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Graham Chapman
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: January 8, 1941 in Leicester, England Death: October 4, 1989 in Maidstone, England Biography:While attending Cambridge University, Leicester-born Graham Chapman met and befriended fellow student John Cleese. Sharing a keen sense of the ridiculous, Chapman and Cleese formed a writing/performing team, contributing scripts to a variety of BBC radio and TV shows, most notably "Doctor in the House". They also wrote for such satirical films as "The Magic Christian" (1969) and "Rentadick" (1972). In 1969, Chapman and Cleese formed the Monty Python comedy troupe, which led to the matchless TV comedy-sketch series Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-1974). Because he came closest to resembling a film star, the Pythons cast Chapman in the leading roles of their film projects "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) and "The Life of Brian" (1978); in the latter film, Chapman scored as an "alternate Messiah" who ended his life on the Cross while singing an insipid cheer-up song. On his own, Graham Chapman... Full Biography
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