MacDonald Parke

MacDonald Parke

Born: July 29, 1891
Died: July 17, 1960
in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Movies for MacDonald Parke...

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Title: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Character: Judge
Released: March 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
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The Battle of the Sexes
Title: The Battle of the Sexes
Character: C.J.
Released: February 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
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A Touch of Larceny
Title: A Touch of Larceny
Character: Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke)
Released: February 4, 1960
Type: Movie
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
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The Mouse That Roared
Title: The Mouse That Roared
Character: General Snippet
Released: July 17, 1959
Type: Movie
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
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John Paul Jones
Title: John Paul Jones
Character: Arthur Lee
Released: June 16, 1959
Type: Movie
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
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I Was Monty's Double
Title: I Was Monty's Double
Character: American General
Released: October 21, 1958
Type: Movie
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
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The March Hare
Title: The March Hare
Character: Maguire
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.
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Summertime
Title: Summertime
Character: Lloyd McIlhenny
Released: June 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
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The Good Die Young
Title: The Good Die Young
Character: Mr. Carruthers
Released: March 2, 1954
Type: Movie
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
Title: Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
Character: Adm. William D. Fields
Released: September 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on a 1944 West End stage success with Ralph Lynn, this is a classic bedroom farce for those who like them that way -- its theatrical origins acknowledged in the credits and clearly apparent when most of the action takes place with characters popping in and out of a single-room set -- enlivened by a sex-pot performance by Diana Dors as blackmailing first wife Candy.
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Babes in Bagdad
Title: Babes in Bagdad
Character: Caliph
Released: December 7, 1952
Type: Movie
The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer.
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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Title: The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Character: American Businessman
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A meek teller thinks he's killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.
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Saturday Island
Title: Saturday Island
Character: Ship's Captain
Released: March 20, 1952
Type: Movie
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during World War II, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe (Linda Darnell) and Marine Michael Dugan (Tab Hunter) find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tropical island. But when British pilot William Peck (Donald Gray) crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, Dugan suddenly discovers he has a rival in love.
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A Tale of Five Cities
Title: A Tale of Five Cities
Character: New York Magazine Editor (as Macdonald Parke)
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory
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Night and the City
Title: Night and the City
Character: American from Chicago (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Title: No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Character: Doc (as Macdonald Parke)
Released: April 15, 1948
Type: Movie
Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.
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They Flew Alone
Title: They Flew Alone
Character: Man
Released: June 29, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
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Hi Gang!
Title: Hi Gang!
Character: Attorney
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Hi Gang! is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. It was a spin-off from the popular radio series Hi Gang!.
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Shipyard Sally
Title: Shipyard Sally
Character: Diggs
Released: September 30, 1939
Type: Movie
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.