Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-09-02 (74 years old)
Deathday
1971-04-20
Place of Birth
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Also known As
Cecil Schwabe
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...
1938
as Eric Todhunter
1958
as Jarvis Lorry
1960
as Professor Canford
1955
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
1936
as Dr. Gratton
1958
as Alfred Munson
1938
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale
1945
as Britannus
1955
as King Roderick I
1964
as First Sealord
1951
as Alan Birnley
1935
as Assistant Commissioner
1966
as Sir John
1954
as Anne's Father
1940
as Stanley Millington
1957
as Lord Henry Loam
1960
as Captain Moreland
1956
as Bob Matthews
1941
as Specialist
1938
as Dr. Charles Every
1937
as Provost William Gow
1955
as Llewellyn
1958
as Colonel E.F. Logan
1964
as Thomas Rutherford
1948
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1941
as Rudolph Hauser
1954
as The Bishop
1963
as Sir Giles Thompson
1960
as Colonel Howard
1939
as Cmdr. Herbert
1960
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
1961
as Group Capt. Bascombe
1947
as Copper John
1949
as Arthur Prohack
1946
as Luigi Germi
1953
as Charles, the boy's father
1959
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
1966
as Sir Huntley Frazier
1952
as Henry Phipps
1952
as Sir James Kirkman
1961
as C-in-C
1947
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
1963
as Archdeacon Aspinall
1958
as Arthur Royd
1962
as Stevenson
1967
as Sir John
1964
as Fletcher
1962
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
1933
as Claude Hickett
1934
as Gordon Bray
1959
as Cmdr. Stanton
1947
as Sir Halmar Barnard
1936
as Sir Chas. Darrington
1935
as Colonel of the Greys
1934
as Mason
1949
as Benjamin Beecham
1935
as Sir Arthur Harding
1936
as Vincent Crane
1934
as Piker
1940
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
1949
as The Governor
1933
1959
as Inquiry Chairman
1935
as Lord Wormington
1941
as German Air Marshal
1934
as Trevor
1934
as Lawrence Bradley
1969
as Sir John
1935
as Bank Director
1952
as 1st Platform Man
1956
as Frome, Headmaster
1948
as Geoffrey Radcliffe
1937
as Captain Of Q-Boat
1957
as Dudley Partridge
1965
as Prime Minister
1961
as Gr/Cpt Bascombe
1948
as The Prince Regent
1965
as The Mayor
1965
as Sir Percy
1936
2002
as Self (archive)
1938
as Dr. Smith
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