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Eric Idle
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: March 29, 1943 in South Shields, Durham, England, UK Biography: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... Full Biography
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