John Cleese
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and television presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report (1966–1967). In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe that created the surreal sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974). Along with his Python costars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Cleese starred in the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 10 films (1968–2002) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 40 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Best House In London. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | 105 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1971 | And Now For Something Completely Different | Python Productions | 88 min | Color | sound | |
| 1972 | Rentadick | Virgin Film Productions, Ltd. in association with David Paradine Films, Ltd | 94 min | Color | sound | |
| 1976 | Meetings, bloody meetings ▶ | Video Arts Limited. | 16mm | sound | ||
| 1976 | Meetings, Bloody Meetings | Video Arts | 0:31:00 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1976 | Meetings, Bloody, Meetings | 12:00 | ||||
| 1991 | An American tail: Fievel goes West | SWANK | 75 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1997 | George of the jungle | Sam Weisman | 92 min | Color | ||
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Chris Columbus | 152 min | Color | ||
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets | Chris Columbus | 161 min | Color |