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Eric Idle

Birth Name:Eric Idle

Birth Place:South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Director, Producer, Music department, Script department

Director

7 Credits
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
What About Dick?
The Rutles 2---Can't Buy Me Lunch
Faerie Tale Theatre
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
All You Need Is Cash
Saturday Night Live

Writer

5 Credits
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
What About Dick?
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Monty Python's Personal Best
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

written by

9 Credits
The Rutles 2---Can't Buy Me Lunch
Splitting Heirs
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Life of Brian
The Two Ronnies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

writer

12 Credits
Pirates: 3D Show
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe
Homes Under the Hammer
A Quiet Passion
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Dancing With the Stars
Rude Tube
A Slight Case of Murder
As Good as It Gets
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

sketches

1 Credit
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

teleplay

1 Credit
Faerie Tale Theatre

conceived and written by

1 Credit
All You Need Is Cash

additional material

3 Credits
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
Twice a Fortnight
At Last the 1948 Show

screen foreplay & conception

1 Credit
And Now for Something Completely Different

Actor

66 Credits
The Entire Universe
Absolutely Anything
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
What About Dick?
The Simpsons
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Delgo
Shrek the Third
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
Ella Enchanted
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Disney's House of Mouse
The Rutles 2---Can't Buy Me Lunch
Hollywood Homicide
MADtv
The Scream Team
Pinocchio
Brightness
Suddenly Susan
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
102 Dalmatians
Disney's Mickey Mouseworks
Recess
Dudley Do-Right
Hercules: Zero to Hero
South Park: Bigger, Longer
Pirates: 3D Show
Hercules
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
The Angry Beavers
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Quest for Camelot
Pinky and the Brain
Burn Hollywood, Burn
The Wind in the Willows
Frasier
Casper
Splitting Heirs
Mom and Dad Save the World
One Foot in the Grave
Missing Pieces
Too Much Sun
Nuns on the Run
Nearly Departed
Around the World in 80 Days
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Saturday Night Live
The Transformers---The Movie
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Faerie Tale Theatre
Yellowbeard
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Laverne & Shirley
Life of Brian
All You Need Is Cash
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
And Now for Something Completely Different
Aquarius
At Last the 1948 Show
Alice in Wonderland

producer

2 Credits
The Rutles 2---Can't Buy Me Lunch
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

executive producer

1 Credit
Splitting Heirs

performer

27 Credits
The Project
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Cannonball
Britain's Got Talent
Lucky Stiff
The X Factor UK
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
The Legend of Dick and Dom
Timeshift
The Seventh Python
The Simpsons
The Wild
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
102 Dalmatians
One Foot in the Grave
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Quest for Camelot
The Wind in the Willows
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Missing Pieces
EastEnders
Nearly Departed
Saturday Night Live
Monty Python's Flying Circus

music

4 Credits
ITV Evening News
Good Morning Britain
Green Day: Bullet in a Bible
Life of Brian

Soundtrack

2 Credits
Carpool Karaoke
Spitting Image

lyrics

11 Credits
The Boxtrolls
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Concert for George
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Hercules
Splitting Heirs
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Composer

1 Credit
One Foot in the Grave

Self

76 Credits
This Morning
The One Show
7.30
The Daily Show
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Project
Steve!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Masked Singer
The Graham Norton Show
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Billy Connolly & Me: A Celebration
Terry Pratchett - Back in Black
Conan
The Soup
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Imagine...
Inside Comedy
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Rove LA
BrandX With Russell Brand
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Arena
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Monty Python Conquers America
ET Entertainment Tonight
The Seventh Python
HBO First Look
Parkinson
The South Bank Show
GMTV
Monty Python's Personal Best
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
Earth to America
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tavis Smiley
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Tony Danza Show
Live From New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
The Aristocrats
Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Concert for George
The Greatest
Just for Laughs
Biography
Jeopardy!
Late Show With David Letterman
Top Ten
Dennis Miller Live
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen
Saturday Night Special
Late Night with David Letterman
Omnibus
Today
The Arsenio Hall Show
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Wogan
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
The Midnight Special
Up Sunday
Aquarius

presenter

1 Credit
And Now for Something Completely Different

composer

1 Credit
One Foot in the Grave

script editor

1 Credit
The Liver Birds