MacDonald Parke

AKA: Macdonald Parke
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1891-07-29

Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {23}

General Snippet

1959-07-17 6.355

The Mouse That Roared

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, ...
Genre :Comedy

Doc (as Macdonald Parke)

1948-04-15 6

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods. ...
Genre :Crime

Judge

1960-03-04 7.293

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

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 ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Ship's Captain

1952-03-20 4.8

Saturday Island

When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tr ...
Genre :Adventure, War, Romance

New York Magazine Editor (as Macdonald Parke)

1951-03-01 4.857

A Tale of Five Cities

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 Am ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Diggs

1939-09-30 5

Shipyard Sally

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. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Maguire

1956-01-01 6

The March Hare

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 surpr ...
Genre :Comedy

Caliph

1952-12-07 5

Babes in Bagdad

The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer. ...
Genre :Comedy

(uncredited)

1957-09-12 6.754

A King in New York

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subse ...
Genre :Comedy

Colonel Kaw

1947-10-23 0

Trilby

Single-camera theater production of Trilby performed live and broadcast on the BBC. Intended to evoke the highly successful Trilby stage plays of the 1890s. Lost. ...
Genre :Drama

Attorney

1941-12-27 5.5

Hi Gang!

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!. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Jason Parrish (as Macdonald Parke)

1960-02-04 5.9

A Touch of Larceny

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 ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Lloyd McIlhenny

1955-06-21 6.756

Summertime

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 rom ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

American from Chicago (uncredited)

1950-06-15 7.504

Night and the City

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. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Mr. Carruthers

1954-03-02 6.3

The Good Die Young

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Arthur Lee

1959-06-16 5.875

John Paul Jones

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia. ...
Genre :War, History, Action, Romance

American General

1958-10-21 6.852

I Was Monty's Double

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Adm. William D. Fields

1953-09-22 5

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

An American soldier stationed in England is ready to go on his honeymoon with his new wife when his ex-wife, a gorgeous blonde, shows up and insists that they're still married. His two buddies try to ...
Genre :Comedy

Man

1942-06-29 6

They Flew Alone

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 ...
Genre :Drama

C.J.

1960-02-25 6.5

The Battle of the Sexes

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

American Businessman

1952-12-01 5.8

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his act ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Schuyster the Lawyer (uncredited)

1952-03-24 6.4

Penny Princess

A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

American Tourist

1956-10-29 6.417

Beyond Mombasa

An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure