Cecil Parker
16 titles
Filmography
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The Ladykillers
(1955)Director Alexander Mackendrick's film centres on a criminal gang planning their next job, who find themselves boarding with an innocent old lady who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs Wilberforce, they run into one problem after another, and they get what they deserve.

Heavens Above!
(1963)The inimitable Peter Sellers stars as John Smallwood, an idealistic Reverend appointed to the parish of an upper-class village by mistake. With a bad habit of telling the truth at all times, Smallwood makes several clerical decisions that shock his wealthy, landed-gentry parishioners.

I Was Monty's Double
(1958)This classic movie directed by John Guillermin is based on the true story of one of the best intelligence operations of World War II. An actor, trained by Major Harvey (John Mills), is seconded to impersonate General Montgomery on a tour of North Africa. The plan is to divert the Germans' attentions away from the real "Monty" and his plans for D-Day. Starring the real life actor and lookalike M.E. Clifton James and a formidable supporting cast including Cecil Parker, Leslie Phillips, Bryan Forbes and John Le Mesurier, this is a gripping retelling of those fateful few weeks before the Normandy campaign.

Indiscreet
(1958)Cary Grant is the suave American diplomat who pretends to be married in order to preserve his bachelor status. Ingrid Bergman is the glamorous leading lady of the London stage who has no scruples about having an affair with a married man.

The Man in the White Suit
(1951)An amateur chemist gets a target on his back by textile tycoons and trade unions when his genius invention threatens to put them both out of business.

Storm in a Teacup
(1937)Vivien Leigh plays the daughter of politician Cecil Parker in a small Scottish town who is under attack by the local paper.

The Brain
(1962)When a powerful and ruthless financier dies in a plane crash, a somewhat distubed scientist keeps the tycoon's brain alive in his laboratory.

Father Brown
(1954)A priest moonlighting as an amateur detective plays cat and mouse through Europe with an international art thief, who proves a clever opponent indeed.

Dangerous Moonlight
(1941)During World War II, an American newswoman falls for a Polish piano virtuoso...who wants to go back and fight.
The Saint's Vacation
(1941)An otherwise innocuous-looking music box is the coveted macguffin that provokes treachery, robbery, torture, murder, and a chase across the Continent involving one of Simon Templar's greatest nemeses, Rudolf Hauser. "The Saint" is aided by amiable sidekick Monte Hayward and spunky girl reporter Mary Langdon.

The Court Jester
(1955)Danny Kaye plays kind-hearted entertainer Hawkins who disguises himself as the legendary king of jesters, Giacomo. Hawkins infiltrates the court of the evil villain Basil Rathbone, but when a sorceress hypnotises him, royal chaos ensues.

Under Capricorn
(1949)A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.

Under Ten Flags
(1960)German raider, using various disguises, forces british ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.

The Man Who Changed His Mind
(1936)Dr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support.

The Lady Vanishes
(1938)While traveling by train across Europe, a wealthy young woman realizes that an elderly lady who shared her compartment seems to have disappeared.

Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young, beautiful Cleopatra meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar, who teaches her how to rule Egypt.