Cecil Parker
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1897-09-02
- Died
- 1971-04-20
- Place of birth
- Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Cecil Schwabe
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").
Known For
TV Shows (8)
The Avengers
1961
as Glover
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Sir Simon de Canterville
The Saint
1962
as Lord Gillingham
Studio One
1948
as Dr. Hans Hojda / A newspaper publisher
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The Lawyer
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Aquanauts
1960
as Dr. Cattermole
Citizen James
1960
as Himself
Movies (84)
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
as Captain Moreland
Under Capricorn
1949
as The Governor
The Ladykillers
1955
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Alan Birnley
The Citadel
1938
as Dr. Charles Every
The Lady Vanishes
1938
as Eric Todhunter
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Sir John
The Court Jester
1955
as King Roderick I
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Colonel Howard
The Iron Maiden
1963
as Sir Giles Thompson
Indiscreet
1958
as Alfred Munson
Father Brown
1954
as The Bishop
The Admirable Crichton
1957
as Lord Henry Loam
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
as Inquiry Chairman
Quartet
1948
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Colonel E.F. Logan
Guns at Batasi
1964
as Fletcher
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Britannus
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as The Mayor
On the Fiddle
1961
as Group Capt. Bascombe / Gr/Cpt Bascombe
For Better, for Worse
1954
as John Purves
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
as Dr. Gratton
A Study in Terror
1965
as Prime Minister
The Magic Box
1952
as 1st Platform Man
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
as Bob Matthews
His Excellency
1952
as Sir James Kirkman
The Brain
1962
as Stevenson
Circus of Fear
1966
as Sir John
The Comedy Man
1964
as Thomas Rutherford
Dangerous Moonlight
1941
as Specialist
Lady L
1965
as Sir Percy
Carry On Jack
1964
as First Sea Lord
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Jarvis Lorry
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Frome, Headmaster
The Saint's Vacation
1941
as Rudolph Hauser
A Man Could Get Killed
1966
as Sir Huntley Frazier
I Believe in You
1952
as Henry Phipps
Dark Journey
1937
as Captain Of Q-Boat
The Chiltern Hundreds
1949
as Benjamin Beecham
The Stars Look Down
1940
as Stanley Millington
Hungry Hill
1947
as Copper John
Captain Boycott
1947
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
The Constant Husband
1955
as Llewellyn
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949
as Arthur Prohack
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as Professor Canford
The First Gentleman
1948
as The Prince Regent
Housemaster
1938
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale
The Magic Bow
1946
as Luigi Germi
The Woman in the Hall
1947
as Sir Halmar Barnard
A French Mistress
1960
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
Foreign Affaires
1935
as Lord Wormington
The Navy Lark
1959
as Cmdr. Stanton
Dishonour Bright
1936
as Vincent Crane
Storm in a Teacup
1937
as Provost William Gow
Me and Marlborough
1935
as Colonel of the Greys
Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953
as Charles, the boy's father
Her Last Affaire
1935
as Sir Arthur Harding
Petticoat Pirates
1961
as C-in-C
The Magnificent Two
1967
as Sir John
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Arthur Royd
Jack of All Trades
1936
as Sir Chas. Darrington
The Silver Spoon
1934
as Trevor
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
1959
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
Sons of the Sea
1939
as Cmdr. Herbert
Heavens Above!
1963
as Archdeacon Aspinall
Ships with Wings
1941
as German Air Marshal
The Blue Squadron
1934
as Bianchi
Little Friend
1934
as Mason
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)
Crime Unlimited
1935
as Assistant Commissioner
A Cuckoo in the Nest
1933
as Claude Hickett
The Guv'nor
1935
as Bank Director
The Weaker Sex
1948
as Geoffrey Radcliffe
True as a Turtle
1957
as Dudley Partridge
Men of Yesterday
1936
Follow That Horse!
1960
The Office Wife
1934
as Lawrence Bradley
It Might Be You
1938
as Dr. Smith
Under Your Hat
1940
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
Dirty Work
1934
as Gordon Bray
The Golden Cage
1933
Lady in Danger
1934
as Piker
About Cecil Parker
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 an… With 92 credits spanning from 1933 to 2002, Cecil Parker has appeared in 84 films and 8 TV shows.
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- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) — as Captain Moreland
- Under Capricorn (1949) — as The Governor
- The Ladykillers (1955) — as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) — as Alan Birnley
- The Citadel (1938) — as Dr. Charles Every
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