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Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Actor · 1897 – 1971 · Hastings, 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.

Movies24

  • Movie6.8

    Swiss Family Robinson

    1960 · 374 votes

  • Movie7.4

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Court Jester

    1955 · 221 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Under Capricorn

    1949 · 202 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    1945 · 59 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Ladykillers

    1955 · 575 votes

  • Movie6.2

    A Study in Terror

    1965 · 77 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951 · 215 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie6.7

    23 Paces to Baker Street

    1956 · 87 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Guns at Batasi

    1964 · 32 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Oh! What a Lovely War

    1969 · 54 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Lady L

    1965 · 25 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Dark Journey

    1937 · 34 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Storm in a Teacup

    1937 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.8

    A Tale of Two Cities

    1958 · 22 votes

  • Movie4.4

    A Man Could Get Killed

    1966 · 7 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie6.9

    I Was Monty's Double

    1958 · 28 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Carry On Jack

    1964 · 64 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Admirable Crichton

    1957 · 34 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Citadel

    1938 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Magic Box

    1952 · 25 votes

  • Movie5.7

    On the Fiddle

    1961 · 7 votes

Series8

  • TV7.4

    The Saint

    1962 · 136 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 266 votes

  • TV6.0

    The Aquanauts

    1960 · 3 votes

  • TV6.9

    Sherlock Holmes

    1964 · 20 votes

  • TV7.7

    Citizen James

    1960 · 5 votes