Cecil Parker

Personal Info

Birthday

September 2, 1897

Day of Death

1971-04-20

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

Also Known As

Cecil Schwabe

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.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Avengers

The Saint

Studio One

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Aquanauts

The Ladykillers

Swiss Family Robinson

Filmography

2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sir John
1967
The Magnificent Two
as Sir John
1966
Circus of Fear
as Sir John
A Man Could Get Killed
as Sir Huntley Frazier
1965
Lady L
as Sir Percy
A Study in Terror
as Prime Minister
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as The Mayor
1964
Guns at Batasi
as Fletcher
The Comedy Man
as Thomas Rutherford
Carry On Jack
as First Sealord
1963
The Iron Maiden
as Sir Giles Thompson
Heavens Above!
as Archdeacon Aspinall
1962
The Amorous Prawn
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
The Brain
as Stevenson
1961
Petticoat Pirates
as C-in-C
On the Fiddle
as Group Capt. Bascombe
1960
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Professor Canford
Swiss Family Robinson
as Captain Moreland
Under Ten Flags
as Colonel Howard
A French Mistress
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Inquiry Chairman
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
The Navy Lark
as Cmdr. Stanton
1958
I Was Monty's Double
as Colonel E.F. Logan
Indiscreet
as Alfred Munson
Happy Is the Bride
as Arthur Royd
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
1957
The Admirable Crichton
as Lord Henry Loam
True as a Turtle
as Dudley Partridge
1956
It's Great to be Young!
as Frome, Headmaster
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Bob Matthews
1955
The Court Jester
as King Roderick I
The Ladykillers
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
The Constant Husband
as Llewellyn
1954
For Better, for Worse
as Anne's Father
Father Brown
as The Bishop
1953
Isn't Life Wonderful!
as Charles, the boy's father
1952
I Believe in You
as Henry Phipps
His Excellency
as Sir James Kirkman
The Magic Box
as 1st Platform Man
1951
The Man in the White Suit
as Alan Birnley
1949
The Chiltern Hundreds
as Benjamin Beecham
Under Capricorn
as The Governor
Dear Mr. Prohack
as Arthur Prohack
1948
Quartet
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The Weaker Sex
as Geoffrey Radcliffe
The First Gentleman
as The Prince Regent
1947
The Woman in the Hall
as Sir Halmar Barnard
Captain Boycott
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
Hungry Hill
as Copper John
1946
The Magic Bow
as Luigi Germi
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Britannus
1941
Ships with Wings
as German Air Marshal
Dangerous Moonlight
as Specialist
The Saint's Vacation
as Rudolph Hauser
1940
Under Your Hat
as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
The Stars Look Down
as Stanley Millington
1939
Sons of the Sea
as Cmdr. Herbert
1938
It Might Be You
as Dr. Smith
The Citadel
as Dr. Charles Every
The Lady Vanishes
as Eric Todhunter
Housemaster
as Sir Berkeley Nightingale
1937
Dark Journey
as Captain Of Q-Boat
Storm in a Teacup
as Provost William Gow
1936
Jack of All Trades
as Sir Chas. Darrington
Dishonour Bright
as Vincent Crane
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Gratton
1935
Foreign Affaires
as Lord Wormington
Her Last Affaire
as Sir Arthur Harding
The Guv'nor
as Bank Director
Crime Unlimited
as Assistant Commissioner
Me and Marlborough
as Colonel of the Greys
1934
Dirty Work
as Gordon Bray
Lady in Danger
as Piker
Little Friend
as Mason
The Office Wife
as Lawrence Bradley
The Silver Spoon
as Trevor
1933
A Cuckoo in the Nest
as Claude Hickett