MacDonald Parke

Acting

MacDonald Parke

Born — Died

1891-07-29 — 1960-07-17

Place of birth

Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 16 titles

Night and the City poster
7.5

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.

Night and the City

1950

A King in New York poster
6.7

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 subsequent HUAC hearings.

A King in New York

1957

John Paul Jones poster
6.0

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

John Paul Jones

1959

The Mouse That Roared poster
6.4

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.

The Mouse That Roared

1959

Summertime poster
6.7

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.

Summertime

1955

I Was Monty's Double poster
6.9

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.

I Was Monty's Double

1958

The Good Die Young poster
6.3

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

The Good Die Young

1954

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By poster
5.9

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 actions, leading to a reversal of roles.

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

1952

A Tale of Five Cities poster
5.0

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

A Tale of Five Cities

1951

Saturday Island poster
5.6

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 tropical island. But when British pilot William Peck crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, Dugan suddenly discovers he has a rival in love.

Saturday Island

1952

Babes in Bagdad poster
5.8

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

Babes in Bagdad

1952

Beyond Mombasa poster
6.8

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

Beyond Mombasa

1956

Mrs. Wickens in the Fall poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mrs. Wickens in the Fall

1957

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? poster
5.6

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 help him out of his predicament, but his troubles are only just starting.

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

1953

The March Hare poster
6.3

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.

The March Hare

1956

Penny Princess poster
6.7

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. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.

Penny Princess

1952