Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

02/09/1897

Day of Death

20/04/1971
(74) years old

Place of Birth

Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

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 se... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Sir John

1967

The Magnificent Two

as Sir John

1966

Circus of Fear

as Sir John

1966

A Man Could Get Killed

as Sir Huntley Frazier

1965

Lady L

as Sir Percy

1965

A Study in Terror

as Prime Minister

1964

Guns at Batasi

as Fletcher

1964

The Comedy Man

as Thomas Rutherford

1964

Carry On Jack

as First Sealord

1963

The Iron Maiden

as Sir Giles Thompson

1963

Heavens Above!

as Archdeacon Aspinall

1962

The Amorous Prawn

as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam

1962

The Brain

as Stevenson

1961

Petticoat Pirates

as C-in-C

1961

On the Fiddle

as Group Capt. Bascombe

1961

On the Fiddle

as Gr/Cpt Bascombe

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

as Professor Canford

1960

Swiss Family Robinson

as Captain Moreland

1960

Under Ten Flags

as Colonel Howard

1960

A French Mistress

as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury Sc...

1959

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

as Inquiry Chairman

1959

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser

1959

The Navy Lark

as Cmdr. Stanton

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Colonel E.F. Logan

1958

Indiscreet

as Alfred Munson

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as Arthur Royd

1958

A Tale of Two Cities

as Jarvis Lorry

1957

The Admirable Crichton

as Lord Henry Loam

1957

True as a Turtle

as Dudley Partridge

1956

It's Great to be Young!

as Frome, Headmaster

1956

23 Paces to Baker Street

as Bob Matthews

1955

The Court Jester

as King Roderick I

1955

The Ladykillers

as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

1955

The Constant Husband

as Llewellyn

1954

For Better, for Worse

as Anne's Father

1954

Father Brown

as The Bishop

1953

Isn't Life Wonderful!

as Charles, the boy's father

1952

I Believe in You

as Henry Phipps

1952

His Excellency

as Sir James Kirkman

1952

The Magic Box

as 1st Platform Man

1951

The Man in the White Suit

as Alan Birnley

1949

The Chiltern Hundreds

as Benjamin Beecham

1949

Under Capricorn

as The Governor

1949

Dear Mr. Prohack

as Arthur Prohack

1948

Quartet

as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The C...

1948

The Weaker Sex

as Geoffrey Radcliffe

1948

The First Gentleman

as The Prince Regent

1947

The Woman in the Hall

as Sir Halmar Barnard

1947

Captain Boycott

as Capt. Charles C. Boycott

1947

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

1941

Dangerous Moonlight

as Specialist

1941

The Saint's Vacation

as Rudolph Hauser

1940

Under Your Hat

as Sir Jeffrey Arlington

1940

The Stars Look Down

as Stanley Millington

1939

Sons of the Sea

as Cmdr. Herbert

1938

It Might Be You

as Dr. Smith

1938

The Citadel

as Dr. Charles Every

1938

The Lady Vanishes

as Eric Todhunter

1938

Housemaster

as Sir Berkeley Nightingale

1937

Dark Journey

as Captain Of Q-Boat

1937

Storm in a Teacup

as Provost William Gow

1936

Jack of All Trades

as Sir Chas. Darrington

1936

Dishonour Bright

as Vincent Crane

1935

Foreign Affaires

as Lord Wormington

1935

Her Last Affaire

as Sir Arthur Harding

1935

The Guv'nor

as Bank Director

1935

Crime Unlimited

as Assistant Commissioner

1935

Me and Marlborough

as Colonel of the Greys

1934

Dirty Work

as Gordon Bray

1934

Lady in Danger

as Piker

1934

Little Friend

as Mason

1934

The Office Wife

as Lawrence Bradley

1934

The Silver Spoon

as Trevor

1933

A Cuckoo in the Nest

as Claude Hickett