Cecil Parker

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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.

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2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Movie Self (archive)
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie Sir John
1967
The Magnificent Two
Movie Sir John
1966
Circus of Fear
Movie Sir John
1966
A Man Could Get Killed
Movie Sir Huntley Frazier
1965
Lady L
Movie Sir Percy
1965
A Study in Terror
Movie Prime Minister
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Movie The Mayor
1964
Guns at Batasi
Movie Fletcher
1964
The Comedy Man
Movie Thomas Rutherford
1964
Sherlock Holmes
TV show
1964
Carry On Jack
Movie First Sea Lord
1963
The Iron Maiden
Movie Sir Giles Thompson
1963
Heavens Above!
Movie Archdeacon Aspinall
1962
The Amorous Prawn
Movie Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
1962
The Saint
TV show Lord Gillingham

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1962
The Brain
Movie Stevenson
1961
Petticoat Pirates
Movie C-in-C
1961
On the Fiddle
Movie Group Capt. Bascombe
1961
The Avengers
TV show Glover
1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Movie Professor Canford
1960
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie Captain Moreland
1960
Citizen James
TV show Himself
1960
Under Ten Flags
Movie Colonel Howard
1960
The Aquanauts
TV show Dr. Cattermole
1960
A French Mistress
Movie John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
1960
Follow That Horse!
Movie
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Movie Inquiry Chairman
1959
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Movie Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
1959
The Navy Lark
Movie Cmdr. Stanton
1958
I Was Monty's Double
Movie Colonel E.F. Logan
1958
Indiscreet
Movie Alfred Munson
1958
Happy Is the Bride
Movie Arthur Royd
1958
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie Jarvis Lorry
1957
The Admirable Crichton
Movie Lord Henry Loam
1957
True as a Turtle
Movie Dudley Partridge
1956
It's Great to be Young!
Movie Frome, Headmaster
1956
23 Paces to Baker Street
Movie Bob Matthews
1955
The Court Jester
Movie King Roderick I
1955
The Ladykillers
Movie Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'