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Acting

Nicholas Parsons

Career

Active from 1960 to 2012, with a break from 2000 to 2010, busiest in 1968 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nicholas Parsons Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.4, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.7, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    3.5, average 5.3
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    53
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    2 titles · average score 66
    Tales of the Tardis
    Tales of the Tardis (2023)
    GoodWatch score 66

    TV show · as The Rev. Mr. Wainwright

    Presented in Supercolorisation
    Presented in Supercolorisation (2022)

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

    2010s

    3 titles · average score 68
    Good Omens
    Good Omens (2019)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Dagon (voice)

    There Is No Plane to Zagreb
    There Is No Plane to Zagreb (2012)

    as English cuckold

    13 Hours That Saved Britain
    13 Hours That Saved Britain (2011)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Eyewitnesses

    2000s

    4 titles · average score 75
    Feast
    Feast (2009)

    TV show

    All Star Mr & Mrs
    All Star Mr & Mrs (2008)

    TV show

    Agatha Christie's Marple
    Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
    GoodWatch score 75

    TV show · as Father Gorman

    Celebrity Mastermind
    Celebrity Mastermind (2003)

    TV show

    1990s

    9 titles · average score 64
    Just A Minute (1999)
    Just A Minute (1999) (1999)

    TV show · Creator

    Hospital!
    Hospital! (1997)

    as Wheelchair Man

    Style Challenge
    Style Challenge (1996)

    TV show

    The Alphabet Game
    The Alphabet Game (1996)

    TV show

    Good Morning Summer
    Good Morning Summer (1995)

    TV show

    Just A Minute (1994)
    Just A Minute (1994) (1994)

    TV show · Creator

    Star Pets
    Star Pets (1992)

    TV show

    Cluedo
    Cluedo (1990)

    TV show · as Reverend Green

    Spatz
    Spatz (1990)
    GoodWatch score 64

    TV show · as Nicholas Parsons

    1980s

    7 titles · average score 66
    Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
    Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric (1989)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Reverend Wainwright

    A Bit of Fry & Laurie
    A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989)
    GoodWatch score 85

    TV show

    Bodger and Badger
    Bodger and Badger (1989)
    GoodWatch score 64

    TV show

    The New Statesman
    The New Statesman (1987)
    GoodWatch score 51

    TV show · as Nicholas Parsons

    The Comic Strip Presents...
    The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Himself / Nicholas Parsons

    Countdown
    Countdown (1982)
    GoodWatch score 40

    TV show

    Benny Hill Show
    Benny Hill Show (1980)

    TV show

    1970s

    2 titles
    Spy Story
    Spy Story (1976)

    as Ben Toliver

    S.S. France
    S.S. France (1973)

    as Narrator

    1960s

    13 titles · average score 63
    The Benny Hill Show
    The Benny Hill Show (1969)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show

    Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
    Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
    GoodWatch score 51

    as Dudley Heath

    The Ugliest Girl in Town
    The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968)

    TV show · as David Courtney

    The Wrong Box
    The Wrong Box (1966)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Alan Frazer Scrope

    Night Train to Surbiton
    Night Train to Surbiton (1965)

    TV show · as Guy Bretherton

    Every Day's a Holiday
    Every Day's a Holiday (1965)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Julian Goddard

    Murder Ahoy
    Murder Ahoy (1964)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Dr. Crump

    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who (1963)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Reverend Wainwright

    World in Action
    World in Action (1963)

    TV show

    Carry On Regardless
    Carry On Regardless (1961)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Wolf

    Four Feather Falls
    Four Feather Falls (1960)

    TV show · as Sheriff Tex Tucker (voice)

    Doctor in Love
    Doctor in Love (1960)
    GoodWatch score 44

    as Dr. Hinxman

    1950s

    12 titles · average score 61
    Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
    Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Rodgers

    Upstairs and Downstairs
    Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Brian

    Too Many Crooks
    Too Many Crooks (1959)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Tommy Weston

    Happy Is the Bride
    Happy Is the Bride (1958)

    as John Royd

    Brothers in Law
    Brothers in Law (1957)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Charles Poole

    The Long Arm
    The Long Arm (1956)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Police Constable Bates

    Eyewitness
    Eyewitness (1956)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as House Surgeon

    The Adventures of the Big Man
    The Adventures of the Big Man (1956)

    TV show · as Harry

    The Adventures of Robin Hood
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show · as Sir Walter of the Glen

    An Alligator Named Daisy
    An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as News Interviewer (uncredited)

    Simon and Laura
    Simon and Laura (1955)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as TV Producer

    To Dorothy, a Son
    To Dorothy, a Son (1954)

    as Passport Official

    1940s

    1 title
    The Master of Bankdam
    The Master of Bankdam (1947)

    as Edgar Hoylehouse