Eric Idle
- Birthday
- Mar 29, 1943
- Birthplace
- South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Bio: The "matinee idol" of the motley Monty Python crew, Eric Idle attended Cambridge University, where he served as president of the Footlights Revue. Idle's fellow college troupers included future Pythonites John Cleese and Graham Chapman. After getting his start on such TV series as Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, Idle served as performer and co-writer… More Bio: The "matinee idol" of the motley Monty Python crew, Eric Idle attended Cambridge University, where he served as president of the Footlights Revue. Idle's fellow college troupers included future Pythonites John Cleese and Graham Chapman. After getting his start on such TV series as Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, Idle served as performer and co-writer for the zany weekly series Monty Python's Flying Circus. He remained a loyal Python throughout the group's many film, TV-special and book projects. On his own, Idle has co-starred in such films as The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989), Nuns on the Run (1990), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), and Casper (1995). One of his best screen showings was his sidesplitting bit as an accident-prone cyclist in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985). Among Idle's contributions to American television was his star turn as snobbish ghost Grant Pritchard in the 1989 comedy/fantasy series Nearly Departed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Eric Idle Pictures
Eric Idle Videos
Alice In Wonderland
Casper
Splitting Heirs
Mom And Dad Save The World
Too Much Sun
Filmography
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George Harrison: Living In The Material World (2011)
- Actor
- 89%
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut (2011)
- Actor
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Actor
- 51%
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Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2010)
- Screenwriter, Actor
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