Nicholas Parsons
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British actor, rector and radio-TV presenter (1923-2020)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Straight White Male
- Just A Minute : The Classic Collection
- The Books of literary Lists
- New Devil's Dictionary
- Austria
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1923-10-10
- Active to
- 2020-01-28
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 719
- Total plays
- 5,791
Nicholas Parsons OBE (born Christopher Nicholas Parsons on 10 October 1923 in Grantham, Lincolnshire) is a British actor and radio and television presenter. He started his career while training as an engineering apprentice; he was found by Canadian impresario Carroll Levis, doing impressions and working in small repertory theatres in Glasgow. Parsons has been the host of the BBC Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute since it was first broadcast on 22 December 1967. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Family name
- Parsons
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Grantham
- Place of death
- Aylesbury
- Spouse
- Denise Bryer
- Occupation
- comedian
- Position held
- rector
- Employer
- St. Andrews University
- Political party
- Liberal Democrats
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Nicholas Parsons 2007.png
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1923-10-10
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-01-28
- Commons category
- Nicholas Parsons
- name in native language
- Nicholas Parsons
- birth name
- Christopher Nicholas Parsons
- medical condition
- dyslexia
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