | |
| Sir Huntley Frazier | ||
| 1965 | Sir Percy | |
| Prime Minister | ||
| The Mayor | ||
| 1964 | Fletcher | |
| Thomas Rutherford | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | First Sealord | |
| Sir Giles Thompson | ||
| Archdeacon Aspinall | ||
| 1962 | Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam | |
| Lord Gillingham | ||
| Stevenson | ||
| 1961 | C-in-C | |
| Group Capt. Bascombe | ||
| Gr/Cpt Bascombe | ||
| Glover | ||
| 1960 | Professor Canford | |
| Captain Moreland | ||
| Colonel Howard | ||
| Dr. Cattermole | ||
| John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Inquiry Chairman | |
| Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser | ||
| Cmdr. Stanton | ||
| 1958 | Colonel E.F. Logan | |
| Alfred Munson | ||
| Arthur Royd | ||
| Jarvis Lorry | ||
| 1957 | Lord Henry Loam | |
| Dudley Partridge | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Bob Matthews | ||
| 1955 | King Roderick I | |
| Claude, alias 'Major Courtney' | ||
| The Lawyer | ||
| Llewellyn | ||
| 1954 | Charles, the boy's father | |
| Anne's Father | ||
| The Bishop | ||
| 1952 | Henry Phipps | |
| Sir James Kirkman | ||
| 1st Platform Man | ||
| 1951 | Alan Birnley | |
| 1950 | N/A | |
| Sir Simon de Canterville | ||
| 1949 | Benjamin Beecham | |
| The Governor | ||
| Arthur Prohack | ||
| 1948 | Dr. Hans Hojda | |
| A newspaper publisher | ||
| Colonel George Peregrine | ||
| Geoffrey Radcliffe | ||
| The Prince Regent | ||
| 1947 | Sir Halmar Barnard | |
| Capt. Charles C. Boycott | ||
| Copper John | ||
| 1946 | Luigi Germi | |
| 1945 | Britannus | |
| 1941 | German Air Marshal | |
| Specialist | ||
| Rudolph Hauser | ||
| 1940 | Sir Jeffrey Arlington | |
| Stanley Millington | ||
| 1939 | Cmdr. Herbert | |
| 1938 | Dr. Charles Every | |
| Eric Todhunter | ||
| Sir Berkeley Nightingale | ||
| 1937 | Captain Of Q-Boat | |
| Provost William Gow | ||
| 1936 | Sir Chas. Darrington | |
| Vincent Crane | ||
| Dr. Gratton | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1935 | Lord Wormington | |
| Bank Director | ||
| Assistant Commissioner | ||
| Colonel of the Greys | ||
| 1934 | N/A | |
| Gordon Bray | ||
| Piker | ||
| Mason | ||
| 1933 | Claude Hickett | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
