Name
Nicholas Parsons
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-10-10
Deathday
2020-01-28 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography
Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show Just a Minute and hosted the game show Sale of the Century during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Parsons was born and grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and was educated at St Paul's School, London. He became a full-time actor following the Second World War and began appearing in various theatre, film and television roles, including support to Arthur Haynes. He began presenting Just a Minute in 1967 and never missed a show until 2018. In addition to his well-known roles on this and Sale of the Century, he appeared as a guest on other television shows, including Doctor Who and Have I Got News for You.
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Known For
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Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginni...
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In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—...
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After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do ...
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Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice...
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Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he l...
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In this documentary, experts dissect the Battle of Britain, which took place on Sept. 15, ...
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Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but trick...
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A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show....
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The Best of Benny Hill is a 1974 film version of material from the television comedy serie...
- 1956 The Long Arm as Police Constable Bates
- 1964 Murder Ahoy as Dr. Crump
- 1959 Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Rodgers
- 2013 Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2011 13 Hours That Saved Britain as Eyewitnesses
- 1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as Dudley Heath
- 1976 Spy Story as Ben Toliver
- 1988 Mr Jolly Lives Next Door as Himself
- 2008 Lady Godiva
- 1958 Happy Is the Bride as John Royd
- 1973 S.S. France as Narrator
- 1997 Hospital! as Wheelchair Man
- 2002 Another Audience With Ken Dodd as Self
- 1989 Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as Reverend Wainwright
- 1966 The Ghost Goes Gear
- 1961 Carry On Regardless as Wolf
- 1960 Doctor in Love as Dr. Hinxman
- 1974 The Best of Benny Hill
- 1971 Danger Point
- 1966 The Wrong Box as Alan Frazer Scrope
- 2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Himself
- 1954 To Dorothy, a Son as Passport Official
- 1956 Eyewitness as House Surgeon
- 1965 Every Day's a Holiday as Julian Goddard
- 1957 Brothers in Law as Charles Poole
- 2011 The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom as Himself - Friend
- 1955 Simon and Laura as TV Producer
- 2016 The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons as Self - Presenter
- 2001 Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box as Self
- 1955 An Alligator Named Daisy as News Interviewer (uncredited)
- 1959 Upstairs and Downstairs as Brian
- 1947 The Master of Bankdam as Edgar Hoylehouse
- 1959 Too Many Crooks as Tommy Weston
- 2012 There Is No Plane to Zagreb as English cuckold
- 2014 Filmed in Supermarionation as Self
- 2016 Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool) as Self
- 2006 Is Benny Hill Still Funny? as Self
- 1960 Let's Get Married as R.A.F. Officer
- 2004 Bottom Mindless Violence as Himself (archive footage)
- 1960 Four Feather Falls ( 39 episodes )
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Reverend Wainwright
- 1984 Surprise, Surprise ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Bodger and Badger ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Countdown ( 5 episodes )
- 1969 The Benny Hill Show ( 58 episodes )
- 2019 Good Omens ( 1 episode ) as Dagon (voice)
- 1965 Call My Bluff ( 0 episode )
- 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1 episode ) as Sir Walter of the Glen
- 2012 Comedy World Cup ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Feast ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Celebrity Mastermind ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Good Morning Summer ( 1 episode )
- 2008 All Star Mr & Mrs ( 1 episode )
- 1996 The Alphabet Game ( 5 episodes )
- 1996 Style Challenge ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Star Pets ( 1 episode )
- 2008 What the Dickens? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Sale of the Century ( 1 episode ) as Host
- 2012 Just a Minute ( 14 episodes ) as Himself (host)
- 1968 The Ugliest Girl in Town ( 20 episodes ) as David Courtney
- 1978 An Audience with... ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Tales of the Tardis ( 1 episode ) as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright
- 1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 The New Statesman ( 1 episode ) as Nicholas Parsons
- 2008 How TV Changed Britain ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip ( 1 episode ) as Self - Participant
- 1992 Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Father Gorman
- 1990 Spatz ( 1 episode ) as Nicholas Parsons
- 1982 The Comic Strip Presents... ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 1994 Just A Minute (1994) ( 28 episodes )
- 1999 Just A Minute (1999) ( 20 episodes )
- 1990 Cluedo ( 6 episodes ) as Reverend Green
- 1989 A Bit of Fry & Laurie ( 1 episode )
- 1982 The Comic Strip Presents... ( 1 episode ) as Nicholas Parsons
- 2004 Celebrity Going Home ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Have I Got News for You ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1980 Benny Hill Show ( 78 episodes )
- 2022 Presented in Supercolorisation ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Tex Tucker / Telegraph Operator Dan Morse (voice)
- 1997 Brass Eye ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Target ( 1 episode ) as Self – 'Just a Minute' Host (archive audio)
- 1956 The Adventures of the Big Man ( 1 episode ) as Harry
- 1963 World in Action ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Night Train to Surbiton ( 6 episodes ) as Guy Bretherton
