Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python.

Cast

Life of Brian

(Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

(Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard)

Shrek the Third

(Merlin (voice))

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

(Various Roles)

Nuns on the Run

(Brian Hope)

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

(Self)

Splitting Heirs

(Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel)

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

(English Victim)

Delgo

(Spig (voice))

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue

(Evil Martin (voice))

State of Fear

Yellowbeard

(Commander Clement)

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

(Various Roles)

Casper

(Dibs)

And Now for Something Completely Different

(Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed sticks) / 'Hell's Grannies' analyst / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson Two / Nightclub Emcee / Linkman / First General / Restaurant Manager / Lingerie Shop Owner / Accountant #1 (falling past the window) / Fairy Godmother / Rita Fairbanks / Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris / Mountie / Lady With Cookbook)

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

(Melvin/Dirk McQuickly/Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler)

Life Of Brian Screenplay

(Mr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

(Various Characters)

Earth to America

(Self)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

(Slyly (voice))

Mom and Dad Save the World

(King Raff)

The Mikado

(Ko-Ko)

Ella Enchanted

(Narrator)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

(Desmond / Berthold)

The Aristocrats

(Self)

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead)

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

(Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben)

The Wind in the Willows

(Rat)

Dudley Do-Right

(Prospector)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

(Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited))

Too Much Sun

(Sonny)

The Secret Life of Brian

(Self)

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

(Alan Smithee)

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

(Self)

Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

(Self)

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

(Self)

What About Dick?

(The Piano)

Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"

(Man in Bed)

The Beatles Revolution

(Self)

The Seventh Python

(Self)

Life of Python

(Self / Various Roles)

The Scream Team

(Coffin Ed)

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

(Self / Nigel Spasm)

Missing Pieces

(Wendel)

The Secret Policeman's Ball

(Self)

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

(Self / Various Characters)

The Transformers: The Movie

(Wreck-Gar (voice))

National Lampoon's European Vacation

(The Bike Rider)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

(Self, others)

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

(Self)

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

(Self)

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

(Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus))

Absolutely Anything

(Salubrious Gat (voice))

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

(Self)

We Are Most Amused

(Self)

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

(Self)

The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food

(Dirk McQuickley (archive footage))

Hollywood Homicide

(Celebrity)

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

(Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited))

The Movie Life of George

(Self)

The Roots of Monty Python

(Self (archive footage))

Monty Python In The Netherlands

The Entire Universe

(Self - Presenter)

What the Pythons Did Next...

(Self (archive footage))

The Tale of the Frog Prince

(Narrator)

Quest for Camelot

(Devon (voice))

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

(Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited))

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black

(Self)

Alice in Wonderland

(Young Man (uncredited))

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

(Dr. Vosknocker (voice))

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

(Self (archive footage))

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

(Self (archive footage))

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3

(Self (archive footage))

The Meaning of Monty Python

(Self)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

(The Pied Piper / Robert Browning)

The Monty Python Story

(Self)

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm

(Self)

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches

(Self)

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

(Self)

Monty Python Conquers America

(Self)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

(Gunther (uncredited))

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

(Self)

Group Madness

(Self)

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

(Self)

The Life of Python

(Self)

An Accidental Studio

(Self (archive footage))

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

(Self (archive footage))

David Bowie - Sound and Vision

(Self)

The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado

(Self)

102 Dalmatians

(Waddlesworth (voice))

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

(Self - 'Berthold')

Hercules: Zero to Hero

(Parenthesis (voice) (archive sound))

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best

(Various Characters)

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971

Yellow Submarine Sandwich

(Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice))

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

(Reporter)

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

(Self)

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

(Drosselmeier (voice))

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

(Self)

Brightness

(Mr. Bix)

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

(Self (archive footage)(uncredited))

The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure

(Self)

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

(The Impressive Clergyman)

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release

(Self)

The Man In The Long Black Coat

(Mervyn Whale)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best

(Various Characters)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best

(Various Characters)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best

(Various Characters)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best

(Various Characters)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

(Various Characters)

Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!

(Dr. Nigel Channing)

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

(Self - Audience Member)

The Philosophers' Football Match

(Sokrates)

Monty Python's Flying Circus

(Various)

At Last the 1948 Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

(Self)

The Tony Danza Show

(Self)

Suddenly Susan

(Ian Maxtone-Graham)

The One Show

(Self)

The Daily Show

(Self)

Monty Python's Personal Best

(Self / Various Characters)

Do Not Adjust Your Set

(Various Characters)

Disney's House of Mouse

(Pluto Angel (voice))

Frasier

(Chuck (voice))

Inside Comedy

(Self)

Laverne & Shirley

(Derek DeWoods)

Faerie Tale Theatre

(Narrator (voice))

MADtv

(Zookeeper)

Rutland Weekend Television

(Various Characters)

Movie Connections

(Self)

Nearly Departed

(Grant Pritchard)

Clive Anderson All Talk

(Self)

Pebble Mill

(Self)

Around the World in 80 Days

(Jean Passepartout)

The Masked Singer

(Hedgehog)

We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh

(Various)

The Masked Singer

(Hedgehog (archive footage))

The Soup

(Self)

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

(Self)

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

(Various Characters)

Pinky and the Brain

(Mom & Dad (voice))

Hercules

(Parenthesis (voice))

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

Faerie Tale Theatre

(The Pied Piper / Robert Browning)

Going Live!

(Self)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

(Guzelian (voice))

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

(Self - Writer & Actor)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

(Self)

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

(Self)

Real Time with Bill Maher

(Self)

The Simpsons

(Declan Desmond (voice))

Off Camera with Sam Jones

(Self)

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

(Self)

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

(Self (archive footage))

Tony Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self - Guest)

London 2012 Olympic Games

(Self)

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Cameo (uncredited))

Saturday Night Live

(Self (uncredited))

Crew

Life of Brian

(Screenplay)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

(Writer)

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

(Screenplay)

Splitting Heirs

(Executive Producer)

Splitting Heirs

(Writer)

And Now for Something Completely Different

(Screenplay)

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

(Director)

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

(Writer)

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

(Writer)

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Director)

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

(Writer)

What About Dick?

(Director)

What About Dick?

(Writer)

What About Dick?

(Musical)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

(Director)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

(Writer)

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

(Director)

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

(Producer)

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

(Writer)

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Writer)

The Boxtrolls

(Songs)

The Tale of the Frog Prince

(Director)

Life Of Brian Screenplay

(Screenplay)

The Tale of the Frog Prince

(Writer)

The Entire Universe

(Writer)

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971

(Writer)

Unplug the Minister in the Socket

(Original Story)

Put the Minister in the Socket

(Original Story)

Rutland Weekend Television

(Writer)

Monty Python's Flying Circus

(Writer)

Do Not Adjust Your Set

(Writer)

Faerie Tale Theatre

(Director)

The Two Ronnies

(Writer)

Faerie Tale Theatre

(Teleplay)

Saturday Night Live

(Director)

Monty Python's Personal Best

(Creator)

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

(Creator)

No – That's Me Over Here!

(Creator)

Rutland Weekend Television

(Creator)