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Idle, Eric (1943-)
 

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ALBERT CARTER Q.O.S.O.1967Written by
DO NOT ADUST YOUR SET1967Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 11967Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 11967Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 21968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 21968Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 51968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 51968Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 61968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 61968Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 91968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 91968Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 101968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 101968Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 111968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 111968Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 121968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET NO. 131968Script
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET1969Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET1969Script
HARK AT BARKER[25/04/69]1969Writer
The BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE1970Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[15/12/70]1970Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[15/12/70]1970Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[16/04/71]1971Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[16/04/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[10/04/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[24/04/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[29/05/71]1971Script
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT1971Screenplay
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT1971Cast Member
The LIVER BIRDS[07/01/71]1971Script Editor
The LIVER BIRDS[14/01/71]1971Script Editor
The LIVER BIRDS[21/01/71]1971Script Editor
The LIVER BIRDS[04/02/71]1971Script Editor
The LIVER BIRDS[11/02/71]1971Script Editor
The LIVER BIRDS[25/02/71]1971Script Editor
RONNIE CORBETT IN BED1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[17/04/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[01/05/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[08/05/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[15/05/71]1971Script
The TWO RONNIES[22/05/71]1971Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[02/11/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[02/11/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[16/11/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[16/11/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[30/11/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[30/11/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[19/10/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[19/10/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[26/10/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[26/10/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[09/11/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[09/11/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[23/11/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[23/11/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[07/12/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[07/12/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[14/12/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[14/12/72]1972Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[21/12/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[21/12/72]1972Cast Member
The TWO RONNIES[07/10/72]1972Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[18/01/73]1973Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[18/01/73]1973Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[04/01/73]1973Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[04/01/73]1973Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[11/01/73]1973Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[11/01/73]1973Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL1974Screenplay
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL1974Sir Robin the-not-Quite-So-Brave/Concord
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL1974Roger the Shrubber/Brother Maynard
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL1974guard of Swamp Castle
COMMANDER BADMAN1974Script
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT...1974Interviewee
The GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING1974Script
The GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING1974Cast Member
MICHAEL ELLIS1974Script
MICHAEL ELLIS1974Cast Member
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT WAR1974Script
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT WAR1974Cast Member
HAMLET1974Script
HAMLET1974Cast Member
MR NEUTRON1974Script
MR NEUTRON1974Cast Member
PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST1974Script
PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST1974Cast Member
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[02/06/75]1975Cast Member
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[12/05/75]1975Cast Member
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[19/05/75]1975Cast Member
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[19/05/75]1975Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[09/06/75]1975Cast Member
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[12/11/76]1976Script
The TWO RONNIES[11/09/76]1976Script
The TWO RONNIES[25/09/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[19/11/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[19/11/76]1976Starring
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[26/11/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[26/11/76]1976Starring
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[03/12/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[03/12/76]1976Starring
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[10/12/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[10/12/76]1976Starring
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[17/12/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[17/12/76]1976Starring
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[24/12/76]1976Script
RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION[24/12/76]1976Starring
ALL YOU NEED IS CASH1978Dirk McQuickly
ALL YOU NEED IS CASH1978Director
ALL YOU NEED IS CASH1978Conceived and written by
ALL YOU NEED IS CASH1978Stanley J. Krammerhead III Jnr
ALL YOU NEED IS CASH1978Narrator and Host
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979Screenplay
