Nicholas Parsons

Known for ActingBorn 1923-10-10Died 2020-01-28Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Bottom Mindless Violence

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Just a Minute

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

The Ghost Goes Gear

Frost on Sketch Shows

Let's Get Married

Benny Hill Show

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Good Omens

Agatha Christie's Marple

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

S.S. France

Brass Eye

Doctor Who

The Master of Bankdam

Filmed in Supermarionation

Call My Bluff

The New Statesman

The Comic Strip Presents...

Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)

Have I Got News for You

Another Audience With Ken Dodd

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Too Many Crooks

The Benny Hill Show

Target

The Best of Benny Hill

Murder Ahoy

Cluedo

Every Day's a Holiday

World in Action

Brothers in Law

Happy Is the Bride

Eyewitness

The Long Arm

Surprise, Surprise

13 Hours That Saved Britain

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Spatz

Bodger and Badger

Danger Point

Four Feather Falls

The Wrong Box

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Mastermind

An Alligator Named Daisy