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Eric Idle
Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, playwright, director and songwriter. Co-creator of Monty Python on TV, stage and five films, including The Life of Brian and The Holy Grail, which latter he adapted for the stage with John Du Prez as Monty Python's Spamalot, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005, a Grammy, a Drama ...
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
(1975)
Life of Brian
Mr. Cheeky / Stan aka Loretta / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
(1979)
The Meaning of Life
Gunther / Fish #3 / 'Meaning of Life' Singer / Mr. Moore / Mrs. Blackitt / Watson / Blackitt / Atkinson / Perkins / Victim #3 / Front End / Mrs. Hendy / Man in Pink / Noël Coward / Gaston / Angela
(1983)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various / Clerk / BBC Announcer / Eddie Waring / Eric / Interviewer / Mr. Badger / Mr. Johnson / Newsreader / Philip Jenkinson / Professor / Registrar / Second Assistant / Vicar / Voice Over #1 / Voice Over #2 / Voice Over #3 / Voiceover #1 / 'International Wife-Swapping' Voice Over / 'It's' Announcer / 'No Time to Lose Advice Centre' Consultant / 'Prawn Salad Accidents' Man / 'Probe' Presenter / 'Spot the Loony Presenter / 'Storage Jars' Presenter / Absent-Minded Woman / Adman / Admiral Nelson / Adrian / Advert Voice / Advertisement Announcer / Alan Whicker #1 / Announcer / Announcer eating a yoghurt / Archbishop Arthur Nudge / Arrested Newsreader / Arthur Crackpot / Arthur Huntingdon / Arthur Lemming / Arthur Name / Arthur Tree / Arthur Waring / Arthur Wilson / Assistant / BALPA Spokesman / BBC Man / Book at Bedtime' Voice Over / Boxer / Brian / Brian MacThighbone / Brigadier N. F. Marwood-Git (retired) / Brooky / Butcher who is alternately rude and polite / Camel spotter / Captain Carpenter / Carl Vernon / Chairman / Charles / Chief Superintendent Lookout / Chris / Chris Quinn / Commentator, 'Hide-and-Seek' Finals / Compere / Compère / Continuity Announcer / Continuity Voice / Corporal / Customer / Cyril / Detective Inspector / Dickie Attenborough / Disc Jockey Voice / Doctor / Dorian Williams / Dr. Lewis Hoad / Dr. Natal / Dr. Walters / Elizabethan Gent / Encyclopedia salesman (burglar) / Enid / Eurovision Girl / Face the Press' Interviewer / Fairy / Fairy Godmother / Female tennis player / First Booth / First Bruce / First Groupie / First Interviewer / First Knight / First Major / First Man / First Poofy Judge / First Presenter / First Program Planner / First Undertaker / Foreman / Fourth Gas Man / Fourth man who is interested in pointed sticks / Francesco / Frank / Gary Coover / George III's Reader / Gerald / German Joker / Gerry Schlick / Gino Agnelli / Gumby #3 / Hamrag Yatlerot / Harold Larch / Hell's Grannies reporter / Husband / Ian McKellan / Indian / Inspector / Inspector Baboon / Inspector Thompson's Gazelle / Interviewer #3 / It's a Living Compère / Jack / Jackie / Jacques Montgolfier / Jenkins / John / John Keats / John Lennon / Journalist / Julius Caesar / Ken / Kenny Lust / Lassie O'Shen / Leicester / Letter Writer Against the 'Mr. Atilla the Hun' Sketch and the Next Letter / Lieutenant Commander Dorothy Lamour / Lord Interest / Ludovic Kennedy / Male Fanshaw-Chumleigh / Man at Less Naughty Chemist's / Man at Not at All Naughty Chemist's / Man in Charge / Man in Suit / Man on Left / Man with Porter's Cap / Manager / Marriage Counsellor / Maurice Zatapathique / McGough / Michael Charlton / Michael Norman Randall / Military Man / Milkman Psychiatrist / Miss Rita Fairbanks / Mme. Brun / Money Programme Presenter / Mother / Mr. Bun / Mr. Grimshaw / Mr. Hollweg / Mr. Husband / Mr. Ith / Mr. Leavey / Mr. Man / Mr. Martin / Mr. Phipps / Mr. Pither's Mother / Mr. Smoke-Too-Much / Mr. Thomas Walters / Mr. Verity / Mrs. Brainsample / Mrs. Clean Air Systems / Mrs. Entity / Mrs. Garibaldi / Mrs. Inference / Mrs. Non-Gorilla / Mrs. O / Mrs. Potter / Mrs. Scribbler / Mrs. Smailes / Mrs. Sybil