 Born in Leicester on 8 January 1941, Graham Chapman met John Cleese at Cambridge and together they contributed scripts for such TV shows as Doctor in the House (LWT, 1969-70) and for such films as The Magic Christian (d. Joe McGrath, 1969) and The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (d. Kevin Billington, 1970). Their chief claim to fame was the anarchic TV comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC, 1969-70, 1972-74) and Chapman's main film credits (as actor and writer) were on Python-related films such as And Now for Something Completely Different (d. Ian Macnaughton, 1971), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (d. Terry Jones/Terry Gilliam, 1974), The Life of Brian (d. Jones, 1979, as Brian and others), The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (d. Julien Temple, 1982) and Yellowbeard (d. Mel Damski, 1983). Brian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of British Film
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