Milton Parsons
Ernest Milton Parsons was an American character actor.
Career
In 1927, Parsons performed with The Strolling Players of Boston acting company. On Broadway, he portrayed James Case in Unto the Third, Saul of Tarsus in The Vigil, and Albert Plaschke in Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
Milton Parsons signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1939 as a character actor. Bald-headed and wide-eyed, with a soft-spoken, British-accented voice, Parsons became typecast as morticians, coroners, mad doctors, and dangerous eccentrics, although he often played for comedy with a broad smile and bulging eyes. After one year with M-G-M, he began freelancing and worked steadily for various studios. He appeared in more than 160 films, television shows, and commercials between 1939 and 1978.
Selected filmography
When Tomorrow Comes - Mr. Henderson, the Organist Dad for a Day - Mr. Kincaid Bad Little Angel - Minister at Station Another Thin Man - Coroner Judge Hardy and Son - Florist Alfalfa's Double - WilloughbyEdison, the Man - 'Acid' GrahamWe Who Are Young - Expectant Father Boom Town - Aldrich's Assistant Dr. Kildare Goes Home - Parkersville Crazy Man Sky Murder - BrockThird Finger, Left Hand - Arcade Photographer Who Killed Aunt Maggie? - Mr. LloydBehind the News - EddieMurder Among Friends - DouglassDead Men Tell - Gene LaFargeCracked Nuts - Olson Hold That Ghost - Harry Hoskins Dressed to Kill - Max AllaronDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Choir Master Man at Large - Mr. SartorisA Close Call for Ellery Queen - Rogers' ButlerCastle in the Desert - Arthur FletcherRoxie Hart - AnnouncerThe Remarkable Andrew - Purchase Agent Sam SavageMy Favorite Blonde - MorticianThe Girl from Alaska - SandersonFingers at the Window - Jarvis J. Banhoff - First Axe-Murderer The Great Man's Lady - Foreman Mokey - Mr. Larkspur Whispering Ghosts - Dr. Walter BascombThe Man in the Trunk - Doctor PlumaWho Done It? - Coroner The Hidden Hand - John ChanningLife Begins at Eight-Thirty - Radio Announcer Over My Dead Body - George LawrinHoly Matrimony - Clerk Sweet Rosie O'Grady - Madison Rationing - HankThe Hitler Gang - Judge / Teacher Gambler's Choice - John Anderson Cry of the Werewolf - AdamsonMurder in the Blue Room - Chauffeur Lost in a Harem - Crystal GazerThe Great John L. - Health Restaurant Waiter Murder, He Says - Hardy Sympathizer Anchors Aweigh - Man with Beard Dick Tracy - Deathridge - the UndertakerLeave Her to Heaven - Medcraft - Mortician Dark Alibi - JohnsonBowery Bombshell - Prof. SchnackenbergerRendezvous with Annie - Expectant Father Margie - Jefferson Rolling Home - Charlie KaneThe Verdict - Robertson, Undertaker Dick Tracy vs. Cueball - HigbyThe Mighty McGurk - Ryan, the Undertaker Fall Guy - Unnamed Patient Calcutta - Desk Clerk Blaze of Noon - Hotel Clerk The Crimson Key - Hackett / Huntley G. Harlow They Won't Believe Me - Court Clerk I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now - Mr. Fennabeck The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Butler TylerGas House Kids in Hollywood - Prof. Gately CrawfordDick Tracy Meets Gruesome - Dr. A. TomicBury Me Dead - Waters, the ButlerThat Hagen Girl - Al - Station Agent The Senator Was Indiscreet - You Know WhoThe Judge Steps Out - Superior Court Judge The Cobra Strikes - Mr. Weems, MorticianSmart Woman - Witness Secret Service Investigator - MillerShanghai Chest - Mr. Grail - UndertakerThe Walls of Jericho - Joe Big Jack - Robbed Schoolmaster Outcasts of the Trail - Elias DunkenscoldWhite Heat - Willie Rolf Always Leave Them Laughing - Tony - Dishwasher Dancing in the Dark - Crossman's Butler The Capture - Thin ManThe Jackpot - Piano Player I Love Lucy - Mr. Thurlow Season 1 Episode 34Somebody Loves Me - Doctor Last of the Comanches - Satterlee the ProphetDown Three Dark Streets - Hogarth Rogue Cop - Tucker - Interrogated 'Creep' How to Be Very, Very Popular - Mr. X - Bald BarberThe King's Thief - Adam UrichDiane - Suitor The Girl Can't Help It - Broadcasting Manager The Monster That Challenged the World - Lewis Clark Dobbs Bells Are Ringing - Pedestrian Next to Barney Lampwick Elmer Gantry - Revivalist The Silent Call - MohammedThe Two Little Bears - Dr. FredricksRawhide – Williams in S3:E28, "Incident of the Blackstorms"The Notorious Landlady - Mysterious Man The Music Man - Farmer - Iowa Stubborn The Haunted Palace - Jabez HutchinsonThe Dick Van Dyke Show - CaretakerMarnie - Bald Man The Scorpio Letters - Mr. Atkinson2000 Years Later - Man wearing Bowler Hat in TV Control RoomThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Reverend FarleyThe Brady Bunch - Mr. PriceDirty O'Neil - Police Chief