Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/10/1923
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 n...
Known For
Eyewitness
as House Surgeon
Murder Ahoy
as Dr. Crump
Spy Story
as Ben Toliver
Every Day's a Holiday
as Julian Goddard
Hospital!
as Wheelchair Man
The Wrong Box
as Alan Frazer Scrope
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
as Reverend Wainwright
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Dudley Heath
Carry On Regardless
as Wolf
Filmed in Supermarionation
as Self
Another Audience With Ken Dodd
as Self
The Long Arm
as Police Constable Bates
An Alligator Named Daisy
as News Interviewer (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Brian
Doctor in Love
as Dr. Hinxman
Brothers in Law
as Charles Poole
To Dorothy, a Son
as Passport Official
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Rodgers
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Himself
Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)
as Self