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Eric Idle

Eric Idle is an English actor, author, comedian and musician. Idle is a former member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spamalot.

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Ella Enchanted

2004
as Narrator

Shrek the Third

2007
as Merlin

Casper

1995
as Paul 'Dibbs' Plutzker

102 Dalmatians

2000
as Waddlesworth (voice)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975
as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle

Life of Brian

1979
as Mr. Cheeky

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

1999
as Dr. Vosknocker (voice)

Quest for Camelot

1998
as Devon (voice)

Absolutely Anything

2015
as Salubrious Gat (voice)

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

Life of Python

1990
as Self / Various Roles

The Scream Team

2002
as Coffin Ed

And Now for Something Completely Different

1971
as Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed stic

Suddenly Susan

1996
as Ian Maxtone-Graham

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2014
as Himself, others

The Aristocrats

2005
as Himself

The Transformers: The Movie

1986
as Wreck-Gar (voice)

Honey, I Shrunk the Audience

1994
as Dr. Nigel Channing

Dudley Do-Right

1999
as Prospector

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999
as Parenthesis

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

2003
as Narrator / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler

An Accidental Studio

2019
as Self - Monty Python (archive footage)

What About Dick?

2012
as The Piano

Too Much Sun

1990
as Sonny

Yellowbeard

1983
as Commander Clement

Delgo

2008
as Spig (voice)

Hollywood Homicide

2003
as Celebrity

European Vacation

1985
as The Bike Rider

Group Madness

1983
as Eric Idle

Splitting Heirs

1993
as Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel

Brightness

2001
as Mr. Bix

Missing Pieces

1992
as Wendel

Around the World in 80 Days

1989
as Jean Passepartout

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

2010
as Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben

Nuns on the Run

1990
as Brian Hope

Director

Episode Rutland Weekend Television
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
Movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) 2014
Movie Steve Martin: Steve Martin's Best Show Ever 1981
Movie The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978
Movie What About Dick? 2012
Movie The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch 2003
Episode Faerie Tale Theatre
The Tale Of The Frog Prince
1982
Movie The Tale of the Frog Prince 1982

Writer

Movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
Movie Life of Brian 1979
Movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983
Movie Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) 2010
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
'Face the Press'
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
1972
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 2
1976
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Live from the Grill-o-Mat
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Not the Messiah (He's Just a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 7
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fliegender Zirkus - 1
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Parrot Sketch Not Included
1989
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The War Against Pornography
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
A Book at Bedtime
1973
Movie And Now for Something Completely Different 1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Royal Episode 13
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Ant, an Introduction
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's the Arts
1969
Movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) 2014
Movie Monty Python: Parrot Sketch Not Included 1989
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
1973
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Spanish Inquisition
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 1
1978
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Python Night
1999
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 4
1976
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Sex and Violence
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Whicker's World
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Salad Days
1972
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 2
1979
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Golden Age of Ballooning
1974
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 1
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Naked Ant
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's a Living
1970
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 3
1979
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 2
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Cycling Tour
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
1972
Movie The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 4
1979
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 3
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Untitled
1969
Movie What About Dick? 2012
Movie What About Dick? 2012
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Michael Ellis
1974
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 5
1979
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 8
1971
Movie The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch 2003
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Money Programme
1972
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 6
1979
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Déjà Vu
1970
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 4
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Scott of the Antarctic
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Intermission
1970
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Gibberish
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Nude Organist
1972
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Kung-Fu
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Light Entertainment War
1974
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Warning System
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Attila the Hun Show
1970
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 7
1979
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Whistle Test
1975
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Rain in Hendon
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Owl-Stretching Time
1969
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Budget Cuts
1975
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television
1975
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Rutles
1976
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Cop Show
1976
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Sequel
1976
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Sprimpo
1976
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Full Frontal Nudity
1969
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Insurance
1976
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Rutland Weekend Is Innocent
1976
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Hamlet
1974
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
Showtime!
1976
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
1972
Movie Albert Carter Q.O.S.O. 1968
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 8
1979
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How Not to Be Seen
1970
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 5
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Buzz Aldrin Show
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mr. Neutron
1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
1972
Movie Splitting Heirs 1993
Episode Do Not Adjust Your Set
Rediffusion Show 12
1968
Movie Spamalot 2004
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
1969
Movie Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1982
Movie The Tale of the Frog Prince 1982
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Party Political Broadcast
1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Whither Canada?
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Dennis Moore
1973
Episode Die kultigsten Filme aller Zeiten
Monty Python’s Der Sinn des Lebens
2023
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Archaeology Today
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Spam
1970

Host

Series The Entire Universe

Producer

Movie Splitting Heirs 1993
Movie Spamalot 2004

Guest Star

Episode The Jonathan Ross Show
Eric Idle, Katherine Jenkins, Nish Kumar
2018
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
February 28, 2003
2003
Episode Laverne & Shirley
I Do, I Do
1981
Episode Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
War and Peace and War
2000
Episode Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings
2009
Episode One Foot in the Grave
The Beast in the Cage
1992
Episode The Daily Show
Eric Idle
2005
Episode MADtv
Episode #818
2003
Episode Jeopardy!
2001 Celebrity Jeopardy! Game 3
2001
Episode The Simpsons
Springfield Up
2007
Episode One Foot in the Grave
Beware the Trickster on the Roof
1992
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
November 16, 2012
2012
Episode Saturday Night Live
Eric Idle/Neil Innes
1977
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Eric Idle, Rick Ross & Meek Mill
2023
Episode Parkinson
Eric Idle, Joan Bakewell, Lemar, Ray Winstone
2006
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
Robin Williams—Comic Genius
2019
Episode Off Camera with Sam Jones
Eric Idle
2018
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Eric Idle, Terry Crews
2010
Episode The Project (2009)
Thursday 18 Feb
2016
Episode Frasier
High Crane Drifter
1996
Episode The Daily Show
Eric Idle
2003
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Eric Idle, David Tennant, Parmalee
2014
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards
1994
Episode BBC Documentaries
Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The BBC Lawyer's Cut
2009
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Brittany Murphy/Eric Idle/Ringside
2005
Episode Pinky and the Brain
The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together
1998
Episode Breaking News med Filip & Fredrik
Felix Herngren, Maria Wetterstrand och Edward Blom
2011
Episode One Foot in the Grave
The Man in the Long Black Coat
1991
Episode One Foot in the Grave
I Don't Believe It - The One Foot in the Grave Story
2000
Episode Saturday Night Live
Eric Idle/Joe Cocker & Stuff
1976
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
Robin Williams—TV's Best Guest
2019
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chris Evans, Monty Python, LunchMoney Lewis
2015
Episode Comedy Connections
Monty Python's Flying Circus
2005
Episode The Simpsons
Fat Man and Little Boy
2004
Episode The Simpsons
Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
2003
Episode BBC Comedy
The Entire Universe
2016
Episode Rutland Weekend Television
The Entire Universe
2016
Episode Between the Lions
Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
2000
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Eric Idle; Emily VanCamp
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Eric Idle, Dr. Lisa Masterson
2009
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 7
2010
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Trevor Noah, Odette Annable, Eric Idle
2015
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
San Francisco—Where It All Began
2019
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 1
2022