John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he was often tormented for his height, having reached a height of six feet by the age of twelve...See full bio »
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Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
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Trivia:
The inspiration for
Fawlty Towers came from a hotel stay he had with the other Pythons in the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, England. The hotel manager was called Donald Sinclair, someone Cleese considered to be the rudest man he had ever encountered. He later played a character by the name of Donald P. Sinclair in
Rat Race.
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Trademark:
Often played imposing, bullying characters on Monty Python
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