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979Mr Cheeky
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979Stan,called Loretta,a confused revolutio
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979Harry the Haggler,a beard & stone salesman
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979culprit woman, who casts the first stone
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979intensely dull youth, a passer-by
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979Otto, leader of Judean People's Front
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN1979jailer's assistant/Mr. Frisbee III
MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL1982Cast Member
FAERIE TALE THEATRE1983Script
MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE1983Screenplay
MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE1983Cast Member
YELLOWBEARD1983Commander Clement
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATION1985Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR STOCKING1986Cast Member
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR STOCKING1986Script
The TRANSFORMERS - THE MOVIE1986voice of Wreck-Gar
The MIKADO - ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA PRODUCTION1987Ko-Ko
The PIED PIPER OF HAMLIN1988Robert/The Pied Piper
The TALE OF THE FROG PRINCE1988Director
The TALE OF THE FROG PRINCE1988Adaptation
The TALE OF THE FROG PRINCE1988Narrator
The ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN1988Desmond/Berthold
WHITHER CANADA1989Script
WHITHER CANADA1989Cast Member
HOT AIR AND FANTASY - THE ADVENTURES OF TERRY GILLIAM1989Cast Member
JULES VERNE'S AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS1989Jean Passepartout
PARROT SKETCH NOT INCLUDED TWENTY YEARS OF MONTY PYTHON1989Cast Member
SEX AND VIOLENCE1989Script
SEX AND VIOLENCE1989Cast Member
OWL STRETCHING TIME1989Script
OWL STRETCHING TIME1989Cast Member
MAN'S CRISIS OF IDENTITY IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 20TH CENT UARY1989Script
MAN'S CRISIS OF IDENTITY IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 20TH CENT UARY1989Cast Member
Eric Idle1989Interviewee
SUNDAY SUNDAY[19/03/89]1989Interviewee
NUNS ON THE RUN1990Brian Hope/flight attendant
TOO MUCH SUN1990Sonny Rivers
Grant Meets Grampa1990Grant Pritchard
Adventures in Babysitting1990Grant Pritchard
WHI WILL BUY?1990Signature Tune
Grandpa's Date1990Grant Pritchard
TV or Not TV1990Grant Pritchard
Altared States1990Grant Pritchard
Who's Listening1990Signature Tune
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[04/01/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[04/01/70]1990Script
The ZINC STOAT OF BUDAPEST1990Script
The ZINC STOAT OF BUDAPEST1990Cast Member
YOU'RE NO FUN ANYMORE1990Script
YOU'RE NO FUN ANYMORE1990Cast Member
FULL FRONTAL NUDITY1990Script
FULL FRONTAL NUDITY1990Cast Member
The ANT, AN INTRODUCTION1990Script
The ANT, AN INTRODUCTION1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[21/12/69]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[21/12/69]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[28/12/69]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[28/12/69]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[11/01/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[11/01/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[15/09/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[15/09/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[22/09/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[22/09/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[29/09/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[29/09/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[20/10/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[20/10/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[27/10/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[27/10/70]1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[03/11/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[03/11/70]1990Cast Member
The ATTILLA THE HUN SHOW1990Script
The ATTILLA THE HUN SHOW1990Cast Member
FLAMING STAR1990Script
FLAMING STAR1990Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[24/11/70]1990Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[24/11/70]1990Cast Member
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE AUDIENCE1990head of Imagination Institute
LIFE OF PYTHON1990interviewee
The VALLEY OF FEAR1990Theme song written and performed
The ETERNAL QUADRANGLE1990Theme song written and performed
The RETURN OF THE SPECKLED BAND1990Theme song written and performed
I'LL RETIRE TO BEDLAM1991Music
MISSING PIECES1991Wendel Dickens
HOW TO RECOGNISE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES FROM QUITE ALONG W AY AWAY1991Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[01/12/70]1991Cast Member
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[08/12/70]1991Cast Member
HOW TO RECOGNISE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES FROM QUITE ALONG W AY AWAY1991Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[01/12/70]1991Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS[08/12/70]1991Script
ALIVE AND BURIED1992Theme song written & performed by
The BIG SLEEP1992Theme song written and performed
DRAMATIC FEVER1992Signature Tune
MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD1992Cast Member
The Man In The Long Black Coat1992Signature Tune
The Man In The Long Black Coat1992Cast Member
TIMELESS TIME1992Theme music written and sung by
SPLITTING HEIRS1993Executive Producer
SPLITTING HEIRS1993Tommy
SPLITTING HEIRS1993Screenplay
ASPEL AND COMPANY[28/03/93]1993Interviewee
The BEST OF RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION1993Cast Member
The BEST OF RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION1993Script
MONTY PYTHON'S FLIEGENDER ZIRCUS1994Cast Member
IN LUTON NO-ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM1995Theme tune composed and sung by
WE HAVE PUT HER LIVING IN THE TOMB1995Signature Tune
LOVE AND DEATH1995Signature Tune
CASPER1995Dibs
BIG CITY[27/07/95]1995Interviewee
The WIND IN THE WILLOWS1996Rat
An ALAN SMITHEE FILM BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN1997Alan Smithee
QUEST FOR CAMELOT1998voice/vocals of Devon
MONTY PYTHON AT THE ASPEN COMEDY FESTIVAL1998Cast Member
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MOVIE1998voice of Slyly the Fox
The SECRET OF NIMH 2 TIMMY TO THE RESCUE1998voice of Evil Martin
DUDLEY DO-RIGHT1999the prospector
SOUTH PARK BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT1999voice of Doctor Vosknocker
MONTY PYTHON NIGHT1999Interviewee
102 DALMATIANS2000voice of Waddlesworth
I DON'T BELIEVE IT! THE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE STORY2000Interviewee
PETER COOK AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE UNIVERSE2002Interviewee