Eric Idle
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-03-29 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Also known As
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Eric Idle
Biography
Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Idle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
1979
as Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
1975
as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
2007
as Merlin (voice)
1983
as Various Roles
1990
as Brian Hope
1993
as Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
2003
2008
as Spig (voice)
1998
as Evil Martin (voice)
1997
1983
as Commander Clement
1982
as Various Roles
1995
as Dibs
1971
as Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed sticks) / 'Hell's Grannies' analyst / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson Two / Nightclub Emcee / Linkman / First General / Restaurant Manager / Lingerie Shop Owner / Accountant #1 (falling past the window) / Fairy Godmother / Rita Fairbanks / Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris / Mountie / Lady With Cookbook
2003
as Melvin/Dirk McQuickly/Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
2008
as Mr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler
2006
as Various Characters
2005
as Self
1998
as Slyly (voice)
1992
as King Raff
1987
as Ko-Ko
2004
as Narrator
1988
as Desmond / Berthold
2005
as Self
1978
as Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
2010
as Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben
1996
as Rat
2007
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
as Prospector
1990
as Sonny
2007
as Self
1998
as Alan Smithee
2012
2012
as The Piano
1996
as Man in Bed
2000
as Self
2008
as Self
1990
as Self / Various Roles
2002
as Coffin Ed
2014
as Self / Nigel Spasm
1992
as Wendel
2012
as Self
1989
as Self / Various Characters
1986
as Wreck-Gar (voice)
1985
as The Bike Rider
2014
as Self, others
2014
as Self
1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
2015
as Salubrious Gat (voice)
-
as Bogeyhead
2014
2008
as Self
2003
2018
as Dirk McQuickley (archive footage)
2003
as Celebrity
1966
as Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited)
1989
as Self
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self - Presenter
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1982
as Narrator
1998
as Devon (voice)
1989
as Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
2017
1966
as Young Man (uncredited)
1999
as Dr. Vosknocker (voice)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Self
1985
as The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
1999
as Self
1999
1999
2008
2008
1983
as Gunther (uncredited)
2018
1983
as Self
2000
as Self
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2003
2000
as Waddlesworth (voice)
2008
as Self - 'Berthold'
1999
as Parenthesis (voice) (archive sound)
2006
as Various Characters
1978
as Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice)
1981
as Reporter
2004
as Drosselmeier (voice)
1998
as Self
2001
as Mr. Bix
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2014
2020
as The Impressive Clergyman
1991
as Mervyn Whale
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
Production
1979
as Screenplay
1975
as Writer
1983
as Screenplay
1993
as Writer
1993
as Executive Producer
1971
as Screenplay
2003
as Director
2003
as Writer
2010
1978
as Director
2012
as Director
2012
as Writer
2012
as Musical
2014
as Writer
2014
as Director
1981
as Director
2003
as Producer
1982
1978
as Writer
2014
as Songs
1982
as Director
2008
as Screenplay
1982
as Writer
2016
as Writer
1971
2001
as Original Story
2015
as Original Story
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