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Cecil Schwabe (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) who performed under the stage name Cecil Parker was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice and a supercilious demeanor, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Schwabe was born in Hastings, Sussex. He was educated at St Francois Xavier College, and at Bruges, Belgium.〔Who's Who in the Theatre by John Parker (11th Edition) (1952) (London)〕 After serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment in WWI, being discharged from the British Army with the rank of Sergeant 〔Medal index card of Cecil Schwabe (WO 372/17/1925/12), The National Archive, Kew, Surrey, England〕 he began his theatrical career in London in 1922, adopting the surname "Parker" from his mother's maiden name. 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) (in which he played an evil, usurping king of England), ''Indiscreet'' (1958) and ''I Believe in You'' (1952). Parker was also the original Charles Condomine in the West End production of Noël 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"). In 1957 he played Dr. Morelle in the BBC radio series, "A Case for Dr. Morelle". Parker married Muriel Anne Randell-Brown.〔Who's Who in the Theatre (1952) op cit〕 ==Filmography== * ''The Golden Cage'' (1933) * ''A Cuckoo in the Nest'' (1933) * ''Flat Number Three'' (1934) * ''The Silver Spoon'' (1934) * ''Dirty Work'' (1934) * ''Princess Charming'' (1934) * ''The Blue Squadron'' (1934) * ''Little Friend'' (1934) * ''Foreign Affaires'' (1935) * ''Lady in Danger'' (1935) * ''Me and Marlborough'' (1935) * ''Crime Unlimited'' (1935) * ''Her Last Affaire'' (1936) * ''Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * ''The Man Who Changed His Mind'' (1936) * ''Dishonour Bright'' (1936) * ''Jack of All Trades'' (1936) * ''Dark Journey'' (1937) * ''Storm in a Teacup'' (1937) * ''Housemaster'' (1938) * ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938) * ''The Citadel'' (1938) * ''Old Iron'' (1938) * ''Sons of the Sea'' (1939) * ''Under Your Hat'' (1940) * ''The Stars Look Down'' (1940) * ''The Spider'' (1940) * ''She Couldn't Say No'' (1940) * ''Two for Danger'' (1940) * ''The Saint's Vacation'' (1941) * ''Dangerous Moonlight'' (1941) * ''Ships with Wings'' (1942) * ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945) * ''The Magic Bow'' (1946) * ''Hungry Hill'' (1947) * ''Captain Boycott'' (1947) * ''The Woman in the Hall'' (1947) * ''The First Gentleman'' (1948) * ''The Weaker Sex'' (1948) * ''Quartet'' (1948) * ''Dear Mr. Prohack'' (1949) * ''Under Capricorn'' (1949) * ''The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) * ''Tony Draws a Horse'' (1950) * ''The Man in the White Suit'' (1951) * ''The Magic Box'' (1951) * ''His Excellency'' (1951) * ''I Believe in You'' (1951) * ''Isn't Life Wonderful!'' (1953) * ''For Better, for Worse'' (1954) * ''Father Brown'' (1954) * ''The Constant Husband'' (1955) * ''The Court Jester'' (1955) * ''The Ladykillers'' (1955) * ''23 Paces to Baker Street'' (1956) * ''It's Great to Be Young'' (1956) * ''True as a Turtle'' (1957) * ''The Admirable Crichton'' (1957) * ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1958) * ''Happy is the Bride'' (1958) * ''Indiscreet'' (1958) * ''I Was Monty's Double'' (1958) * ''The Night We Dropped a Clanger'' (1959) * ''The Navy Lark'' (1959) * ''The Wreck of the Mary Deare'' (1959) * ''Follow That Horse!'' (1960) * ''Sotto dieci bandiere'' (1960) * ''Swiss Family Robinson'' (1960) * ''A French Mistress'' (1960) * ''The Pure Hell of St Trinian's'' (1960) * ''On the Fiddle'' (1961) * ''Petticoat Pirates'' (1961) * ''The Iron Maiden'' (1962) * ''The Brain'' (1962) * ''The Amorous Prawn'' (1962) * ''Heavens Above!'' (1963) * ''Carry On Jack'' (1963) * ''The Comedy Man'' (1964) * ''Guns at Batasi'' (1964) * ''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' (1965) * ''A Study in Terror'' (1965) * ''Lady L'' (1965) * ''A Man Could Get Killed'' (1966) * ''Circus of Fear'' (1966) * ''The Magnificent Two'' (1967) * ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecil Parker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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