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Nicholas Parsons

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British actor, rector and radio-TV presenter (1923-2020)

United KingdomActorsLived 1923 to 2020 · aged 96
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Christopher Nicholas Parsons 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.

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Filmography 39

Murder Ahoy1964 · ★ 7.1
The Wrong Box1966 · ★ 6.5
Carry On Regardless1961 · ★ 6.3
The Long Arm1956
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!2006
The Best of Benny Hill1974
Too Many Crooks1959
Doctor in Love1960
Simon and Laura1955
13 Hours That Saved Britain2011
Upstairs and Downstairs1959
Brothers in Law1957
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River1968
To Dorothy, a Son1954
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.1959
Eyewitness1956
An Alligator Named Daisy1955
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric1989
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door1988
Filmed in Supermarionation2014
Happy Is the Bride1958
Every Day's a Holiday1965
Spy Story1976
Hospital!1997
Lady Godiva2008
Danger Point1971
The Master of Bankdam1947
Frost on Sketch Shows2013
Another Audience With Ken Dodd2002
Let's Get Married1960
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box2001
The Ghost Goes Gear1966
Bottom Mindless Violence2004
Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)2016
S.S. France1973
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom2011
Is Benny Hill Still Funny?2006
There Is No Plane to Zagreb2012
The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons2016

86 credits on file

Television 24

Doctor Who1963
Agatha Christie's Marple2004
Wogan1982
Good Omens2019
Have I Got News for You1990
Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996
The Benny Hill Show1969
The Comic Strip Presents...1982
The Adventures of Robin Hood1955
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011
A Bit of Fry & Laurie1989
Brass Eye1997
An Audience with...1978
The New Statesman1987
World in Action1963
Celebrity Mastermind2003
Surprise, Surprise1984
Countdown1982
Target1977
Tales of the Tardis2023
Style Challenge1996
Cluedo1990
Bodger and Badger1989
Four Feather Falls1960

Awards 1

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Nicholas 6

Vera LynnAlso in 13 Hours That Saved Britain (2011)Bradley WalshAlso in The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom (2011)John SchlesingerAlso in Brothers in Law (1957)James Robertson JusticeAlso in Doctor in Love (1960)Adrian EdmondsonAlso in Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)Belinda LeeAlso in Eyewitness (1956)

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2020 · aged 96
Written about in
19 languages

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