People
Cecil Parker
Acting · follow into films and chains
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. 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.
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Ladykillers
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Lady Vanishes
As Eric Todhunter
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
As Inquiry Chairman
Under Capricorn
As The Governor
The Man in the White Suit
As Alan Birnley
Indiscreet
As Alfred Munson
Guns at Batasi
As Fletcher
I Was Monty's Double
As Colonel E.F. Logan
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Related people
Collaborators & neighbours
Acted
Guns at Batasi
1964 · Fletcher
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · Inquiry Chairman
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Colonel E.F. Logan
Indiscreet
1958 · Alfred Munson
The Ladykillers
1955 · Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Alan Birnley
Under Capricorn
1949 · The Governor
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · Eric Todhunter