John Cleese
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Ricky Gervais to receive Banff gong...has been honoured with the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy award. The three-time Golden Globe award winner joins previous winners John Cleese and Kelsey Grammer to receive his gong at the glitzy three-day Banff World Television Festival in... In this article: Ricky Gervais, The Office, Banff World Television Festival, Charlie Chaplin, Golden Globe Award, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, and Extras |
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Times Online | 2 days ago
Amnesty International is 'damaged' by Taliban link
" Amnesty is the world's biggest human rights organisation with 2.2m members and a galaxy of celebrity supporters, including Bono, John Cleese, Yoko Ono, Al Pacino and Sinead O'Connor. Its decision to work with Begg poses liberal backers...
In this article: Amnesty International, Moazzam Begg, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Detainee, Guantanamo, Kate Allen, and Britain
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I4U News | 3 days ago
World's Largest Super Bowl Ad Archive is awesome Pastime until Super Bowl XLIV
...days. Remember Super Model Cindy Crawford? She appeared in a Pepsi Super Bowl ad in 1992. In 1992 there is also a funny ad starring John Cleese showing us the cool new VHS TVs from Magnavox. Get lost in the vast Adland.tv Super Bowl Ad...
In this article: Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLIV, Magnavox, Cindy Crawford, Alan Alda, and Florida
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New York Times | 3 days ago
About New York: Toast of the Bronx Will Soon Be Toast
...man, a manager who had started out sweeping floors in the bakery, took $200,000 from the sale of his house so he could invest. The actor John Cleese got stock for appearing in advertisements. "It was a good, solid work force," Mr. Wilcha...
In this article: Melba toast, The Bronx, New York, North Carolina, Private equity, and Pita chips
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Google Blogoscoped | 4 days ago
Google People Hopper
...but is working now. I've created a profile for this purpose (I deleted my real one a while ago) and morphed the first picture, Mr. John Cleese, into Tony Ruscoe below: The interesting part here is that the intermediate steps themselves...
In this article: Google, Orkut, and Google Images
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Playbill.com | 5 days ago
Monty Python's Spamalot to Launch U.K. Tour at London's New Wimbledon Theatre
...by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, based on the screenplay of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. The original direction was by Mike...
In this article: Spamalot, Monty Python, Eric Idle, London, West End, Mike Nichols, God, Knights of the Round Table, Casey Nicholaw, and Tony Award
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Guardian | January 26, 2010
Inequality in the UK: the data behind the National Equality Panel report
...we really become less equal as a society? A new study has produced a compelling anatomy of Britain's social secret Inequality: John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett sketch Britain's obsession with social class in 1966 on the Frost...
In this article: Britain, Flickr, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Frost Report, Citizens Advice Bureau, and BBC
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The Australian | January 25, 2010
School for sandals
...record to attend Cambridge during the campus's summer break. Source: AFP ISAAC Newton attended, Charles Darwin was there; even John Cleese had a place. For 800 years, leading luminaries have studied at Britain's University of Cambridge,...
In this article: Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, and Jane Austen
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Jalopnik | January 21, 2010
Commenter Of The Day: Or I Shall Taunt You A Second Time Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
...someone was cross-country madman and shinetop wonder Alex Roy: Thank you, Alex, for the taunting. Whether you have a tape (or six) or not (and we suspect that you do), you made us think of John Cleese. And John Cleese always makes us laugh.
In this article: Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, God, King Arthur, and Graham Chapman
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Observer.com - All Articles | January 20, 2010
Monty Python and the Holy Sale: Cleese Hands Ex UES Fawlty Tower
Monty Python's John Cleese recently sold his Upper East Side apartment at 196 East 75th Street to ex-wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese (yes, all four names were listed in city records). Mr. Cleese sold the former Mrs. Cleese the apartment for...
In this article: Monty Python, The Observer, The New York Observer, Alyce Faye Eichelberger, Heather Mills, Fawlty Towers, and Bernie Madoff
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Guardian | January 17, 2010
Martin Kelner: Cleese adds new name to list of keepers
...goalkeepers Cleese was in his old Basil Fawlty role but still found someone to join the ranks of Albert Camus and Che Guevara John Cleese, who appears in a documentary on EPSN Classic, the sports nostalgia channel. Photograph: Cine...
In this article: Basil Fawlty, Niels Bohr, Che Guevara, Albert Camus, Phobia, Ministry of Silly Walks, 2006 World Cup, and ESPN
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Description from Wikipedia:
John Marwood Cleese (pronounced: /ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer who is known for being a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, and has made significant appearances in many films, including two James Bond films (The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day), two Harry Potter films (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets), and two Shrek films (Shrek 2 and Shrek 3).
In Britain, he is also known for co-founding (with Yes Minister writer Antony Jay) the Video Arts production company, responsible for making training films.
- Name At Birth:
- John Marwood Cleese
- Birth Date:
- October 27, 1939
- Birthplace:
- Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England
- Spouse:
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- Barbara Trentham (1981–90) (divorced)
- Alyce Faye Eichelberger (1992–2008) (divorced)
- Connie Booth (1968–76) (divorced)
- Years Active:
- 1965–present
- Influenced By:
- Stephen Leacock, Spike Milligan, The Goons, William Shakespeare
- Genre:
- Surreal comedy, Dark comedy, Physical comedy
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