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Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined Cambridge University Footlights.
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 he later 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 ...
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) [2] [3] were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The group came to prominence for the sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, which aired on the BBC from 1969 to 1974.
Feb 12, 2024 · Monty Python actor Eric Idle has said he is still working at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian, known as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in Monty Python And The...
Eric Idle was born on March 29th 1943 in Harton Hospital, South Shields, County Durham, U.K. His mother was a nurse and his father was a Sergeant in the RAF who was killed hitch-hiking home on compassionate leave and died in Darlington Hospital on Christmas Eve 1945.
Sep 22, 2022 · Monty Python's Eric Idle reveals that he is a survivor of pancreatic cancer and encourages people to explore their screening options in hopes of detecting the disease early.
Oct 13, 2022 · Monty Python's Eric Idle wrote a play about a man getting pancreatic cancer. Little did he know he'd eventually end up with a diagnosis himself.
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 he later 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 ...
Eric Idle penned many of Monty Python’s most memorable tunes, including The Bruces’ Philosophers Song. It was at Cambridge University that he met Cleese and Graham Chapman and shortly afterwards, Palin, Gilliam and Terry Jones, completing the team that was to unleash Monty Python on an unsuspecting public.
Oct 4, 2018 · Eric Idle: A Monty Python Legend Looks Back. With his new "sortabiography," 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,' out now, the comedy icon reflects on his famed troupe's staying power,...
