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