Cecil Parker
Birthday
1897/09/02
Day of death
1971/04/20 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Also know 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 televisi...Read more
Acting
(1938) The Lady Vanishes
as Eric Todhunter
(1958) A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
(1955) The Ladykillers
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
(1960) The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Professor Canford
(1936) The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Gratton
(1958) Indiscreet
as Alfred Munson
(1938) Housemaster
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale
(1945) Caesar and Cleopatra
as Britannus
(1955) The Court Jester
as King Roderick I
(1964) Carry On Jack
as First Sea Lord
(1951) The Man in the White Suit
as Alan Birnley
(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) 23 Paces to Baker Street
as Bob Matthews
(1934) The Blue Squadron
as Bianchi
(1941) Dangerous Moonlight
as Specialist
(1938) The Citadel
as Dr. Charles Every
(1937) Storm in a Teacup
as Provost William Gow
(1955) The Constant Husband
as Llewellyn
(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) Petticoat Pirates
as C-in-C
(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) The Magnificent Two
as Sir John
(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
(1950) Tony Draws a Horse
as ---
(1936) Jack of All Trades
as Sir Chas. Darrington
(1935) Me and Marlborough
as Colonel of the Greys
(1934) Little Friend
as Mason
(1949) The Chiltern Hundreds
as Benjamin Beecham
(1935) Her Last Affaire
as Sir Arthur Harding
(1936) Dishonour Bright
as Vincent Crane
(1934) Lady in Danger
as Piker
(1940) Under Your Hat
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
(1949) Under Capricorn
as The Governor
(1933) The Golden Cage
as ---
(1959) The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Inquiry Chairman
(1935) Foreign Affaires
as Lord Wormington
(1960) Follow That Horse!
as ---
(1941) Ships with Wings
as German Air Marshal
(1934) The Silver Spoon
as Trevor
(1934) The Office Wife
as Lawrence Bradley
(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sir John
(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) The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as The Mayor
(1965) Lady L
as Sir Percy
(1936) Men of Yesterday
as ---
(2002) Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
(1938) It Might Be You
as Dr. Smith
(1961) The Avengers
as Glover
(1948) Studio One
as Dr. Hans Hojda
(1962) The Saint
as Lord Gillingham
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Lawyer
(1960) The Aquanauts
as Dr. Cattermole
(1964) Sherlock Holmes
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Sir Simon de Canterville
(1960) Citizen James
as Himself
(1948) Studio One
as A newspaper publisher