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Nicholas Parsons

Nicholas Parsons profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1923-10-10
Place of Birth: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Popularity: 0.5

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For Filmography

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

1963
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

1990
Wogan poster

Wogan

1982
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

2019
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

1978
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

2003
The Benny Hill Show poster

The Benny Hill Show

1969
No Photo

Style Challenge

1996
The New Statesman poster

The New Statesman

1987
World in Action poster

World in Action

1963
Surprise, Surprise poster

Surprise, Surprise

1984
Countdown poster

Countdown

1982
Cluedo poster

Cluedo

1990
Brass Eye poster

Brass Eye

1997
Target poster

Target

1977
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

2023
A Bit of Fry & Laurie poster

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1989
No Photo

Bodger and Badger

1989
Benny Hill Show poster

Benny Hill Show

1980
All Star Mr & Mrs poster

All Star Mr & Mrs

2008
What the Dickens? poster

What the Dickens?

2008
Call My Bluff poster

Call My Bluff

1965
Spatz poster

Spatz

1990
Comedy World Cup poster

Comedy World Cup

2012
The Alphabet Game poster

The Alphabet Game

1996
The Long Arm poster

The Long Arm

1956
Four Feather Falls poster

Four Feather Falls

1960
The Wrong Box poster

The Wrong Box

1966
No Photo

The Ugliest Girl in Town

1968
Just a Minute poster

Just a Minute

2012
Murder Ahoy poster

Murder Ahoy

1964
Presented in Supercolorisation poster

Presented in Supercolorisation

2022
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show poster

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

1992
Upstairs and Downstairs poster

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959
An Alligator Named Daisy poster

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955
Eyewitness poster

Eyewitness

1956
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River poster

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1968
Carry On Regardless poster

Carry On Regardless

1961
No Photo

Star Pets

1992
No Photo

Good Morning Summer

1995
Doctor in Love poster

Doctor in Love

1960
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. poster

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959
No Photo

The Adventures of the Big Man

1956
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! poster

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006
Brothers in Law poster

Brothers in Law

1957
No Photo

How TV Changed Britain

2008
No Photo

Celebrity Going Home

2004
The Best of Benny Hill poster

The Best of Benny Hill

1974
Simon and Laura poster

Simon and Laura

1955
The Master of Bankdam poster

The Master of Bankdam

1947
Filmed in Supermarionation poster

Filmed in Supermarionation

2014
No Photo

Feast

2009
No Photo

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001
Spy Story poster

Spy Story

1976
Too Many Crooks poster

Too Many Crooks

1959
To Dorothy, a Son poster

To Dorothy, a Son

1954
Hospital! poster

Hospital!

1997
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

1989
No Photo

Sale of the Century

1971
Lady Godiva poster

Lady Godiva

2008
Every Day's a Holiday poster

Every Day's a Holiday

1965
No Photo

Let's Get Married

1960
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door poster

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988
Frost on Sketch Shows poster

Frost on Sketch Shows

2013
Happy Is the Bride poster

Happy Is the Bride

1958
S.S. France poster

S.S. France

1973
Is Benny Hill Still Funny? poster

Is Benny Hill Still Funny?

2006
Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool) poster

Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)

2016
No Photo

Danger Point

1971
Bottom Mindless Violence poster

Bottom Mindless Violence

2004
The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons poster

The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons

2016
Another Audience With Ken Dodd poster

Another Audience With Ken Dodd

2002
No Photo

Just A Minute (1999)

1999
The Ghost Goes Gear poster

The Ghost Goes Gear

1966
No Photo

The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom

2011
13 Hours That Saved Britain poster

13 Hours That Saved Britain

2011
There Is No Plane to Zagreb poster

There Is No Plane to Zagreb

2012
No Photo

Just A Minute (1994)

1994