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Biography

Eric Idle is an English comedian and actor who is best known as one of the lead members of the British comedy troupe -…more

Born

3/29/1943, South Shields, County Durham, England.

Birth Name

Eric Idle

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    10/21/09
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    10/20/09
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/19/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/18/09
- Suddenly Susan
  Ian Maxtone-Graham
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Finale (2)
    12/26/00
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Finale (1)
    12/26/00
  - S 4: Ep 19 The Reversal
    12/26/00
  - S 4: Ep 18 Susan and the Professor
    12/26/00
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Bird in the Wall
    6/27/00
  - + 17 More Credits
- Nearly Departed
  Grant Pritchard
  - S 1: Ep 5 Grandpa's Date
    5/8/89
  - S 1: Ep 4 TV or Not TV
    5/1/89
  - S 1: Ep 3 Altared States
    4/24/89
  - S 1: Ep 2 Adventures in Babysitting
    4/17/89
  - S 1: Ep 1 Grant Meets Grandpa
    4/10/89
  - + 2 More Credits
- Rutland Weekend Television
  Various Roles
  - S 2: Ep 7 Episode 14
    12/24/76
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 13
    12/17/76
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 12
    12/10/76
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 11
    12/3/76
  - S 2: Ep 3 Episode 10
    11/26/76
  - + 9 More Credits
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
  Various Characters
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
    12/28/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 NO TITLE
    12/21/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Ant, an Introduction
    12/14/69
  - S 1: Ep 8 Full Frontal Nudity
    12/7/69
  - S 1: Ep 7 Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
    11/30/69
  - + 47 More Credits
- Do Not Adjust Your Set
  Various Characters
  - S 2: Ep 13 Thames Show 13
    5/14/69
  - S 2: Ep 12 Thames Show 12
    5/7/69
  - S 2: Ep 11 Thames Show 11
    4/30/69
  - S 2: Ep 10 Thames Show 10
    4/23/69
  - S 2: Ep 9 Thames Show 9
    4/16/69
  - + 24 More Credits
- We Have Ways of Making You Laugh
  Regular Sketch Performer
  - S 1: Ep 12 Show 9 (not 12)
    10/18/68
  - S 1: Ep 11 Show 8 (not 11)
    10/11/68
  - S 1: Ep 10 Show 7 (not 10)
    10/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 9 Show 6 (not 9)
    9/27/68
  - S 1: Ep 8 Show 5 (not 8)
    9/20/68
  - + 7 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 30: Ep 22 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
    2/20/05
  - S 12: Ep 6 Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, & Martin Short/Randy Newman
    12/6/86
  - S 5: Ep 2 Eric Idle/Bob Dylan
    10/20/79
  - S 4: Ep 8 Eric Idle/Kate Bush
    12/9/78
  - S 2: Ep 21 Eric Idle/Neil Innes, Alan Price
    4/23/77
  - + 2 More Credits
Guest Star (51)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 120 Eric Idle/Sarah Paulson
    2/27/12
  - S 6: Ep 167 Eric Idle/Terry Crews
    6/7/10
  - S 5: Ep 181 Eric Idle/Dr. Lisa Masterson
    7/6/09
  - S 4: Ep 167 Eric Idle/Nancy Travis
    7/28/08
  - S 4: Ep 5 Eric Idle/Les Stroud/Finger Eleven
    9/14/07
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Graham Norton Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 7 Episode 84
    5/24/10
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 28 October 15, 2009
    10/15/09
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Musical Guest
  - S 1: Ep 132 132
    10/14/09
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 93 June 1, 2007
    6/1/07
- Canada AM
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 100 May 18, 2007
    5/18/07
- The Simpsons
  Declan Desmond
  - S 18: Ep 13 Springfield Up
    2/18/07
  - S 16: Ep 5 Fat Man and Little Boy
    12/12/04
  - S 14: Ep 16 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
    3/30/03
- Parkinson
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 5 Eric Idle, Joan Bakewell, Lemar, Ray Winstone
    10/21/06
- The South Bank Show
  Himself
  - S 30: Ep 5 Monty Python's Spamalot
    10/15/06
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 66 Lan Samantha Chang, Eric Idle
    4/18/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 61 Eric Idle/Rulon Gardner/Mike Birbiglia
    4/12/05
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 141 Brittany Murphy/Eric Idle/Ringside
    4/11/05
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 118 Episode 118
    3/9/05
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 21 Eric Idle
    2/15/05
  - S 7: Ep 103 Eric Idle
    3/3/03
  - S 4: Ep 115 Eric Idle
    3/22/00
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
  Scrapperton
  - S 1: Ep 11 Ape New World
    12/4/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Magnetic Menace
    10/9/04
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 27 Best Kept Hollywood Secrets 80 - 61
    6/7/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 171 Eric Idle, Lauren Holly, and John Caparulo
    5/5/04
  - S 5: Ep 144 Eric Idle, Laura Harring, and Dishwalla
    3/12/03
  - S 2: Ep 178 Eric Idle and Marla Sokoloff
    3/22/00
  - S 2: Ep 63 Eric Idle
    10/5/99
- MadTV
  Zookeeper
  - S 8: Ep 18 Episode #818
    3/15/03
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 2 February 28, 2003
    2/28/03
- Disney's House of Mouse
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 16 Pluto vs. Figaro
    9/2/02
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 123 Merrill Markoe, Jason Jones, Eric Idle, Shawnee Smith
    3/7/02
- Disney's House of Mouse
  voice of Pluto Angel
  - S 1: Ep 13 Pluto Saves the Day
    4/14/01
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Guzelian
  - S 1: Ep 50 War and Peace and War
    11/29/00
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 167 Show #1429
    6/26/00
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 12 The Penis
    4/7/00
- Between the Lions
  Himself [Flash Frame, Uncredited]
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
    4/3/00
- Mickey Mouse Works
  voice of Pluto's Angel
  - S 2: Ep 9 Episode 17
    1/22/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    5/22/99
- Recess
  Voice of Galileo
  - S 3: Ep 11 That Stinking Feeling
    11/13/99
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Girl Was Trouble
    11/7/98
- The Martin Short Show (1999)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Eric Idle / Jamie Lee Curtis / Chad Lowe
    9/15/99
- Clive Anderson All Talk
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 Adam Sandler, Eric Idle
    9/2/99
- The Bullwinkle Show
  Kim J. Darling
  - S 6: Ep 2 Dudley Do-Right
    8/21/99
- The Angry Beavers
  Spanque
  - S 2: Ep 12 Open Wide For Zombies / Dumbwaiters
    11/14/98
- Pinky and the Brain
  voice of Mom and Dad
  - S 3: Ep 42 The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together
    2/21/98
- Heroes of Comedy
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 Peter Cook
    1/19/98
- South Park
  Voice of Dr. Vosknocker
- Frasier
  Voice of Chuck
  - S 3: Ep 17 High Crane Drifter
    3/12/96
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 40 Show #1782
    4/16/93
  - S 2: Ep 26 Show #0201
    3/22/83
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 3 Jackie Collins, Eric Idle, Gary Webster
    3/28/93
  - S 7: Ep 14 Bob Geldof, Eric Idle, Princess Stephanie of Monaco
    5/12/90
- Saturday Night Live
  David Frost
  - S 18: Ep 6 SNL Presidential Bash 1992
    11/1/92
- One Foot in the Grave
  Recorded Voice
  - S 3: Ep 6 The Worst Horror of All
    3/8/92
- One Foot in the Grave
  Mechanic (Voice)
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Beast in the Cage
    2/23/92
- One Foot in the Grave
  Mervyn Whale
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Man in the Long Black Coat
    12/30/91
- Pebble Mill
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    10/18/91
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 117 March 13, 1990
    3/13/90
- Transformers
  voice of Wreck-Gar
  - S 3: Ep 0 Transformers: The Movie
    8/8/86
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  The Pied Piper
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
    4/5/85
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Tale of the Frog Prince
    9/11/82
- Laverne & Shirley
  Derek
  - S 6: Ep 13 I Do, I Do
    2/24/81
- Ripping Yarns
  Another Eddie (uncredited)
  - S 2: Ep 1 Whinfrey's Last Case
    10/10/79
- Sin City Spectacular
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 21 Show No. 121
- At Last the 1948 Show
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode Eight
    10/3/67
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four
    3/8/67
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 180 Lisa Kudrow/James Dyson/Robert David Hall
    6/24/10
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Declan Desmond
  - S 23: Ep 20 The Spy Who Learned Me
    5/6/12
Writer (6)

