Nicholas Parsons

Actor 1947–2023 (76 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

Just a Minute

2012 · as Himself (host)

9.5

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988 · as Himself

8.6

Frost on Sketch Shows

2013 · as Self

8.5

Known For

Film

The Benny Hill Show

7.2 1969

Film

Murder Ahoy

Dr. Crump

Film

The Wrong Box

Alan Frazer Scrope

Film

Carry On Regardless

Wolf

Film

Too Many Crooks

Tommy Weston

Film

The Best of Benny Hill

7.1 1974

Film

The Long Arm

Police Constable Bates

Film

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

Himself

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (39)

Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)

2016

as Self

7.0

The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons

2016

as Himself - Presenter

Filmed in Supermarionation

2014

as Self

7.3

Frost on Sketch Shows

2013

as Self

8.5

There Is No Plane to Zagreb

2012

as English cuckold

13 Hours That Saved Britain

2011

as Eyewitnesses

6.2

The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom

2011

as Himself - Friend

Lady Godiva

2008

1.0

Is Benny Hill Still Funny?

2006

as Self

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006

as Himself

6.1

Bottom Mindless Violence

2004

as Himself (archive footage)

7.5

Another Audience With Ken Dodd

2002

as Self

7.0

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

as Self

Hospital!

1997

as Wheelchair Man

5.0

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

1989

as Reverend Wainwright

8.5

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

as Himself

Spy Story

as Ben Toliver

The Best of Benny Hill

S.S. France

as Narrator

Danger Point

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1968

as Dudley Heath

6.1

The Wrong Box

1966

as Alan Frazer Scrope

6.5

The Ghost Goes Gear

1966

5.0

Every Day's a Holiday

as Julian Goddard

Murder Ahoy

as Dr. Crump

Carry On Regardless

as Wolf

Doctor in Love

as Dr. Hinxman

Let's Get Married

as R.A.F. Officer

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959

as Rodgers

6.1

Upstairs and Downstairs

as Brian

Too Many Crooks

as Tommy Weston

Happy Is the Bride

as John Royd

Brothers in Law

as Charles Poole

The Long Arm

as Police Constable Bates

Eyewitness

as House Surgeon

Simon and Laura

as TV Producer

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

as News Interviewer (uncredited)

6.2

To Dorothy, a Son

1954

as Passport Official

5.6

The Master of Bankdam

1947

as Edgar Hoylehouse

6.0

Television (43)

Tales of the Tardis

2023

as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright

5.4

Presented in Supercolorisation

2022

as Sheriff Tex Tucker / Telegraph Operator Dan Morse (voice)

Good Omens

as Dagon (voice)

Just a Minute

as Himself (host)

Comedy World Cup

as Self

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Feast

All Star Mr & Mrs

What the Dickens?

as Self

How TV Changed Britain

2008

as Himself

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Father Gorman

7.8

Celebrity Going Home

2004

as Self

Celebrity Mastermind

Just A Minute (1999)

Brass Eye

as Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self

Style Challenge

The Alphabet Game

Good Morning Summer

Just A Minute (1994)

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

1992

as Self

3.0

Star Pets

1992

Have I Got News for You

as Self - Host

Cluedo

as Reverend Green

Spatz

as Nicholas Parsons

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Bodger and Badger

The New Statesman

as Nicholas Parsons

Surprise, Surprise

as Self

Wogan

as Self

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Himself

Countdown

Benny Hill Show

An Audience with...

as Self

Target

as Self – 'Just a Minute' Host (archive audio)

Sale of the Century

as Host

The Benny Hill Show

The Ugliest Girl in Town

1968

as David Courtney

4.5

Doctor Who

1963

as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright

World in Action

Four Feather Falls

The Adventures of the Big Man

1956

as Harry

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Sir Walter of the Glen

6.3