Cecil Parker

Acting · 1.2 popularity

Age

128

Movies

Born: September 2, 1897 – April 20, 1971
From: Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

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.

Works

85 films

Swiss Family Robinson

19606.8

The Lady Vanishes

19387.4

The Ladykillers

19557.3

The Admirable Crichton

19576.9

Caesar and Cleopatra

19456.2

The Weaker Sex

19486.7

Oh! What a Lovely War

19696.6

Under Capricorn

19496.0

The Court Jester

19557.3

Guns at Batasi

19646.9

The Man in the White Suit

19516.9

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

19596.3

The First Gentleman

19486.5

The Citadel

19386.4

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

19655.7

The Man Who Changed His Mind

19366.1

The Magic Box

19526.5

A Study in Terror

19656.2

Lady L

19655.8

Indiscreet

19586.6

Under Ten Flags

19605.7

Happy Is the Bride

19587.0

Crime Unlimited

19356.0

I Was Monty's Double

19586.9

Carry On Jack

19645.9

23 Paces to Baker Street

19566.7

A Man Could Get Killed

19664.4

Little Friend

19345.0

Heavens Above!

19636.6

The Iron Maiden

19636.6

Isn't Life Wonderful!

19535.4

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

19606.5

Captain Boycott

19477.2

A Tale of Two Cities

19586.8

The Guv'nor

19357.8

Circus of Fear

19665.5

The Constant Husband

19556.9

Dark Journey

19376.4

On the Fiddle

19615.7

A French Mistress

19606.3

Ships with Wings

19416.0

Quartet

19486.3

Dangerous Moonlight

19416.8

Old Iron

1938

Father Brown

19546.5

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

19595.8

I Believe in You

19526.8

The Chiltern Hundreds

19496.0

Storm in a Teacup

19377.4

The Comedy Man

19647.1

Men of Yesterday

19369.0

The Navy Lark

19597.0

It's Great to be Young!

19566.8

The Golden Cage

19339.0

For Better, for Worse

19545.8

The Woman in the Hall

19476.3

The Magnificent Two

19673.3

The Brain

19625.8

The Blue Squadron

19347.0

Hungry Hill

19475.8

The Stars Look Down

19406.5

Dear Mr. Prohack

19496.4

The Amorous Prawn

19626.5

The Magic Bow

19465.8

Dishonour Bright

19366.5

Her Last Affaire

19358.0

Housemaster

19387.0

The Silver Spoon

193410.0

The Saint's Vacation

19415.8

His Excellency

19527.0

Me and Marlborough

19355.6

Under Your Hat

19406.3

Jack of All Trades

19366.7

The Office Wife

19347.0

Dirty Work

19347.0

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002

Foreign Affaires

19359.0

Follow That Horse!

196010.0

A Cuckoo in the Nest

19336.2

Petticoat Pirates

19616.6

Sons of the Sea

19397.0

Lady in Danger

19346.0

True as a Turtle

19577.7

Tony Draws a Horse

19508.0

It Might Be You

1938