Cast & creator
Cecil Parker
Best known for The Avengers, Robert Montgomery Presents, Studio One
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.
Also known as: Cecil Schwabe
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film credits
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television credits
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1933–2002 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (95)
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The Avengers
Glover
1961
Robert Montgomery Presents
Sir Simon de Canterville
1950
Studio One
Dr. Hans Hojda
1948Studio One
A newspaper publisher
1948
The Saint
Lord Gillingham
1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Lawyer
1955
The Aquanauts
Dr. Cattermole
1960
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Lady Vanishes
Eric Todhunter
1938
Swiss Family Robinson
Captain Moreland
1960
The Ladykillers
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
1955
Citizen James
Himself
1960
Under Capricorn
The Governor
1949
The Court Jester
King Roderick I
1955
Caesar and Cleopatra
Britannus
1945
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sir John
1969
A Study in Terror
Prime Minister
1965
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Inquiry Chairman
1959
The Man in the White Suit
Alan Birnley
1951
23 Paces to Baker Street
Bob Matthews
1956
A Tale of Two Cities
Jarvis Lorry
1958
The Admirable Crichton
Lord Henry Loam
1957
Indiscreet
Alfred Munson
1958
A Man Could Get Killed
Sir Huntley Frazier
1966
I Was Monty's Double
Colonel E.F. Logan
1958
The Citadel
Dr. Charles Every
1938
On the Fiddle
Group Capt. Bascombe
1961On the Fiddle
Gr/Cpt Bascombe
1961
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Gratton
1936
Storm in a Teacup
Provost William Gow
1937
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Professor Canford
1960
For Better, for Worse
John Purves
1954
The Stars Look Down
Stanley Millington
1940
Crime Unlimited
Assistant Commissioner
1935
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
The Mayor
1965
Guns at Batasi
Fletcher
1964
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Charles, the boy's father
1953
The Brain
Stevenson
1962
I Believe in You
Henry Phipps
1952
Lady L
Sir Percy
1965
Happy Is the Bride
Arthur Royd
1958
The Iron Maiden
Sir Giles Thompson
1963
The Woman in the Hall
Sir Halmar Barnard
1947
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
2002
The First Gentleman
The Prince Regent
1948
Carry On Jack
First Sea Lord
1964
Captain Boycott
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
1947
The Constant Husband
Llewellyn
1955
The Saint's Vacation
Rudolph Hauser
1941
Circus of Fear
Sir John
1966
It's Great to be Young!
Frome, Headmaster
1956
The Magic Box
1st Platform Man
1952
Heavens Above!
Archdeacon Aspinall
1963
The Weaker Sex
Geoffrey Radcliffe
1948
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
1959Old Iron
Barnett
1938
Sons of the Sea
Cmdr. Herbert
1939
Under Ten Flags
Colonel Howard
1960
Father Brown
The Bishop
1954
The Comedy Man
Thomas Rutherford
1964
A French Mistress
John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
1960
Petticoat Pirates
C-in-C
1961
Little Friend
Mason
1934
Hungry Hill
Copper John
1947
True as a Turtle
Dudley Partridge
1957
The Guv'nor
Bank Director
1935
A Cuckoo in the Nest
Claude Hickett
1933
The Navy Lark
Cmdr. Stanton
1959
The Chiltern Hundreds
Benjamin Beecham
1949
The Magnificent Two
Sir John
1967
Dark Journey
Captain Of Q-Boat
1937
The Magic Bow
Luigi Germi
1946Jack of All Trades
Sir Chas. Darrington
1936Tony Draws a Horse
1950
The Amorous Prawn
Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
1962
Ships with Wings
German Air Marshal
1941It Might Be You
Dr. Smith
1938Men of Yesterday
1936The Silver Spoon
Trevor
1934
Housemaster
Sir Berkeley Nightingale
1938
Dear Mr. Prohack
Arthur Prohack
1949
Quartet
Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1948
Dangerous Moonlight
Specialist
1941
His Excellency
Sir James Kirkman
1952
The Golden Cage
1933Foreign Affaires
Lord Wormington
1935
Dirty Work
Gordon Bray
1934The Blue Squadron
Bianchi
1934
Her Last Affaire
Sir Arthur Harding
1935
Under Your Hat
Sir Jeffrey Arlington
1940The Office Wife
Lawrence Bradley
1934
Dishonour Bright
Vincent Crane
1936
Me and Marlborough
Colonel of the Greys
1935
Lady in Danger
Piker
1934