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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 2, 1897
Died
April 20, 1971
Place of Birth
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Cecil Schwabe
Cecil Parker
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self (archive)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
6.7
Sir John
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
3.1
Sir John
The Magnificent Two
1967
5.2
Sir John
Circus of Fear
1966
3.8
Sir Huntley Frazier
A Man Could Get Killed
1966
5.7
Sir Percy
Lady L
1965
6.2
Prime Minister
A Study in Terror
1965
5.4
The Mayor
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
7.1
Fletcher
Guns at Batasi
1964
6.9
Thomas Rutherford
The Comedy Man
1964
Credits
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
2002
0.0
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sir John
1969
6.7
The Magnificent Two
as Sir John
1967
3.1
Circus of Fear
as Sir John
1966
5.2
A Man Could Get Killed
as Sir Huntley Frazier
1966
3.8
Lady L
as Sir Percy
1965
5.7
A Study in Terror
as Prime Minister
1965
6.2
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as The Mayor
1965
5.4
Guns at Batasi
as Fletcher
1964
7.1
The Comedy Man
as Thomas Rutherford
1964
6.9
Sherlock Holmes
1964
6.6
Carry On Jack
as First Sea Lord
1964
5.9
The Iron Maiden
as Sir Giles Thompson
1963
6.4
Heavens Above!
as Archdeacon Aspinall
1963
6.4
The Amorous Prawn
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
1962
6.3
The Saint
as Lord Gillingham
1962
7.4
The Brain
as Stevenson
1962
5.6
Petticoat Pirates
as C-in-C
1961
6.2
On the Fiddle
as Group Capt. Bascombe
1961
5.3
On the Fiddle
as Gr/Cpt Bascombe
1961
5.3
The Avengers
as Glover
1961
7.7
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Professor Canford
1960
6.4
Swiss Family Robinson
as Captain Moreland
1960
6.9
Citizen James
as Himself
1960
7.6
Under Ten Flags
as Colonel Howard
1960
5.4
The Aquanauts
as Dr. Cattermole
1960
5.5
A French Mistress
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
1960
5.7
🎬
Follow That Horse!
1960
0.0
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Inquiry Chairman
1959
6.2
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
1959
5.2
The Navy Lark
as Cmdr. Stanton
1959
6.5
I Was Monty's Double
as Colonel E.F. Logan
1958
6.9
Indiscreet
as Alfred Munson
1958
6.6
Happy Is the Bride
as Arthur Royd
1958
6.2
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
1958
6.7
The Admirable Crichton
as Lord Henry Loam
1957
6.9
True as a Turtle
as Dudley Partridge
1957
7.0
It's Great to be Young!
as Frome, Headmaster
1956
6.2
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Bob Matthews
1956
6.7
The Court Jester
as King Roderick I
1955
7.3
The Ladykillers
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
1955
7.3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Lawyer
1955
7.8
The Constant Husband
as Llewellyn
1955
6.9
For Better, for Worse
as Anne's Father
1954
5.6
Father Brown
as The Bishop
1954
6.4
Isn't Life Wonderful!
as Charles, the boy's father
1953
5.2
I Believe in You
as Henry Phipps
1952
6.4
His Excellency
as Sir James Kirkman
1952
6.0
The Magic Box
as 1st Platform Man
1952
6.4
The Man in the White Suit
as Alan Birnley
1951
6.9
🎬
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
0.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Sir Simon de Canterville
1950
5.6
The Chiltern Hundreds
as Benjamin Beecham
1949
5.0
Under Capricorn
as The Governor
1949
6.0
Dear Mr. Prohack
as Arthur Prohack
1949
6.0
Studio One
as Dr. Hans Hojda
1948
5.0
Studio One
as A newspaper publisher
1948
5.0
Quartet
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1948
6.2
The Weaker Sex
as Geoffrey Radcliffe
1948
6.0
The First Gentleman
as The Prince Regent
1948
6.0
The Woman in the Hall
as Sir Halmar Barnard
1947
6.0
Captain Boycott
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
1947
6.8
Hungry Hill
as Copper John
1947
5.4
The Magic Bow
as Luigi Germi
1946
5.3
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Britannus
1945
6.2
Ships with Wings
as German Air Marshal
1941
4.0
Dangerous Moonlight
as Specialist
1941
6.4
The Saint's Vacation
as Rudolph Hauser
1941
5.5
Under Your Hat
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
1940
5.3
The Stars Look Down
as Stanley Millington
1940
6.4
Sons of the Sea
as Cmdr. Herbert
1939
6.8
🎬
It Might Be You
as Dr. Smith
1938
0.0
The Citadel
as Dr. Charles Every
1938
6.5
The Lady Vanishes
as Eric Todhunter
1938
7.4
Housemaster
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale
1938
0.0
Dark Journey
as Captain Of Q-Boat
1937
6.4
Storm in a Teacup
as Provost William Gow
1937
7.5
🎬
Jack of All Trades
as Sir Chas. Darrington
1936
5.5
Dishonour Bright
as Vincent Crane
1936
5.0
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Gratton
1936
6.1
🎬
Men of Yesterday
1936
0.0
🎬
Foreign Affaires
as Lord Wormington
1935
0.0
Her Last Affaire
as Sir Arthur Harding
1935
6.0
The Guv'nor
as Bank Director
1935
7.3
Crime Unlimited
as Assistant Commissioner
1935
5.8
Me and Marlborough
as Colonel of the Greys
1935
5.0
🎬
The Blue Squadron
as Bianchi
1934
0.0
Dirty Work
as Gordon Bray
1934
0.0
Lady in Danger
as Piker
1934
5.6
Little Friend
as Mason
1934
3.5
🎬
The Office Wife
as Lawrence Bradley
1934
0.0
🎬
The Silver Spoon
as Trevor
1934
0.0
A Cuckoo in the Nest
as Claude Hickett
1933
5.3
The Golden Cage
1933
0.0