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Michael Palin
Michael Palin was born on May 5, 1943 in Ranmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England as Michael Edward Palin. He is an actor and writer, known for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). He has been married to Helen Gibbins since April 16, 1966. They have three children.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
(1975)
Life of Brian
Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
(1979)
The Meaning of Life
Window Washer / Harry / Fish #5 / Mr. Pycroft / Dad / Narrator #1 / Chaplain / Carter / Spadger / Regimental Sergeant Major / Pakenham-Walsh / Rear End / Female TV Presenter / Mr. Marvin Hendy / Governor / Leaf Son / Debbie Katzenberg
(1983)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's Man / Various / 'It's' Man / Luigi Vercotti / Voice Over #1 / Linkman / Newsreader / Various Roles / Viking / Voice Over #2 / An Art Critic / Bevis / Bishop / Cardinal Richelieu / Cardinal Ximenez / Doctor / First City Gent / Frank Bough / Head Waiter / Jean-Brian Zatapathique / Ken Shabby / Michael / Officer / Pepperpot / Policeman / Presenter / Redcoat / Sergeant / The 'It's' Man / Vicar / Waiter / 'Blackmail' Presenter / 'Interesting Pepole Compère / 'McKamikaze Highlanders' Voice Over / 'Most Awful Family in Britain' (Sport) Presenter / 'Mt. Everest' Narrator / 'University of the Air' Announcer / A City Stockbroker / A Historian / A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Nose / Alan Whicker #3 / Alexander Yahlt / Alfred Lord Tennyson / Algy / Angus Podgorny / Animated Professor / Archaeology Today Interviewer / Archbishop Gumby / Archbishop Ken Shabby / Argument customer / Arthur Briggs / Arthur Figgis's Fan / Arthur Pewtey / Assistant / BBC Announcer / BBC Man / Barnes / Betrothed Scottsman / Bicycle Repair Man / Bill / Bounder of Adventure / Bowler Hatted Man / Boxing documentary narrator / Boy Scout / Brian / Brian Norris / Brigadier Zoe La Rue (deceased) / Charlie Gardener / Church Policeman / City Gent / Clock smuggler / Colin Mozart / Colonel Fawcett / Commander / Complaints Manager / Compère / Compére / Conjurer / Constable / Cricket Commentator / D.P. Gumby / Dame Elsie Occluded / Dame Irene Stoat / David Attenborough / David Mercer / Dick / Dr. Peaches Bartkowicz / Edna OBrien / Ernest Scribbler / F.G. Superman / Female Fanshaw-Chumleigh / Fireman / First Airline Pilot / First Bandit / First Bishop / First Climber / First Critic / First Fireman / First Gas Man / First Gumby / First Hermit / First Jockey / First Lifeboatman / First Old Idiot / First Radio Announcer / First Richard III / First Sailor / First Writer / First Young Man / First Ypres Voiceover / Foreman / Frank / Frank Gough / GPO Official / General #1 / Genghis Khan / George Bernard Shaw / German Radio Voice / Giuseppe / Grantley / Gumby #5 / Gunman / Hargreaves / Head of the Careers Advisory Board / Headmaster / Heimlich Bimmler (Himmler) / Helmut / Henry Wensleydale / Highwayman / Hopkins / Hospital Patient / Host / House Manager / Icelandic Gent / Inspector / Inspector Harry H 'Snapper' Organs / Inspector Muffin the Mule / Interrogated Officer / Interviewer / Interviewer #1 / Interviewer with a hook for a hand / Italian / James M'Burke / Jeremy Toogood / Jewish Figure / John Rickman / John Stokes / Joke Victim / Lafarge / Len Hanky / Lenin / Lift Woman / Lionel / Louis XIV / Lumberjack / Male Peasant / Man Outside Bathroom / Man banging on the ceiling with a broom / Man in Cap / Man struck by 16-Ton weight / Man who forgot the question / Man who peeks into a beach hut / Mark Edwards / Master of Ceremonies / Maurice / Messenger / Mongol / Movie Trailers Announcer / Mr. A / Mr. Anchovy / Mr. Atilla the Hun (Mr. Alexander the Great) / Mr. Boniface / Mr. Bradford / Mr. Burrows / Mr. Cook / Mr. Devious / Mr. Gabriello / Mr. Hartford / Mr. Horton's Boss / Mr. Jenkins / Mr. Ken Verybigliar / Mr. Notlob / Mr. Orbiter-5 / Mr. Patrick Loone / Mr. Pither / Mr. Potter / Mr. Pudey / Mr. Smailes / Mr. Von Bulow / Mrs. April Simmel / Mrs. Collins / Mrs. Concrete / Mrs. Entrail / Mrs. Gorilla / Mrs. Kelly / Mrs. Nigger-Baiter / Mrs. Sartre / Mrs. Wills / Native / Norman / Not at All Naughty Chemist / Official / Padre / Peer of the Realm / Pepperpot #2 / Pepperpot #3 / Pepperpot #4 / Person on Tape Recorder / Pet Shop Employee / Pet Shop Employee's Brother / Pet Store Shopkeeper / Pilot / Plumber / Police Constable Pan-Am / Post Office Worker / Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald / Professor Gert van der Whoops / Professor R.J. Gumby / Property Dealer / Queen Victoria / R.M. Nixon / Radio Announcer / Ralph Garibaldi / Raymond Baxter / Rev. Arthur Belling / Ricky / Robbed Man / Robin the Hun / Ronald Rutherford / Russell Braddon / Salesman / Schoolmaster / Scot / Scots Soldier / Scott of the Antarctic / Scottsman / Second Announcer / Second Businessman / Second City Idiot / Second Cricketer / Second Interviewer / Second Journalist / Second Man / Second Man in Self-defense class / Second Poofy Judge / Second Producer / Second Program Planner / Second Store Assistant / Second Tramp / Secretary of State / Silly Walker / Sir Philip Sidney / Spectrum Presenter / Stockbroker / Superintendent Gaskell / Surgeon / Sweeney Todd / T.F. Gumby / The Boss / Third Booth / Third Bruce / Third Groupie / Third Knight / Third Miner / Third Psychiatrist / Third Radio Voice / Tony / Trainer / Venus de Milo / Vera's Husband / Voice of Teddy Salad / Voice over #2 / Voiceover #3 / Wally Wiggin / Weedy Man in Pullover with National Health Specs / Wilkins / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1969-1974)
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Actor (68 credits)
Actor (68 credits)
2015-2016
Clangers
(TV Series)
Narrator
Narrator
- Things
(2016)
... Narrator
- Building Bridges
(2016)
... Narrator
- Blob
(2016)
... Narrator
- The Discovery
(2016)
... Narrator
- The Wols
(2016)
... Narrator
2014
Remember Me
(TV Mini-Series)
Tom Parfitt
Tom Parfitt
- Episode #1.3
(2014)
... Tom Parfitt
- Episode #1.2
(2014)
... Tom Parfitt
- Episode #1.1
(2014)
... Tom Parfitt
2012
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Michael Palin / Graham's Father / Interview Don #1 / ... (voice)
Michael Palin / Graham's Father / Interview Don #1 / ... (voice)
2003
Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really Expensive School
(Video short)
Mr. Thistlewaite / Narrator
Mr. Thistlewaite / Narrator
1999
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python
(TV Movie documentary)
Luigi Vercotti / BBC Crewmember / Himself / ...
Luigi Vercotti / BBC Crewmember / Himself / ...
1996-1997
Summer Bay
(TV Series)
Surfer
Surfer
- Episode #1.2238
(1997)
... Surfer
- Episode #1.1917
(1996)
... Surfer
1996
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
(Video Game)
First Game Announcer / Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / ...
First Game Announcer / Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / ...
1991
G.B.H.
(TV Mini-Series)
Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson
- Over and Out
(1991)
... Jim Nelson
- Message Understood
(1991)
... Jim Nelson
- Message Received
(1991)
... Jim Nelson
- Message Sent
(1991)
... Jim Nelson
- Send a Message to Michael
(1991)
... Jim Nelson
1981
The Box
(Short)
(voice)
1980
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series)
Dick Savage
Dick Savage
- Paul Simon, James Taylor & David Sanborn
(1980)
... Dick Savage
(uncredited)
1976-1979
Ripping Yarns
(TV Series)
Roger / Gordon Ottershaw / Gerald Whinfrey / ...
Roger / Gordon Ottershaw / Gerald Whinfrey / ...
