Cecil Parker
Actor
Born September 2, 1897 in 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.
Filmography
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sir John
The Magnificent Two
Sir John
Circus of Fear
Sir John
A Man Could Get Killed
Sir Huntley Frazier
Lady L
Sir Percy
A Study in Terror
Prime Minister
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
The Mayor
Guns at Batasi
Fletcher
The Comedy Man
Thomas Rutherford
Sherlock Holmes
Carry On Jack
First Sea Lord
The Iron Maiden
Sir Giles Thompson
Heavens Above!
Archdeacon Aspinall
The Amorous Prawn
Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
The Saint
Lord Gillingham
The Brain
Stevenson
Petticoat Pirates
C-in-C
On the Fiddle
Group Capt. Bascombe
The Avengers
Glover
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Professor Canford
Swiss Family Robinson
Captain Moreland
Citizen James
Himself
Under Ten Flags
Colonel Howard
The Aquanauts
Dr. Cattermole
A French Mistress
John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Inquiry Chairman
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
The Navy Lark
Cmdr. Stanton
I Was Monty's Double
Colonel E.F. Logan
Indiscreet
Alfred Munson
Happy Is the Bride
Arthur Royd
A Tale of Two Cities
Jarvis Lorry
The Admirable Crichton
Lord Henry Loam
True as a Turtle
Dudley Partridge
It's Great to be Young!
Frome, Headmaster
23 Paces to Baker Street
Bob Matthews
The Court Jester
King Roderick I
The Ladykillers
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Lawyer
The Constant Husband
Llewellyn
For Better, for Worse
John Purves
Father Brown
The Bishop
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Charles, the boy's father
I Believe in You
Henry Phipps
His Excellency
Sir James Kirkman
The Magic Box
1st Platform Man
The Man in the White Suit
Alan Birnley
Robert Montgomery Presents
Sir Simon de Canterville
The Chiltern Hundreds
Benjamin Beecham
Under Capricorn
The Governor
Dear Mr. Prohack
Arthur Prohack
Studio One
Dr. Hans Hojda
Quartet
Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The Weaker Sex
Geoffrey Radcliffe
The First Gentleman
The Prince Regent
The Woman in the Hall
Sir Halmar Barnard
Captain Boycott
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
Hungry Hill
Copper John
The Magic Bow
Luigi Germi
Caesar and Cleopatra
Britannus
Ships with Wings
German Air Marshal
Dangerous Moonlight
Specialist
The Saint's Vacation
Rudolph Hauser
Under Your Hat
Sir Jeffrey Arlington
The Stars Look Down
Stanley Millington
Sons of the Sea
Cmdr. Herbert
The Citadel
Dr. Charles Every
The Lady Vanishes
Eric Todhunter
Housemaster
Sir Berkeley Nightingale
Dark Journey
Captain Of Q-Boat
Storm in a Teacup
Provost William Gow
Dishonour Bright
Vincent Crane
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Gratton
Her Last Affaire
Sir Arthur Harding
The Guv'nor
Bank Director
Crime Unlimited
Assistant Commissioner
Me and Marlborough
Colonel of the Greys
Dirty Work
Gordon Bray
Lady in Danger
Piker
Little Friend
Mason
A Cuckoo in the Nest
Claude Hickett
The Golden Cage