Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons
Parsons in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Born
Ernest Milton Parsons

(1904-05-19)May 19, 1904
Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 15, 1980(1980-05-15) (aged 75)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1978

Ernest Milton Parsons[1] (May 19, 1904 – May 15, 1980) was an American character actor.[2]

In 1927, Parsons performed with The Strolling Players of Boston acting company.[3] 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).[4]

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.

  1. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 576. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson (2014). "Milton Parsons". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Players score hit with fine program". The North Adams Transcript. Massachusetts, North Adams. July 16, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Milton Parsons". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.