Cecil Parker
Acting
Born 1897-09-02
Died 1971-04-20
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
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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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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
The Avengers
The Saint
Robert Montgomery Presents
Studio One
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Aquanauts
The Ladykillers
Swiss Family Robinson
The Lady Vanishes
Under Capricorn
The Admirable Crichton
The Court Jester
Citizen James
Caesar and Cleopatra
Indiscreet
The Man in the White Suit
Oh! What a Lovely War
A Study in Terror
Guns at Batasi
23 Paces to Baker Street
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Citadel
Lady L
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Carry On Jack
The Magic Box
I Was Monty's Double
Dark Journey
Heavens Above!
Under Ten Flags
On the Fiddle
Quartet
The Iron Maiden
The Stars Look Down
Little Friend
The Man Who Changed His Mind
The Weaker Sex
The Guv'nor
The First Gentleman
A Man Could Get Killed
Happy Is the Bride
Circus of Fear
The Comedy Man
Old Iron
The Constant Husband
Captain Boycott
The Brain
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
The Magic Bow
A Tale of Two Cities
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Father Brown
Hungry Hill
Crime Unlimited
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
The Saint's Vacation
A French Mistress
Storm in a Teacup
Dangerous Moonlight
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