Agro / Narrator / Norman Nudge / Norwegian / Officer / Old Idiot / Old Lady / Parson / Patrice / Pepperpot / Pepperpot #1 / Pepperpot Mother / Peter West / Policeman / Prime Minister / Private Watkins / Professional Cricketer / Professor Herman Khan / Proprietor / Radio Voice / Random Man / Rating / Rear Admiral Humphrey DeVere / Reg / Reg Moss / Registrar's Customer / Regius Professor F.H. Gumby / Reverend Morrison / Rita Fairbanks / Roy Spim / S. Frog / Sandy Camp / Sapper Walters / Second 'Probe Around' Host / Second Bandit / Second Bishop / Second Critic / Second Doctor / Second Explorer / Second Fireman / Second Guard / Second Officer / Second Official / Second Presenter / Second Richard III / Second Robert / Second Soldier / Second Voiceover / Secret Policeman Grip / Shirley / Singer in the Cardiff Rooms, Libya / Spanish Guitarist / Squadron Leader / Squatter / Stebbins / Stig O'Tracey / Storyteller / Summarise Proust Announcer / Swedish Person / Tenant / Tennis commentator / Theatre Critic for the 'Bath Chronicle / Third City Gent / Third Climber / Third Cricketer / Third Officer / Third Old Idiot / Third Pepperpot / Third Reader / Third Sailor / Third Smith / Third Writer / Timmy Williams / Toastmaster / Uncle Tom / Usher / Various Roles / Veronica / Vicky / Viking / Voice over #2 / Voiceover #2 / Wains Cotting Woman / William Shakespeare / Window Cleaner / Woman Outside Runcorn Avenue / Wordsworth / World Forum Presenter
(1969-1974)
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Actor (79 credits)
2003-2012
The Simpsons
(TV Series)
Declan Desmond
Declan Desmond
- The Spy Who Learned Me
(2012)
... Declan Desmond
(voice)
- Springfield Up
(2007)
... Declan Desmond
(voice)
- Fat Man and Little Boy
(2004)
... Declan Desmond
(voice)
- 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
(2003)
... Declan Desmond
(voice)
2012
Why? Factor
(Short)
(voice)
2004-2005
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
(TV Series)
Scrapperton
Scrapperton
- The Skeleton King Threat
(2005)
... Scrapperton
(voice)
- Ape New World
(2004)
... Scrapperton
(voice)
- Magnetic Menace
(2004)
... Scrapperton
(voice)
2001-2002
House of Mouse
(TV Series)
Pluto Angel
Pluto Angel
- Pluto vs. Figaro
(2002)
... Pluto Angel
(voice)
- Pluto Saves the Day
(2001)
... Pluto Angel
(voice)
1999-2000
Suddenly Susan
(TV Series)
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Ian Maxtone-Graham
- The Reversal
(2000)
... Ian Maxtone-Graham
- Susan and the Professor
(2000)
... Ian Maxtone-Graham
- Finale: Part 2
(2000)
... Ian Maxtone-Graham
- Finale: Part 1
(2000)
... Ian Maxtone-Graham
- The Bird in the Wall
(2000)
... Ian Maxtone-Graham
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
(TV Series)
Guzelian
Guzelian
- War and Peace and War
(2000)
... Guzelian
(voice)
1999-2000
Mickey Mouse Works
(TV Series)
Pluto Angel
Pluto Angel
- Episode #2.11
(2000)
... Pluto Angel
(voice)
- Episode #1.5
(1999)
... Pluto Angel
(voice)
1998-1999
Recess
(TV Series)
Galileo
Galileo
- That Stinking Feeling
(1999)
... Galileo
(voice)
- The Girl Was Trouble
(1998)
... Galileo
(voice)
1998-1999
Hercules
(TV Series)
Mr. Parentheses / Parenthesis / School Master
Mr. Parentheses / Parenthesis / School Master
- Hercules and the Complex Electra
(1999)
... School Master
(voice)
- Hercules and the Pegasus Incident
(1998)
... (voice)
- Hercules and the Griffin
(1998)
... Mr. Parentheses
(voice)
- Hercules and the Trojan War
(1998)
... Mr. Parentheses
(voice)
- Hercules and the Drama Festival
(1998)
... Mr. Parentheses
(voice)
1998
The Angry Beavers
(TV Series)
Spanque
Spanque
- Open Wide for Zombies/Dumbwaiters
(1998)
... Spanque
(voice)
1998
Pinky and the Brain
(TV Series)
Pinky's Mom / Pinky's Dad
Pinky's Mom / Pinky's Dad
- The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together
(1998)
... Pinky's Mom
/ Pinky's Dad
(voice)
1996
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
(Video Game)
Historyteller / Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / ...
