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Nicholas Parsons is a Actor British born on 10 october 1923 at Grantham (United-kingdom)
Christopher Nicholas Parsons, CBE (born 10 October 1923) is an English radio and television presenter and actor. His long career in television, radio and theatre has made him a household name and he has been described as "the ultimate quiz show host" because of his "geniality, clarity of diction and the speed with which he rattled through questions".
Best known today for his long-standing position as host of the comedy radio game show Just a Minute, Parsons is also famous as the long-term host of Sale of the Century, a show whose audience peaked at over 21 million viewers (a record for an ITV game show).
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Nicholas Parsons
Birth name Christopher Nicholas Parsons
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 october 1923 at Grantham (United-kingdom)
Death 28 january 2020 (at 96 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 october 1923 at Grantham (United-kingdom)
Death 28 january 2020 (at 96 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Best known today for his long-standing position as host of the comedy radio game show Just a Minute, Parsons is also famous as the long-term host of Sale of the Century, a show whose audience peaked at over 21 million viewers (a record for an ITV game show).
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Filmed in Supermarionation (2014)
, 1h54Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Nicholas Parsons, Brian Johnson, Robert Easton, Shane Rimmer
Roles Self
Rating73%
Filmed in Supermarionation tells the story of the development of Supermarionation, a term coined to describe the unique form of puppetry employed by the teams at AP Films and Century 21 studios under the watchful eyes of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The documentary is hosted by Lady Penelope and Parker, the puppet stars of Thunderbirds, who seek to uncover the story behind their creation.
Nema Aviona Za Zagreb (2012)
, 1h22Directed by Louis van Gasteren
Origin France
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Louis van Gasteren, Michèle Girardon, Nicholas Parsons
Roles the English cuckold.
As the film opens, a ninety-year-old Louis van Gasteren—a documentary filmmaker and artist famed in the Netherlands—is seated in a video editing suite, watching scenes of himself in the 1960s, a time when “anything was possible.” He reflects on how much he has changed, and that he is that same person and yet is not.
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
Directed by Stephen Frears
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Peter Cook, Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson, Nicholas Parsons, Thomas Wheatley
Roles Himself
Rating85%
It features Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as the (unnamed) proprietors of an escort agency, Dreamytime Escorts. Mayall's character is devious, low-minded, calculating and stupid; Edmondson's merely very stupid.
Spy Story (1976)
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Genres Drama, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Philip Latham, Don Fellows, Nicholas Parsons, Toby Robins, Tessa Wyatt, Derren Nesbitt
Roles Ben Toliver
Rating63%
The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
, 1h23Genres Comedy
Actors Patricia Hayes, Bob Todd, Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Nicholas Parsons
Rating71%
, 1h39Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons
Roles Dudley Heath
Rating47%
George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in Britain. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for him and his wife, Pamela, (Jacqueline Pearce) who is considering divorce if he continues with them.
The Ghost Goes Gear (1966)
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Nicholas Parsons, Sheila White, Jack Haig, Janet Davies
Roles Algernon Rowthorpe Plumley
Rating50%
A music group go to stay at the childhood home of their manager, a haunted manor house in the English countryside.
The Wrong Box (1966)
, 1h45Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Nanette Newman, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Roles Alan Frazer Scrope
Rating66%
Elderly brothers Masterman (Mills) and Joseph Finsbury (Richardson) are the surviving members of a tontine, an investment scheme set up many years before, in which the last member stands to receive a fortune. Masterman is attended by his medical student grandson, Michael (Caine), while his greedy cousins Morris (Cook) and John (Moore) do their best to keep their annoying uncle Joseph alive. Masterman, who hasn't talked to his despised brother in many years, summons Joseph to his "deathbed," intending to kill him so that Michael can get the money.
Every Day's a Holiday (1965)
Directed by James Hill (réalisateur britannique)
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Peter Birrel, Ron Moody, Liz Fraser, Nicholas Parsons
Roles Julian Goddard
Rating51%
Murder Ahoy (1964)
, 1h33Directed by George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Lionel Jeffries, Bud Tingwell, Derek Nimmo, Joan Benham
Roles Dr. Crump
Rating69%
The action takes place mainly on board an old wooden-walled battleship, HMS Battledore, which has been purchased by a Trust for the rehabilitation of young criminals, and intended by the founder to put backbone into young jellyfish.
Doctor in Love (1960)
, 1h33Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors James Robertson Justice, Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Carole Lesley
Roles Dr. Hinxman
Rating57%
Dr Richard Hare is a recently graduated medical intern at St Swithins Hospital. When his new romantic interest, nurse Sally Nightingale, suddenly leaves the hospital, he is devastated. He also leaves after being offered a job in private practice. But when his senior partner, Dr Cardew, has to visit California for a few months, Hare is left in charge. Dr Nicola Barrington joins the practice and Hare is suddenly in love again.
Let's Get Married (1960)
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Genres Comedy
Actors Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie Winters, Hermione Baddeley, James Booth, Jack Gwillim
Roles RAF Officer
Rating72%
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
, 1h28Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films
Actors Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Ian Bannen, Thorley Walters, Raymond Huntley
Roles Rodgers
Rating61%
A title sequence prologue details Britain's accidental acquisition of the island Gaillardia during the seventeenth century, the feud between two scions of its royal house and Britain's granting the island self-rule in 1916. However, when independence was granted, the Foreign Office (F.O.) failed to recall its ambassador, who is still there forty years later. He writes a letter to the F.O. informing them of Russian moves to annex the island's mineral wealth.
Too Many Crooks (1959)
, 1h27Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sid James, Vera Day
Roles Tommy
Rating68%
The members of a gang, especially Sid (Sid James), grow impatient as their incompetent leader, Fingers (George Cole), botches the robbery of a fur store, the latest in a series of disasters. Fingers then comes up with the idea of robbing businessman William Gordon (Terry-Thomas). Gordon bluffs them into believing the police are on their way. Fingers refuses to give up, plotting to kidnap Gordon's daughter. However, he errs yet again and ends up with Gordon's meek wife Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) instead.
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, James Robertson Justice, Claudia Cardinale, Sid James
Roles Brian
Rating61%
Richard Barry marries Kate, daughter of his boss, Mansfield. Mansfield tells Richard he needs to take over the entertaining for their film so Richard decides to hire a servant.