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Cecil Parker (born Cecil Schwabe; 3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English actor with a distinctively husky voice, who usually played supporting roles, often characters with a supercilious demeanour, in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969.
Cecil Parker. Actor: The Lady Vanishes. An air of almost smug disdain would hang over his characters like a grey cloud. Yet he could end up being a ray of sunshine with that cloud.
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.
Stage or screen, comedy or drama, playing butler or Lord Commander, Englishman Cecil Parker was born in 1897 and took an avid interest in performing following his discharge from World War I military service.
Sep 9, 2018 · HE was famous for playing the posh English gentleman in Hollywood films with stars including Ingrid Bergman but the real-life family story of Sussex actor Cecil Parker was far more dramatic,...
Cecil Parker is a British actor who, over the course of his career, made the transition between leading man to character actor, playing a series of stuffy, pompous upper crust Englishmen....
Apr 22, 1971 · LONDON, April 21 —Cecil Parker, the stage and movie actor who specialized in por trayals of the typical English gentleman, died yesterday at his home in Brighton. He was, 73 years old.
Contents. Cecil Parker. actor. Learn about this topic in these articles: “Swiss Family Robinson” In Swiss Family Robinson. …different ship, Captain Moreland (Cecil Parker) and his grandson. The two oldest Robinson boys manage to free the grandson, whom they soon discover is actually a girl (Janet Munro).
Cecil Parker was one of the great character actors from their golden age, the '30s to the '60s. He could be menacing or authoritative or simply stuffy; he could draw the water of wit from the stone of the most unyielding dialogue.
Cecil Parker (1897 - 1971) On the face of it, Cecil Parker's range as an actor was limited. Middle-aged, middle-class, pompous, blustering characters were his forte.
