---
name: "Nicholas Parsons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-parsons"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-parsons"
imdb_id: "nm0663880"
tmdb_id: 47394
wikidata_id: "Q1337855"
roles: []
born: "10 October 1923"
died: "28 January 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:31:28.389015+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nicholas Parsons

## Identity

Nicholas Parsons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-parsons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-parsons
- **IMDb ID:** nm0663880
- **TMDB ID:** 47394
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1337855
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47394

Actor. Born 10 October 1923 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK. Died 28 January 2020.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 October 1923, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 28 January 2020
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47394

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!*](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md) (65)

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## Biography

Nicholas Parsons was an English actor, straight man and presenter. Born Christopher Nicholas Parsons on 10 October 1923 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, he was educated at St Paul's School, London. He began his career as an actor after the Second World War, appearing in repertory theatre and films including *Carry On Regardless* (1961) and *Murder Ahoy* (1964).

Parsons became known for his work as straight man to Arthur Haynes and later Benny Hill. From 1967 he presented the BBC Radio 4 panel game *Just a Minute*, continuing until 2019. He also hosted the ITV game show *Sale of the Century* from 1971 to 1983. His television appearances included roles in *Doctor Who* (1963) and *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004).

In 2006 he appeared as himself in the BBC Four drama *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!*. Parsons died on 28 January 2020.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), Fi1m 65, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md)
- *Brass Eye* (1997), Fi1m 86, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tales of the Tardis* (2023), series, as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright
- *Presented in Supercolorisation* (2022), series, as Sheriff Tex Tucker / Telegraph Operator Dan Morse (voice)
- *Good Omens* (2019), series, as Dagon (voice)
- *There Is No Plane to Zagreb* (2012), as English cuckold
- *13 Hours That Saved Britain* (2011), as Eyewitnesses
- *Feast* (2009), series, Actor
- *All Star Mr & Mrs* (2008), series, Actor
- *Lady Godiva* (2008), Actor
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Father Gorman
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Just A Minute (1999)* (1999), series, as Creator
- *Hospital!* (1997), as Wheelchair Man
- *Style Challenge* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Alphabet Game* (1996), series, Actor
- *Good Morning Summer* (1995), series, Actor
- *Just A Minute (1994)* (1994), series, as Creator
- *Star Pets* (1992), series, Actor
- *Cluedo* (1990), series, as Reverend Green
- *Spatz* (1990), series, as Nicholas Parsons
- *Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric* (1989), as Reverend Wainwright
- *Bodger and Badger* (1989), series, Actor
- *A Bit of Fry & Laurie* (1989), series, Actor
- *The New Statesman* (1987), series, as Nicholas Parsons
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Nicholas Parsons
- *Benny Hill Show* (1980), series, Actor
- *Spy Story* (1976), as Ben Toliver
- *The Best of Benny Hill* (1974), Actor
- *S.S. France* (1973), as Narrator
- *Sale of the Century* (1971), series, as Host
- *Danger Point* (1971), Actor
- *The Benny Hill Show* (1969), series, Actor
- *The Ugliest Girl in Town* (1968), series, as David Courtney
- *Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River* (1968), as Dudley Heath
- *The Ghost Goes Gear* (1966), Actor
- *The Wrong Box* (1966), as Alan Frazer Scrope
- *Call My Bluff* (1965), series, Actor
- *Every Day's a Holiday* (1965), as Julian Goddard
- *Night Train to Surbiton* (1965), series, as Guy Bretherton
- *Murder Ahoy* (1964), as Dr. Crump
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Reverend Wainwright — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Carry On Regardless* (1961), as Wolf
- *Doctor in Love* (1960), as Dr. Hinxman
- *Let's Get Married* (1960), as R.A.F. Officer
- *Four Feather Falls* (1960), series, Actor
- *Upstairs and Downstairs* (1959), as Brian
- *Carlton-Browne of the F.O.* (1959), as Rodgers
- *Too Many Crooks* (1959), as Tommy Weston
- *Happy Is the Bride* (1958), as John Royd
- *Brothers in Law* (1957), as Charles Poole
- *Eyewitness* (1956), as House Surgeon
- *The Long Arm* (1956), as Police Constable Bates
- *The Adventures of the Big Man* (1956), series, as Harry
- *An Alligator Named Daisy* (1955), as News Interviewer (uncredited)
- *Simon and Laura* (1955), as TV Producer
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, as Sir Walter of the Glen
- *To Dorothy, a Son* (1954), as Passport Official
- *The Master of Bankdam* (1947), as Edgar Hoylehouse

## Gallery

- ![Nicholas Parsons at Radio Festival 2010](https://film.one/media/person/388488/gallery-5d983db06962.jpg) Nicholas Parsons at Radio Festival 2010 — James Cridland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Nicholas_Parsons_at_Radio_Festival_2010.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Parsons_at_Radio_Festival_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nicholas Parsons](https://film.one/media/person/388488/gallery-95ff2dd9abbd.jpg) Nicholas Parsons — Image via TMDB
- ![Nicholas Parsons](https://film.one/media/person/388488/gallery-96cf7976e132.jpg) Nicholas Parsons — Image via TMDB

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