Eric Idle

Met future Monty Python members John Cleese and Graham Chapman through Cambridge's Footlights comedy club; became club president in 1965 and was the first to open membership to women.

Was the only Monty Python member to write sketches alone, rather than with a partner.

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Category

Delgo 2008 -Spig

Voice

Film

Shrek the Third 2007 -Merlin

Voice

Film

Ella Enchanted 2004 -Narrator

Actor

Film

Concert for George 2003

Actor

Film

Hollywood Homicide 2003 -Celebrity

Actor

Film

102 Dalmatians 2000 -Waddlesworth

Voice

Film

Dudley Do-Right 1999 -The Prospector

Actor

Film

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999

Voice

Film

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1998 -Slyly the Fox

Voice

Film

Mom and Dad Save the World 1992 -King Raff

Actor

Film

Too Much Sun 1991 -Sonny Rivers

Actor

Film

Nuns on the Run 1990 -Brian Hope

Actor, Screenwriter

Film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1989 -Berthold

Actor

Film

The Transformers: The Movie 1986 -WreckGar

Voice

Film

All You Need Is Cash

Actor, Director

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure -English Victim

Actor

Nearly Departed -Grant Pritchard

Actor

Saturday Night Live 1976-1979

Host

Eric Idle; Bob Dylan (1979) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Eric Idle; Kate Bush (1978) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Eric Idle; Alan Price (1977) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Eric Idle; Joe Cocker (1976) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Suddenly Susan -Ian Maxtone-Graham

Actor

Stock Tip (2000) -Ian Maxtone-Graham

Actor

TV Episode

Quest For Camelot 1998 -Devon

Voice

Film

Burn Hollywood Burn 1998 -Alan Smithee

Actor

Film

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride 1997 -Rat

Actor

Film

Casper 1995 -Dibs

Actor

Film

National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985 -Bike rider

Actor

Film

Yellowbeard 1983 -Cmdr. Clement

Actor, Screenwriter

Film

Time Bandits 1981

Screenwriter

Film

The Life of Brian 1979 -Loretta, Mr. Cheeky, Stan

Actor, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)

Film

Jabberwocky 1977

Actor

Film

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 -Concorde, Guard, Maynard, Roger, Sir Robin

Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter

Film

And Now for Something Completely Different 1972 -Various roles

Actor, Screenwriter

Film

Dick and Marge Save the World

Actor

Film

Missing Pieces

Actor

Film

Alice in Wonderland -(uncredited)

Actor

Film

Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe

Actor

Film

Monty Python's Parrot Sketch Not Included - 20 Years of Python

Actor

Film

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life -Fourth Fish

Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)

Film

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

Actor

Film

The Life of Python, Vol. I: It's...The Monty Python Story

Actor

Film

The Life of Python, Vol. II

Actor

Film

The Life of Python, Vol. III: The Lost German Episode

Actor

Film

The Mikado -KoKo

Actor

Film

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking -Drosselmeier

Voice

Film

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch -Dirk McQuickley, Narrator

Director, Actor, Voice

Film

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash -Dirk McQuickley, Narrator, S.J. Krammerhead

Director, Actor, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter

Film

The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue

Voice

Film

Splitting Heirs -Tommy Patel

Actor, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Film

Scream Team -Coffin Ed

Actor

Film

Highlights

Following his father's death during World War II, attended boarding school at The Royal Wolverhampton School from the age of 7 on.

Met future Monty Python members John Cleese and Graham Chapman through Cambridge's Footlights comedy club; became club president in 1965 and was the first to open membership to women.

Was the only Monty Python member to write sketches alone, rather than with a partner.

Made his directing debut in 1978 with the made-for-TV Beatles parody The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.

Has released several books, including the novel Road to Mars (2000) and the travelogue The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America (2005).

Revived the big-screen comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) with the creation of Spamalot, a Broadway spinoff that won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005.