- Roger of the Raj
(1979)
... Roger
- Golden Gordon
(1979)
... Gordon Ottershaw
- Whinfrey's Last Case
(1979)
... Gerald Whinfrey
- The Curse of the Claw
(1977)
... Kevin Orr
/ Uncle Jack
- Across the Andes by Frog
(1977)
... Captain Walter Snetterton
1969-1974
Monty Python's Flying Circus
(TV Series)
It's Man / Various / 'It's' Man / ...
It's Man / Various / 'It's' Man / ...
- Party Political Broadcast
(1974)
... Voice Over #1
/ Ralph Garibaldi
/ 'Most Awful Family in Britain' (Sport) Presenter
/ ...
- Mr. Neutron
(1974)
... GPO Official
/ Mrs. Entrail
/ Commander
/ ...
- Hamlet
(1974)
... Third Psychiatrist
/ Policeman
/ Mr. Gabriello
/ ... (voice)
- The Light Entertainment War
(1974)
... Second Tramp
/ Len Hanky
/ Pilot
/ ...
- Michael Ellis
(1974)
... Second Store Assistant
/ Mr. Hartford
/ 'University of the Air' Announcer
/ ...
1973
Full House
(TV Series)
Actor in sketches
Actor in sketches
- Episode dated 17 March 1973
(1973)
... Actor in sketches
- Episode dated 10 February 1973
(1973)
... Actor in sketches
1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / ...
Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / ...
1969
A Christmas Night with the Stars
(TV Series)
Various - Monty Python's Flying Circus segment
Various - Monty Python's Flying Circus segment
- Episode dated 25 December 1969
(1969)
... Various - Monty Python's Flying Circus segment
1967-1969
Do Not Adjust Your Set
(TV Series)
Various Characters
Various Characters
- Episode #2.13
(1969)
... Various Characters
- Episode #2.5
(1969)
... Various Characters
- Episode #2.4
(1969)
... Various Characters
- Episode #2.3
(1969)
... Various Characters
- Episode #2.2
(1969)
... Various Characters
1969
Marty
(TV Series)
Various Characters
Various Characters
- Episode dated 17 March 1969
(1969)
... Various Characters
1969
Complete and Utter History of Britain
(TV Series)
Various / James I / Charles II / ...
Various / James I / Charles II / ...
- The Great and Glorious Age of Elizabeth
(1969)
... Various
- Perkin Warbeck to Bloody Mary
(1969)
... Perkin Warbeck
- Edward the First to Richard the Last
(1969)
... Various
- Richard the Lionheart to Robin the Hood
(1969)
... Various
1969
David Frost Presents
(TV Series)
Malcolm / Bona Fide Movie-Goer / Head Waiter / ...
Malcolm / Bona Fide Movie-Goer / Head Waiter / ...
- How to Irritate People
(1969)
... Malcolm
/ Bona Fide Movie-Goer
/ Head Waiter
/ ...
1968
Broaden Your Mind
(TV Series)
Various Characters
Various Characters
- Episode #1.6
(1968)
... Various Characters
- Episode #1.3
(1968)
... Various Characters
- Episode #1.2
(1968)
... Various Characters
1967-1968
Twice a Fortnight
(TV Series)
Various Characters
Various Characters
- The Best of Twice a Fortnight
(1968)
... Various Characters
(as Mikael Palinski)
- Episode #1.10
(1967)
... Various Characters
- Episode #1.9
(1967)
... Various Characters
- Episode #1.3
(1967)
... Various Characters
- Episode #1.2
(1967)
... Various Characters
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Writer (61 credits)
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Soundtrack (11 credits)
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Miscellaneous Crew (3 credits)
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Producer (2 credits)
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Music department (1 credit)
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Thanks (6 credits)
Thanks (6 credits)
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Self (185 credits)
Self (185 credits)
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Archive footage (27 credits)
Archive footage (27 credits)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Terry Jones and his pantomime, "Beauty and the Beast", was performed at the Colchester Theatre in Colchester, Essex, England with Sheila Ferris, Eilian Wyn, Monica Stewart, Roger Foss, Brian Walton, William Maxwell, Gilbert Vernon, Celia Imrie and Sally Tinker in the cast. David Buxton was the director. See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography | 7 Interviews | 10 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 5 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Michael Palin CBE | Montypython Flyingcircus | Michael Lapin | Michael Spam Palin | Michael C. Palinberg | Mikael Palinski | Monty Python | The Usual Lot | Alan Michael Palin WhickerHeight:
5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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