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| Sergeant Parker | |
| Aliases: | Sgt. Parker |
| Continuity: | A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Law enforcement |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Springwood, Ohio |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Actor: | Joseph Whipp |
Sergeant Parker was a minor character featured in the original 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. He was played by actor Joseph Whipp.
Biography[]
Sergeant Parker was a police officer working under Lieutenant Donald Thompson in the neighborhood of Springwood, Ohio. In the early 1980s, a fifteen-year-old girl named Christina Gray was brutally murdered in her home. Sergeant Parker was one of the investigating officers and immediately suspected Tina's boyfriend Rod Lane of committing the crime. Parker informed Lieutenant Thompson of the murder, as well as the fact that his daughter Nancy was at the house when the attack took place.
Sergeant Parker later accompanied Lieutenant Thompson to 1419 Elm Street, home of the Lantz family, after receiving an emergency call regarding the death of Glen Lantz. Parker coordinated information between the coroner and Lieutenant Thompson. He told Donald that the scene was so grisly that the coroner had been in the bath room vomiting ever since he had arrived.
That same evening, Nancy Thompson, trapped in her own house, saw Sergeant Parker at the Lantz residence across the street and screamed for him to get her father to come over to help her stop the murderer responsible for Glen's death.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Sergeant Parker was created by director and screenwriter Wes Craven.