Biography
Ernest Milton Parsons (May 19, 1904 β May 15, 1980) was an American character actor.In 1927, Parsons performed with The Strolling Players of Boston acting company. On Broadway, he portrayed James Case in Unto the Third (1933), Saul of Tarsus in The Vigil (1948), and Albert Plaschke in Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1950).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 (he actually hailed from Massachusetts), 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.
Filmography
all 109
Movies 80
TV Shows 29
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)
Griffin and Phoenix (1976)
The Dead Don't Die (1975)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Dirty O'Neil (1974)
The Cat Creature (1973)
Kung Fu (1972)
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
The Scorpio Letters (1967)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
The Monkees (1966)
That Girl (1966)
Get Smart (1965)
The Smothers Brothers Show (1965)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Marnie (1964)
Burke's Law (1963)
The Patty Duke Show (1963)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Dakotas (1963)
The Music Man (1962)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
The Two Little Bears (1961)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
The Silent Call (1961)
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)
The Islanders (1960)
Thriller (1960)
Mr. Lucky (1959)
The Detectives (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Lock Up (1959)
The Rifleman (1958)
Peter Gunn (1958)
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Diane (1956)
The King's Thief (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Last of the Comanches (1953)
I Love Lucy (1951)
The Jackpot (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Capture (1950)
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Outcasts of the Trail (1949)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Shanghai Chest (1948)
Secret Service Investigator (1948)
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
That Hagen Girl (1947)
Bury Me Dead (1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
The Crimson Key (1947)
Blaze of Noon (1947)
Calcutta (1946)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Rolling Home (1946)
Margie (1946)
Bowery Bombshell (1946)
Dark Alibi (1946)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Dick Tracy (1945)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Murder, He Says (1945)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
Rationing (1944)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
The Hidden Hand (1942)
Who Done It? (1942)
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
Fingers at the Window (1942)
The Girl from Alaska (1942)
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Mokey (1942)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Over My Dead Body (1942)
Man at Large (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Dressed to Kill (1941)
Cracked Nuts (1941)
Dead Men Tell (1941)
Murder Among Friends (1941)
Behind the News (1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Sky Murder (1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
We Who Are Young (1940)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Bad Little Angel (1939)
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-05-19
Deathday1980-05-15 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceGloucester, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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