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Personal Info

Known Credits 85

Gender Male

Birthdate 1897-09-02 (128 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

Also Known For 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 televisi ...

Known For

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

Oh! What a Lovely War

The Magnificent Two

Circus of Fear

A Man Could Get Killed

Acting

2002 -- Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making | Self (archive)

1969 -- Oh! What a Lovely War | Sir John

1967 -- The Magnificent Two | British Ambassador

1966 -- Circus of Fear | Sir John

1966 -- A Man Could Get Killed | Sir Huntley Frazier

1965 -- Lady L | Sir Percy

1965 -- A Study in Terror | Prime Minister

1965 -- The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | The Mayor

1964 -- Guns at Batasi | Fletcher

1964 -- The Comedy Man | Thomas Rutherford

1964 -- Carry On Jack | First Sealord

1963 -- The Iron Maiden | Sir Giles Thompson

1963 -- Heavens Above! | Archdeacon Aspinall

1962 -- The Amorous Prawn | Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam

1962 -- The Brain | Stevenson

1961 -- Petticoat Pirates | C-in-C

1961 -- On the Fiddle | Gr/Cpt Bascombe

1961 -- On the Fiddle | Group Capt. Bascombe

1960 -- The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Professor Canford

1960 -- Swiss Family Robinson | Captain Moreland

1960 -- Under Ten Flags | Colonel Howard

1960 -- A French Mistress | John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School

1960 -- Follow That Horse! |

1959 -- The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Inquiry Chairman

1959 -- The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser

1959 -- The Navy Lark | Cmdr. Stanton

1958 -- I Was Monty's Double | Colonel E.F. Logan

1958 -- Indiscreet | Alfred Munson

1958 -- Happy Is the Bride | Arthur Royd

1958 -- A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry

1957 -- The Admirable Crichton | Lord Henry Loam

1957 -- True as a Turtle | Dudley Partridge

1956 -- It's Great to be Young! | Frome, Headmaster

1956 -- 23 Paces to Baker Street | Bob Matthews

1955 -- The Court Jester | King Roderick I

1955 -- The Ladykillers | Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

1955 -- The Constant Husband | Llewellyn

1954 -- Isn't Life Wonderful! | Charles, the boy's father

1954 -- For Better, for Worse | Anne's Father

1954 -- Father Brown | The Bishop

1952 -- I Believe in You | Henry Phipps

1952 -- His Excellency | Sir James Kirkman

1952 -- The Magic Box | 1st Platform Man

1951 -- The Man in the White Suit | Alan Birnley

1950 -- Tony Draws a Horse |

1949 -- The Chiltern Hundreds | Benjamin Beecham

1949 -- Under Capricorn | The Governor

1949 -- Dear Mr. Prohack | Arthur Prohack

1948 -- Quartet | Colonel George Peregrine

1948 -- The Weaker Sex | Geoffrey Radcliffe

1948 -- The First Gentleman | The Prince Regent

1947 -- The Woman in the Hall | Sir Halmar Barnard

1947 -- Captain Boycott | Capt. Charles C. Boycott

1947 -- Hungry Hill | Copper John

1946 -- The Magic Bow | Luigi Germi

1945 -- Caesar and Cleopatra | Britannus

1941 -- Ships with Wings | German Air Marshal

1941 -- Dangerous Moonlight | Specialist

1941 -- The Saint's Vacation | Rudolph Hauser

1940 -- Under Your Hat | Sir Jeffrey Arlington

1940 -- The Stars Look Down | Stanley Millington

1939 -- Sons of the Sea | Cmdr. Herbert

1938 -- It Might Be You | Dr. Smith

1938 -- The Citadel | Dr. Charles Every

1938 -- The Lady Vanishes | Eric Todhunter

1938 -- Housemaster | Sir Berkeley Nightingale

1937 -- Dark Journey | Captain Of Q-Boat

1937 -- Storm in a Teacup | Provost William Gow

1936 -- Jack of All Trades | Sir Chas. Darrington

1936 -- Dishonour Bright | Vincent Crane

1936 -- The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Gratton

1936 -- Men of Yesterday |

1935 -- Foreign Affaires | Lord Wormington

1935 -- Her Last Affaire | Sir Arthur Harding

1935 -- The Guv'nor | Bank Director

1935 -- Crime Unlimited | Assistant Commissioner

1935 -- Me and Marlborough | Colonel of the Greys

1934 -- The Blue Squadron |

1934 -- Dirty Work | Gordon Bray

1934 -- Lady in Danger | Piker

1934 -- Little Friend | Mason

1934 -- The Office Wife | Lawrence Bradley

1934 -- The Silver Spoon | Trevor

1933 -- A Cuckoo in the Nest | Claude Hickett

1933 -- The Golden Cage |