Cecil Parker

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-09-02 (74 years old)

Deathday

1971-04-20

Place of Birth

Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

Cecil Parker

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...

Acting

1938

The Lady Vanishes

as Eric Todhunter

1958

A Tale of Two Cities

as Jarvis Lorry

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

as Professor Canford

1955

The Ladykillers

as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

1958

Indiscreet

as Alfred Munson

1938

Housemaster

as Sir Berkeley Nightingale

1945

1955

The Court Jester

as King Roderick I

1964

Carry On Jack

as First Sealord

1951

1935

Crime Unlimited

as Assistant Commissioner

1966

Circus of Fear

as Sir John

1954

For Better, for Worse

as Anne's Father

1940

The Stars Look Down

as Stanley Millington

1957

The Admirable Crichton

as Lord Henry Loam

1960

Swiss Family Robinson

as Captain Moreland

1956

1941

Dangerous Moonlight

as Specialist

1938

The Citadel

as Dr. Charles Every

1937

Storm in a Teacup

as Provost William Gow

1955

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Colonel E.F. Logan

1964

The Comedy Man

as Thomas Rutherford

1948

Quartet

as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

1941

The Saint's Vacation

as Rudolph Hauser

1954

Father Brown

as The Bishop

1963

The Iron Maiden

as Sir Giles Thompson

1960

Under Ten Flags

as Colonel Howard

1939

Sons of the Sea

as Cmdr. Herbert

1960

A French Mistress

as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School

1961

On the Fiddle

as Group Capt. Bascombe

1947

Hungry Hill

as Copper John

1949

Dear Mr. Prohack

as Arthur Prohack

1946

The Magic Bow

as Luigi Germi

1953

Isn't Life Wonderful!

as Charles, the boy's father

1959

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser

1966

A Man Could Get Killed

as Sir Huntley Frazier

1952

I Believe in You

as Henry Phipps

1952

His Excellency

as Sir James Kirkman

1961

1947

Captain Boycott

as Capt. Charles C. Boycott

1963

Heavens Above!

as Archdeacon Aspinall

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as Arthur Royd

1962

The Brain

as Stevenson

1967

1964

Guns at Batasi

as Fletcher

1962

The Amorous Prawn

as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam

1933

A Cuckoo in the Nest

as Claude Hickett

1934

Dirty Work

as Gordon Bray

1959

The Navy Lark

as Cmdr. Stanton

1947

The Woman in the Hall

as Sir Halmar Barnard

1936

Jack of All Trades

as Sir Chas. Darrington

1935

Me and Marlborough

as Colonel of the Greys

1934

1949

The Chiltern Hundreds

as Benjamin Beecham

1935

Her Last Affaire

as Sir Arthur Harding

1936

Dishonour Bright

as Vincent Crane

1934

1940

Under Your Hat

as Sir Jeffrey Arlington

1949

Under Capricorn

as The Governor

1959

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

as Inquiry Chairman

1935

Foreign Affaires

as Lord Wormington

1941

Ships with Wings

as German Air Marshal

1934

1934

The Office Wife

as Lawrence Bradley

1969

1935

The Guv'nor

as Bank Director

1952

The Magic Box

as 1st Platform Man

1956

It's Great to be Young!

as Frome, Headmaster

1948

The Weaker Sex

as Geoffrey Radcliffe

1937

Dark Journey

as Captain Of Q-Boat

1957

True as a Turtle

as Dudley Partridge

1965

A Study in Terror

as Prime Minister

1961

On the Fiddle

as Gr/Cpt Bascombe

1948

The First Gentleman

as The Prince Regent

1965

Lady L

as Sir Percy

1938

It Might Be You

as Dr. Smith

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