Cecil Parker

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Cecil Parker (born September 3, 1897 in Hastings , East Sussex , England as Cecil Schwabe , † April 20, 1971 in Brighton , East Sussex, England) was a British actor who was used in character roles in both crime films and comedies.

Life

Cecil Parker was born under the name Cecil Schwabe on the south coast of England in Hastings. The last name Parker, which he used for his acting career, was his mother's maiden name. After serving as a sergeant in World War I , he began his acting career in 1922. He performed in both the East End of London and Ireland . In 1933 he made his film debut in a supporting role in The Golden Cage and was able to establish himself in the film business over the next few years. His international breakthrough came in 1938 in the Hitchcock film A Lady Disappears in the role of the unsympathetic adulterer Mr. Todhunter. Another time under Hitchcock's direction he starred in 1949 in the film Slave of the Heart alongside Ingrid Bergman ; he embodied the governor of Australia at the time of the colony.

In 1938 he appeared with Die Zitadelle in the film adaptation of a work by Archibald Joseph Cronin , only two years later he starred again in a Cronin film adaptation with Die Sterne blicken down bei. In the decades that followed, Parker worked in both British cinema and Hollywood. In 1946 he was seen in Caesar and Cleopatra at the side of Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains as a British slave. He often embodied comical, but nevertheless worthy and respectable characters who still seemed worthy when they weren't, for example as the crook Major Courtney in the black comedy Ladykillers from the Ealing Studios . Another film from the Ealing Studios in which he was involved was The Man in the White Suit , where, as a textile manufacturer, he opposes Alec Guinness ' invention of a tear-resistant, dirt-repellent synthetic fiber. In 1955 he played the decadent King Roderich of England in the comedy The Court Jester alongside Danny Kaye and Basil Rathbone .

In the 1960s, Parker occasionally took part in a few films, for example in the slapstick comedy Ist ja crazy - 'ne dismantled frigate . He also had guest appearances in television productions such as Mit Schirm, Charme and Melone . In the German Edgar Wallace film The Riddle of the Silver Triangle , he played Sir John, Heinz Drache's boss . In 1969, Parker retired from the acting business after around 100 film and television appearances.

He was married to his wife Murial Ann Randall Brown from 1927. They had a child.

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personal data
SURNAME Parker, Cecil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwabe, Cecil (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Hastings , East Sussex
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1971
Place of death Brighton , East Sussex