Milton Parsons
Ernest Milton Parsons (May 19, 1904 – 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.
Acted in
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Driver
Griffin and Phoenix
1976
as Professor
The Dead Don't Die
1975
as Frazier
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Dirty O'Neil
1974
as Police Chief
The Cat Creature
1973
as Deputy Coroner
Kung Fu
1972
The Brady Bunch
1969
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Employer #3
The Scorpio Letters
1967
as Mr. Atkinson
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Monkees
1966
That Girl
1966
Get Smart
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Marnie
1964
as Bald Man (uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963
as Jameson - the Butler
Burke's Law
1963
as Butler
Burke's Law
1963
as T. Mena
Burke's Law
1963
as Man
Burke's Law
1963
as Grippsholm
The Patty Duke Show
1963
The Haunted Palace
1963
as Jabez Hutchinson
The Dakotas
1963
The Music Man
1962
as Farmer
The Notorious Landlady
1962
as Mysterious Man (uncredited)
The Two Little Bears
1961
as Dr. Fredricks
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as The Caretaker
The Silent Call
1961
as Mohammad
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
as Hugo
The Islanders
1960
as Wallaby Will
Thriller
1960
as Butler
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Detectives
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Nasonby
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Professor Gilbert (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959
Lock-Up
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
as Thoreau
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957
as Lewis Clark Dobbs
Diane
1956
as Suitor (uncredited)
The King's Thief
1955
as Adam Urich
The Millionaire
1955
as Jonathan Noble
Climax!
1954
Last of the Comanches
1953
as Satterlee the Prophet
I Love Lucy
1951
as Mr. Thurlow
The Jackpot
1950
as Piano Shopper (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Morgan
The Capture
1950
as Thin Man Visiting Mahoney
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Crossman's Butler
White Heat
1949
as Willie Rolf (uncredited)
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
as Elias Dunkenscold
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Joe Atkins
Shanghai Chest
1948
as Mr. Grail
Secret Service Investigator
1948
as Miller
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as 'You Know Who'
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
That Hagen Girl
1947
as Al (uncredited)
Bury Me Dead
1947
as Jeffers, the Butler
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
as Dr. A. Tomic
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Butler
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
as Prof. Gately Crawford
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
as Mr. Fennabeck (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
1947
The Crimson Key
1947
as Dr. Huntley G. Harlow / Hackett
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Hotel Clerk
The Mighty McGurk
1947
Calcutta
1946
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
as Higby
Rolling Home
1946
as Charlie Kane
Margie
1946
as Jefferson (uncredited)
Bowery Bombshell
1946
as Professor Schnackenberger
Dark Alibi
1946
as Johnson
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Medcraft - Mortician (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
1945
as Deathridge the Undetaker
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Man with Beard (uncredited)
Murder, He Says
1945
as Hardy Sympathizer (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Crystal Gazer
Cry of the Werewolf
1944
as Adamson (uncredited)
Rationing
1944
as Hank
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
as announcer
The Hidden Hand
1942
as John Channing
Who Done It?
1942
as Coroner (cameo)
The Man in the Trunk
1942
as Doctor Pluma
Whispering Ghosts
1942
as Dr. Walter Bascomb
Fingers at the Window
1942
as Jarvis J. Banhoff (uncredited)
The Girl from Alaska
1942
as Sanderson
The Great Man's Lady
1942
as Foreman
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Mortician
Mokey
1942
as Mr. Lockspur
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Purchase Agent Sam Savage
Roxie Hart
1942
as Announcer
Castle in the Desert
1942
as Arthur Fletcher
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
as Butler
Over My Dead Body
1942
as George Lawrin
Man at Large
1941
as Mr. Sartoris
Dressed to Kill
1941
as Max Allaron
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Harry Hoskins (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Olson
Dead Men Tell
1941
as Gene LaFarge
Murder Among Friends
1941
as Douglass
Behind the News
1940
as Eddie, tall morgue attendant
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
as John Lloyd
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Arcade Photographer
Sky Murder
1940
as Brock
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Parkersville Crazy Man (uncredited)
Boom Town
1940
as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
1940
as Expectant Father (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940
as 'Acid' Graham
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
as Florist (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
1939
as Coroner (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Minister at Station (uncredited)