Nicholas Parsons

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-10 (97 years old)

Deathday

2020-01-28

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 ...

Acting

1956

The Long Arm

as Police Constable Bates

1964

Murder Ahoy

as Dr. Crump

2011

1976

Spy Story

as Ben Toliver

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as John Royd

1973

S.S. France

as Narrator

1997

Hospital!

as Wheelchair Man

1989

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

as Reverend Wainwright

1960

Doctor in Love

as Dr. Hinxman

1966

The Wrong Box

as Alan Frazer Scrope

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

1955

Simon and Laura

as TV Producer

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as News Interviewer (uncredited)

1947

The Master of Bankdam

as Edgar Hoylehouse

1959

2012

There Is No Plane to Zagreb

as English cuckold

1960

Let's Get Married

as R.A.F. Officer

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