Nicholas Parsons

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-10-10

Deathday 2020-01-28 (96 years old)

Place of Birth Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Nicholas Parsons

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

Actor

2023
Tales of the Tardis

as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright

2019
Good Omens

as Dagon (voice)

2012
There Is No Plane to Zagreb

as English cuckold

2012
2012
Just a Minute

as Himself (host)

2011
2011
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

2009
2008
2008
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Father Gorman

1997
Hospital!

as Wheelchair Man

1990
1990
Cluedo

as Reverend Green

1990
Spatz

as Nicholas Parsons

1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

as Reverend Wainwright

1987
The New Statesman

as Nicholas Parsons

1984
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...

as Nicholas Parsons

1982
Wogan

as Self

1976
Spy Story

as Ben Toliver

1973
S.S. France

as Narrator

1968
The Ugliest Girl in Town

as David Courtney

1966
The Wrong Box

as Alan Frazer Scrope

1965
Every Day's a Holiday

as Julian Goddard

1964
Murder Ahoy

as Dr. Crump

1963
Doctor Who

as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright

1960
Doctor in Love

as Dr. Hinxman

1959
1958
Happy Is the Bride

as John Royd

1957
Brothers in Law

as Charles Poole

1956
Eyewitness

as House Surgeon

1956
The Long Arm

as Police Constable Bates

1955
An Alligator Named Daisy

as News Interviewer (uncredited)

1955
Simon and Laura

as TV Producer

1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Walter of the Glen

1954
To Dorothy, a Son

as Passport Official

1947
The Master of Bankdam

as Edgar Hoylehouse

Creator

1999
1994