Historyteller / Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / ...
1991-1992
One Foot in the Grave
(TV Series)
The voice of / Mervyn Whale
The voice of / Mervyn Whale
- The Beast in the Cage
(1992)
... The voice of
(voice)
- The Man in the Long Black Coat
(1991)
... Mervyn Whale
1990
Everything You Need to Know About Buying and Selling a Used Car, But Were Afraid to Ask
(Video)
Car Salesman
Car Salesman
1989
Around the World in 80 Days
(TV Mini-Series)
Jean Passepartout
Jean Passepartout
- Episode #1.3
(1989)
... Jean Passepartout
- Episode #1.2
(1989)
... Jean Passepartout
- Episode #1.1
(1989)
... Jean Passepartout
1989
Nearly Departed
(TV Series)
Grant Pritchard / Millie Pritchard
Grant Pritchard / Millie Pritchard
- Grant's Aunt
(1989)
... Grant Pritchard
/ Millie Pritchard
- Grandpa's Date
(1989)
... Grant Pritchard
- TV or Not TV
(1989)
... Grant Pritchard
- Altared States
(1989)
... Grant Pritchard
- Adventures in Babysitting
(1989)
... Grant Pritchard
1986
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series)
Terry Halsey
Terry Halsey
- Chevy Chase/Steve Martin/Martin Short/Randy Newman
(1986)
... Terry Halsey
(uncredited)
1982-1985
Faerie Tale Theatre
(TV Series)
The Pied Piper / Robert Browning / Narrator
The Pied Piper / Robert Browning / Narrator
- The Tale of the Frog Prince
(1982)
... Narrator
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
(Documentary)
Michelangelo / Brewer / First Bruce / ...
Michelangelo / Brewer / First Bruce / ...
1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
(TV Movie)
Dirk McQuickly / The Narrator / Stanley J. Krammerhead III, Jr.
Dirk McQuickly / The Narrator / Stanley J. Krammerhead III, Jr.
1975-1976
Rutland Weekend Television
(TV Series)
Various / RWT programme controller / Dirk McQuickly - Rutles Guitarist
Various / RWT programme controller / Dirk McQuickly - Rutles Guitarist
- Rutland Weekend Showtime!
(1976)
... Various
- Rutland Weekend Is Innocent
(1976)
... Various
- Rutland Weekend Insurance
(1976)
... Various
- Rutland Weekend Sprimpo
(1976)
... Various
- Rutland Weekend Sequel
(1976)
... Various
1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / ...
Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / ...
1969-1974
Monty Python's Flying Circus
(TV Series)
Various / Clerk / Professor / ...
Various / Clerk / Professor / ...
- Party Political Broadcast
(1974)
... Radio Voice
/ Mrs. Garibaldi
/ Professor
/ ...
- Mr. Neutron
(1974)
... Captain Carpenter
/ Mrs. Smailes
/ Chairman
/ ...
- Hamlet
(1974)
... Dr. Natal
/ Michael Charlton
/ Second Assistant
/ ...
- The Light Entertainment War
(1974)
... Rear Admiral Humphrey DeVere
/ Gino Agnelli
/ Squadron Leader
/ ...
- Michael Ellis
(1974)
... Chris Quinn
/ John Keats
1972
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
(TV Series)
Torch Runner / Farmer with dog / Shakespearean Expert / ...
Torch Runner / Farmer with dog / Shakespearean Expert / ...
1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / ...
Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / ...
1969
A Christmas Night with the Stars
(TV Series)
Various
Various
- Episode dated 25 December 1969
(1969)
... Various
1967-1969
Do Not Adjust Your Set
(TV Series)
Various Characters / Various
Various Characters / Various
- Episode #2.13
(1969)
... Various Characters
- Episode #2.5
(1969)
... Various
- Episode #2.4
(1969)
... Various
- Episode #2.3
(1969)
... Various
- Episode #2.2
(1969)
... Various
1967
No, That's Me Over Here!
(TV Series)
TV announcer
TV announcer
- Episode #1.3
(1967)
... TV announcer
(voice)
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Writer (39 credits)
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Composer (1 credit)
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Producer (5 credits)
Producer (5 credits)
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Thanks (5 credits)
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Self (115 credits)
Self (115 credits)
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Is Dr. Nigel Channing in two attractions at EPCOT in Walt Disney World: Honey, I Shrunk the Audience and Journey Into Your Imagination With Figment. See more »Alternate Names:
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