
September 2, 1897 · 128 years old
Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after se…

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him--although he's already married.

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.

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

An enthusiastic young doctor happily embarks on his career, but it isn't long before he finds out what being a doctor really entails.

In 1905, Lord Henry Loam and his family and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant.

A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.

During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.

It's heaven at Angel Hill Grammar School until the arrival of the new headmaster, Mr. Frome, who prohibits sixth formers from their beloved music-making. Dingle, a very unconventional music master, helps the students in their time...

Charles Byrd, known as "Chick", has spent his adult life acting in small repertory companies all over the UK, and he's never had much luck. All too aware that he's no longer young, Chick makes one last stab at finding success in L...

Young Viscount Tony Pym manages to get an army leave on the pretence of running for the Conservatives in the next local election. His only aim in fact is to marry June, a rich American heiress, before she returns to America. Due t...

The wife of a politician is found dead at a country inn, where she had been seen with the politician's secretary, Alan. He is the immediate suspect but has a valid alibi.