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.

Filmography

• Tales of the Tardis — The Rev. Mr. Wainwright
• Presented in Supercolorisation — Sheriff Tex Tucker / Telegraph Operator Dan Morse (voice)
• Good Omens — Dagon (voice)
• 2012There Is No Plane to Zagreb — English cuckold
• 201113 Hours That Saved Britain — Eyewitnesses
• Feast
• All Star Mr & Mrs
• 2008Lady Godiva
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Father Gorman
• Celebrity Mastermind
• Just A Minute (1999) — Creator
• 1997Hospital! — Wheelchair Man
• Style Challenge
• The Alphabet Game
• Good Morning Summer
• Just A Minute (1994) — Creator
• Star Pets
• Cluedo — Reverend Green
• Spatz — Nicholas Parsons
• A Bit of Fry & Laurie
• Bodger and Badger
• 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric — Reverend Wainwright
• The New Statesman — Nicholas Parsons
• Countdown
• The Comic Strip Presents... — Himself, Nicholas Parsons
• Benny Hill Show
• 1976Spy Story — Ben Toliver
• 1974The Best of Benny Hill
• 1973S.S. France — Narrator
• 1971Danger Point
• Sale of the Century — Host
• The Benny Hill Show
• 1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River — Dudley Heath
• The Ugliest Girl in Town — David Courtney
• 1966The Ghost Goes Gear
• 1966The Wrong Box — Alan Frazer Scrope
• Call My Bluff
• 1965Every Day's a Holiday — Julian Goddard
• Night Train to Surbiton — Guy Bretherton
• 1964Murder Ahoy — Dr. Crump
• Doctor Who — Reverend Wainwright
• World in Action
• 1961Carry On Regardless — Wolf
• 1960Doctor in Love — Dr. Hinxman
• Four Feather Falls
• 1960Let's Get Married — R.A.F. Officer
• 1959Carlton-Browne of the F.O. — Rodgers
• 1959Too Many Crooks — Tommy Weston
• 1959Upstairs and Downstairs — Brian
• 1958Happy Is the Bride — John Royd
• 1957Brothers in Law — Charles Poole
• 1956Eyewitness — House Surgeon
• The Adventures of the Big Man — Harry
• 1956The Long Arm — Police Constable Bates
• 1955An Alligator Named Daisy — News Interviewer (uncredited)
• 1955Simon and Laura — TV Producer
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Sir Walter of the Glen
• 1954To Dorothy, a Son — Passport Official
• 1947The Master of Bankdam — Edgar Hoylehouse

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2025Century 21 Revisited — Himself
• 2016Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool) — Self
• 2016The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons — Self - Presenter
• 2014Filmed in Supermarionation — Self
• 2013Frost on Sketch Shows — Self
• Comedy World Cup — Self
• Just a Minute — Himself (host)
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• 2011The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom — Himself - Friend
• How TV Changed Britain — Himself
• What the Dickens? — Self
• 2006Is Benny Hill Still Funny? — Self
• 2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! — Himself
• 2004Bottom Mindless Violence — Himself (archive footage)
• Celebrity Going Home — Self
• 2002Another Audience With Ken Dodd — Self
• 2001Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box — Self
• Brass Eye — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
• 1988Mr Jolly Lives Next Door — Himself
• Surprise, Surprise — Self
• Wogan — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Target — Self – 'Just a Minute' Host (archive audio)