Milton Parsons
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May 19, 1904
Milton Parsons | |
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.jpg) Parsons in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) | |
| Born | Ernest Milton Parsons May 19, 1904 |
| Died | May 15, 1980 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939–1978 |
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.
