Cecil Parker

Known for ActingBorn 1897-09-02Died 1971-04-20Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Follow That Horse!

The Silver Spoon

Men of Yesterday

Foreign Affaires

The Golden Cage

Tony Draws a Horse

The Avengers

Her Last Affaire

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Citizen James

True as a Turtle

The Guv'nor

The Saint

The Ladykillers

The Court Jester

The Lady Vanishes

Storm in a Teacup

Guns at Batasi

The Comedy Man

Captain Boycott

The Navy Lark

Happy Is the Bride

His Excellency

Swiss Family Robinson

I Was Monty's Double

The Admirable Crichton

Oh! What a Lovely War

The Man in the White Suit

The Constant Husband

It's Great to be Young!

Sons of the Sea

A Tale of Two Cities

Housemaster

The Blue Squadron

Dirty Work

The Office Wife

I Believe in You

Sherlock Holmes

23 Paces to Baker Street

Petticoat Pirates

Heavens Above!

Dangerous Moonlight

The Iron Maiden

Indiscreet

The Weaker Sex

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

The Amorous Prawn

Jack of All Trades