Cecil Parker

1897-1971

Biography: life and films

Cecil Parker was an English actor. He was born in Hastings, Sussex, England on 3rd September 1897 and died in Brighton, Sussex, England on 20th April 1971, aged 73.

His best films as an actor include Alexander Mackendrick's The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Ladykillers (1955), Ralph Thomas's A Tale of Two Cities (1958), John Guillermin's I Was Monty's Double (1958) and Stanley Donen's comedy Indiscreet (1958).

Cecil Parker appeared in 86 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Tom Walls (6 films), Maurice Elvey (4), George King (4), Victor Saville (2), Roy Boulting (2), Robert Hamer (2), John Paddy Carstairs (2), John Guillermin (2), Gerald Thomas (2), Frank Launder (2), Cyril Frankel (2), Brian Desmond Hurst (2), Alfred Hitchcock (2) and Alexander Mackendrick (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (40 films), drama (32), comedy-romance (11), War (9), Thriller (9), romance (5), history (5), comedy-drama (5), Horror (4), crime-thriller (3) and comedy-thriller (3).

Our average rating for Cecil Parker over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

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A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) [a]

The Golden Cage (1933) [a]

Dirty Work (1934) [a]

Flat Number Three (1934) [a]

Little Friend (1934) [a]

Nine Forty-Five (1934) [a]

Princess Charming (1934) [a]

The Blue Squadron (1934) [a]

The Silver Spoon (1934) [a]

Crime Unlimited (1935) [a]

Foreign Affaires (1935) [a]

Lady in Danger (1935) [a]

Me and Marlborough (1935) [a]

The Guv'nor (1935) [a]

Dishonour Bright (1936) [a]

Her Last Affaire (1936) [a]

Jack of All Trades (1936) [a]

Men of Yesterday (1936) [a]

The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) [a]

Dark Journey (1937) [a]

Storm in a Teacup (1937) [a]

Housemaster (1938) [a]

Old Iron (1938) [a]

The Citadel (1938) [a]

The Lady Vanishes (1938) [a]

Sons of the Sea (1939) [a]

She Couldn't Say No (1940) [a]

The Spider (1940) [a]

The Stars Look Down (1940) [a]

Two for Danger (1940) [a]

Under Your Hat (1940) [a]

Dangerous Moonlight (1941) [a]

The Saint's Vacation (1941) [a]

Ships with Wings (1942) [a]

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) [a]

The Magic Bow (1946) [a]

Captain Boycott (1947) [a]

Hungry Hill (1947) [a]

The Woman in the Hall (1947) [a]

The First Gentleman (1948) [a]

The Weaker Sex (1948) [a]

Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) [a]

The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) [a]

Under Capricorn (1949) [a]

Tony Draws a Horse (1950) [a]

The Man in the White Suit (1951) [a]

His Excellency (1952) [a]

I Believe in You (1952) [a]

Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953) [a]

Father Brown (1954) [a]

For Better, for Worse (1954) [a]

The Constant Husband (1955) [a]

The Court Jester (1955) [a]

The Ladykillers (1955) [a]

23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) [a]

It's Great to Be Young! (1956) [a]

The Admirable Crichton (1957) [a]

True as a Turtle (1957) [a]

A Tale of Two Cities (1958) [a]

Happy Is the Bride (1958) [a]

I Was Monty's Double (1958) [a]

Indiscreet (1958) [a]

The Navy Lark (1959) [a]

The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959) [a]

The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) [a]

A French Mistress (1960) [a]

Follow That Horse! (1960) [a]

Sotto dieci bandiere (1960) [a]

Swiss Family Robinson (1960) [a]

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960) [a]

On the Fiddle (1961) [a]

Petticoat Pirates (1961) [a]

The Amorous Prawn (1962) [a]

The Brain (1962) [a]

The Iron Maiden (1962) [a]

Carry on Jack (1963) [a]

Heavens Above! (1963) [a]

Guns at Batasi (1964) [a]

The Comedy Man (1964) [a]

A Study in Terror (1965) [a]

Lady L (1965) [a]

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) [a]

A Man Could Get Killed (1966) [a]

Circus of Fear (1966) [a]

The Magnificent Two (1967) [a]

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) [a]



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