Role
- Rutland Weekend Television
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 7 Episode 14
    12/24/76
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 13
    12/17/76
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 12
    12/10/76
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 11
    12/3/76
  - S 2: Ep 3 Episode 10
    11/26/76
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Two Ronnies
  Writer
  - S 5: Ep 4 Series 5, Episode 4
    9/25/76
  - S 5: Ep 2 Series 5, Episode 2
    9/11/76
  - S 1: Ep 9 Series 1, Episode 8
    5/29/71
  - S 1: Ep 7 Series 1, Episode 7
    5/22/71
  - S 1: Ep 4 Series 1, Episode 4
    5/1/71
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Liver Birds
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Wedding
    1/7/71
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
    12/28/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 NO TITLE
    12/21/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Ant, an Introduction
    12/14/69
  - S 1: Ep 8 Full Frontal Nudity
    12/7/69
  - S 1: Ep 7 Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
    11/30/69
  - + 44 More Credits
- Hark at Barker
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rustless And a Banquet
    5/2/69
- Do Not Adjust Your Set
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 12 Rediffusion Show 12
    3/14/68
Director (1)

Role
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Tale of the Frog Prince
    9/11/82
Music (2)

Role
- One Foot in the Grave
  Music
  - S 1: Ep 1 Alive and Buried
    1/4/90
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
  Music
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Money Programme
    11/2/72
Story Editor (1)

Role
- The Liver Birds
  Story Editor
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Liver Birds
    4/14/69

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- Eric wrote and composed songs for the children's book The Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat.
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- Eric's journal, now titled The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America, has been published!
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- Eric is an avid fan of the English Premiership and is a supporter of Sunderland Football Club.
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- Eric: (his favourite sexual position) Flat on my back with my wallet open.
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- Eric: (on gay marriages) It's about time they suffered too.
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- Eric: John (Cleese) once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
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