Cast & creator
Michael Parkinson
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, The Dick Cavett Show
Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (28 March 1935 – 16 August 2023) was an English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show Parkinson from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and abroad. He also worked in radio and was described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".
45
film credits
39
television credits
81
1961–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self
2006
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Co-Host
1968The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Top Gear
Self
2002Top Gear
Self - Guest
2002Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self - Host
1998Pebble Mill
Self
1991
An Audience with...
Self
1978The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
TFI Friday
1996
World in Action
1963
Parkinson
Self - Host
2004
Love Actually
Parky
2003
Room 101
Self
1994Scene at 6:30
1963
Screen One
Presenter
1989
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Morecambe & Wise
Self
1961
Give Us a Clue
Self - Host
1979Give Us a Clue
Self -Host
1979
Countdown
1982
Enough Rope With Andrew Denton
Self
2003
Parkinson
Self - Presenter
1971
This Morning
Self
1988
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
99-1
Young Officer
1994
The Marti Caine Show
1979
Television
1985
The National Television Awards
Self
1995
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
2006
Parkinson In Australia
Self - Host
1979Parkinson In Australia
Creator
1979TV-am
1983
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self (archive footage)
2026There's A Lot Of It About
1982
Ghostwatch
Presenter
1992
Parkinson at 50
Self
2021
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Self
2002
Parkinson One to One
Self - Host
1987Parkinson One to One
Creator
1987
Madhouse
TV Interviewer
1974When Boxing Ruled The World
Self
2001
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Attenborough at 90
Self
2016
David Beckham: Close Up
Self
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
2002
BBC Swingin' Christmas
Self - Host
2010
Ooh the Banter!
Self
2022
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Joe Buggersthorpe
2000
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Self
2002
Kirk Douglas
Himself
1972
Barry Humphries at the BBC
Self (archive material)
2023
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(archive footage)
2013
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
2006
Parkinson: The Interviews
Self - Presenter
1995
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Self - Audience Member
1994
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Self (Archive Footage)
1995
Thora Hird Tribute
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Self
2012
Victoria's Secrets
Self
2000
Granada: From the North
Self
1992
The Battle for Britain's Breakfast
Self
2014
Monty Python: Who's There?
Narrator
1970The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
Himself
1977
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
Self - Presenter
1975Ray Reardon at 80
2012
Prom at the Palace
Self - Master of Ceremonies
2002
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
2020
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Self
2004
Tommy Cooper: In His Own Words
2018
Parkinson Meets Morecambe and Wise
Self - Presenter
1999Parkinson Meets Morecambe and Wise
Presenter
1999
The Charlton Boys
1968Ghostwatch
Self (archive footage)
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
2000
Busby
Self
2019
Matthews
Self
2017Goodbye Granadaland
Self
2013
Parky's Picks
2012Parky
Self
2026