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Cecil Parker
Life Time
3 September 1897 - 20 April 1971
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Born September 3, 1897 in Hastings, East Sussex. His real name is Cecil Schwab. For the first time he declared himself as a theater actor shortly after the First World War, and in 1929 he starred in his first film, which, apparently, has not survived. Able to appear domineering, often arrogant, Parker was known as a character actor who appeared on the screen in the images of high army ranks, aristocrats, kings and other high-ranking figures. In the mid-to-late thirties, Parker starred in several
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Born September 3, 1897 in Hastings, East Sussex. His real name is Cecil Schwab. For the first time he declared himself as a theater actor shortly after the First World War, and in 1929 he starred in his first film, which, apparently, has not survived. Able to appear domineering, often arrogant, Parker was known as a character actor who appeared on the screen in the images of high army ranks, aristocrats, kings and other high-ranking figures. In the mid-to-late thirties, Parker starred in several films a year and was among the most sought-after British actors. His most famous film of the time, no doubt, was the famous detective Alfred Hitchcock “Lady disappears” (1938), in which he played the role of cowardly and cowardly businessman Eric Todhunter. After a break from World War II, Parker returned to cinema. In the postwar years, he played several leading roles in the films Captain Boycott (1947, Directed by Frank Launder), The Weak Sex (1948, Directed by Roy Ward Baker), Chiltern Handreds (another title is The Amazing Mr. Beacham, 1948, Directed by John Paddy Carsters) and Alexander McCendrick's well-known crime comedy Women Killers (1955). He also rose to fame as a performer of bright, memorable supporting roles - Britannic in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945, dir. Gabriel Pascal), Lord Lom in The Delightful Crichton (1957, dir. Lewis Gilbert), Jarvis Lorrie in A Tale of Two Cities (1958, dir. Ralph Thomas). Parker's last acting work was a cameo in Peter Attenborough's anti-war musical Oh What a Beautiful War! (1969). He died on 20 April 1971 in Brighton.