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Eric Idle
Age
70
Birthday
Mar. 29th, 1943
Born in
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Height
6' 1"
Eric Idle's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2008 - Delgo2007 - Shrek The Third 2005 - The Aristocrats 2004 - Ella Enchanted 2003 - Hollywood Homicide 2002 - Pinocchio 2000 - 102 Dalmatians 1999 - Dudley Do-Right 1998 - Quest for Camelot 1998 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 1995 - Casper 1993 - Splitting Heirs 1992 - Mom and Dad Save the World 1990 - Nuns on the Run 1986 - Transformers: The Movie 1985 - European Vacation 1983 - Yellowbeard 1982 - Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl 1979 - Monty Python's Life of Brian 1975 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
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TRIVIA:
- 'Steve Martin (I)' (qv) calls him his mentor.
- Son, Carey (b. 1973), with 'Lyn Ashley' (qv).
- Describes himself as having "creative dyslexia", meaning he can look at any word and automatically see the anagrams that can be made from it. One of the characters he played in "Monty Python's Flying Circus" was a man who speaks only in anagrams.
- Studied English at Cambridge University. While at university, he was a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club, and later, President of the Footlights Club.
- Daughter, Lily (b. 1990), with 'Tania Kosevich' (qv).
- The only member of Monty Python not to appear on _"Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (1979)_ (qv).
- Is an accomplished guitar player.
- Although his picture _An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)_ (qv) was a commercial and critical disappointment, Idle has been asked for 'Alan Smithee' (qv)'s "autograph" in real life...and consented (Smithee was the nonexistent, pseudonymous director whom Idle "portrayed" in said movie).










