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.

Filmography

• 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Sir John
• 1967The Magnificent Two — Sir John
• 1966A Man Could Get Killed — Sir Huntley Frazier
• 1966Circus of Fear — Sir John
• 1965A Study in Terror — Prime Minister
• 1965Lady L — Sir Percy
• 1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders — The Mayor
• 1964Carry On Jack — First Sea Lord
• 1964Guns at Batasi — Fletcher
• Sherlock Holmes
• 1964The Comedy Man — Thomas Rutherford
• 1963Heavens Above! — Archdeacon Aspinall
• 1963The Iron Maiden — Sir Giles Thompson
• 1962The Amorous Prawn — Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
• 1962The Brain — Stevenson
• The Saint — Lord Gillingham
• 1961On the Fiddle — Group Capt. Bascombe, Gr/Cpt Bascombe
• 1961Petticoat Pirates — C-in-C
• The Avengers — Glover
• 1960A French Mistress — John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
• 1960Follow That Horse!
• 1960Swiss Family Robinson — Captain Moreland
• The Aquanauts — Dr. Cattermole
• 1960The Pure Hell of St Trinian's — Professor Canford
• 1960Under Ten Flags — Colonel Howard
• 1959The Navy Lark — Cmdr. Stanton
• 1959The Night We Dropped a Clanger — Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
• 1959The Wreck of the Mary Deare — Inquiry Chairman
• 1958A Tale of Two Cities — Jarvis Lorry
• 1958Happy Is the Bride — Arthur Royd
• 1958I Was Monty's Double — Colonel E.F. Logan
• 1958Indiscreet — Alfred Munson
• 1957The Admirable Crichton — Lord Henry Loam
• 1957True as a Turtle — Dudley Partridge
• 195623 Paces to Baker Street — Bob Matthews
• 1956It's Great to be Young! — Frome, Headmaster
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — The Lawyer
• 1955The Constant Husband — Llewellyn
• 1955The Court Jester — King Roderick I
• 1955The Ladykillers — Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
• 1954Father Brown — The Bishop
• 1954For Better, for Worse — John Purves
• 1953Isn't Life Wonderful! — Charles, the boy's father
• 1952His Excellency — Sir James Kirkman
• 1952I Believe in You — Henry Phipps
• 1952The Magic Box — 1st Platform Man
• 1951The Man in the White Suit — Alan Birnley
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Sir Simon de Canterville
• 1950Tony Draws a Horse
• 1949Dear Mr. Prohack — Arthur Prohack
• 1949The Chiltern Hundreds — Benjamin Beecham
• 1949Under Capricorn — The Governor
• 1948Quartet — Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
• Studio One — Dr. Hans Hojda, A newspaper publisher
• 1948The First Gentleman — The Prince Regent
• 1948The Weaker Sex — Geoffrey Radcliffe
• 1947Captain Boycott — Capt. Charles C. Boycott
• 1947Hungry Hill — Copper John
• 1947The Woman in the Hall — Sir Halmar Barnard
• 1946The Magic Bow — Luigi Germi
• 1945Caesar and Cleopatra — Britannus
• 1941Dangerous Moonlight — Specialist
• 1941Ships with Wings — German Air Marshal
• 1941The Saint's Vacation — Rudolph Hauser
• 1940The Stars Look Down — Stanley Millington
• 1940Under Your Hat — Sir Jeffrey Arlington
• 1939Sons of the Sea — Cmdr. Herbert
• 1938Housemaster — Sir Berkeley Nightingale
• 1938It Might Be You — Dr. Smith
• 1938Old Iron — Barnett
• 1938The Citadel — Dr. Charles Every
• 1938The Lady Vanishes — Eric Todhunter
• 1937Dark Journey — Captain Of Q-Boat
• 1937Storm in a Teacup — Provost William Gow
• 1936Dishonour Bright — Vincent Crane
• 1936Jack of All Trades — Sir Chas. Darrington
• 1936Men of Yesterday
• 1936The Man Who Changed His Mind — Dr. Gratton
• 1935Crime Unlimited — Assistant Commissioner
• 1935Foreign Affaires — Lord Wormington
• 1935Her Last Affaire — Sir Arthur Harding
• 1935Me and Marlborough — Colonel of the Greys
• 1935The Guv'nor — Bank Director
• 1934Dirty Work — Gordon Bray
• 1934Lady in Danger — Piker
• 1934Little Friend — Mason
• 1934The Blue Squadron — Bianchi
• 1934The Office Wife — Lawrence Bradley
• 1934The Silver Spoon — Trevor
• 1933A Cuckoo in the Nest — Claude Hickett
• 1933The Golden Cage

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2002Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making — Self (archive)
• Citizen James — Himself