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Cast
- John CleeseSecond Soldier with an Interest in Birds/Large Man with Dead Body/Black Knight/Mr Newt/An Extraordinarily Rude Frenchman/Tim the Wizard/Sir Launcelot
- Terry GilliamPatsy (Arthur's Trusty Steed)/Green Knight/Soothsayer/Bridgekeeper/Sir Gawain(The First to be Killed by the Rabbit)/Animator
- Eric IdleDead Collector/Mr Blint/Sir Robin/The Guard Who Doesn't Hiccough but Tries to Get Things Straight/Concorde/Roger the Shrubber/Brother Maynard
- Neil InnesThe First Self-Destructive Monk/Robin's Least Favourite Minstrel/The Page Crushed by a Rabbit/The Owner of a Duck
- Terry JonesDennis's Mother/Sir Bedevere/Left Head/Voice of Cartoon Scribe/Prince Herbert
- Michael Palin1st Soldier with an Interest in Birds/Dennis/Mr Duck/Right Head/Sir Galahad/Leader of Knights/Narrator/King of Swamp Castle/Brother Maynard's Roomate
- Connie BoothThe Witch
- Carol ClevelandZoot and Dingo
- Bee DuffellOld Crone to Whom King Arthur Said "Ni!"
John YoungThe Dead Body That Claims It Isn't/The Historian Who Isn't A.J.P. Taylor At All- Rita DaviesThe Historian Who Isn't A.J.P. Taylor (Honestly)'s Wife
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group ( Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus ...
- 3 April 1975
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Actor. Graham Chapman. -I am Arthur, king of the Britons - King Arthur's usual introduction. King Arthur is a mythological king from ancient English-Welsh medieval literature. In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, he is performed by Graham Chapman.
Graham played the title role in the movie Life of Brian (1979) as well as King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). By the late 1970s, most of the Python members were pursuing independent movie projects and the group was slowly fading into obscurity after their last successful effort The Meaning of Life (1983).
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- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
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- Maidstone, England, UK
- Nigel Terry - Excalibur (1981) Excalibur is one of the most famous retellings of the King Arthur legend, and recounts his life from birth to death, with everything from the Sword in the Stone to the quest for the Holy Grail being thrown in.
- Richard Harris - Camelot (1967) Camelot is a lavish adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, with the film featuring an all-star cast, including Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero.
- Sean Connery - First Knight (1995) First Knight is a curious case of being one of the less interesting movie versions of the legend but still featuring one of the most compelling performances in Sean Connery's Arthur.
- Graham Chapman - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Not only was Monty Python and the Holy Grail one of Elvis' favorite movies, it's one of the funniest British comedies of the '70s.
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. Directors. Terry Gilliam. Terry Jones. Writers. Graham Chapman. John Cleese. Eric Idle. Stars. Graham Chapman. John Cleese. Eric Idle. See production, box office & company info. Watch on Netflix.
Plot. The Black Knight. King Arthur, accompanied by his servant Patsy, is recruiting his Knights of the Round Table throughout England. He is frustrated at every turn by anarcho-syndicalist peasants, a Black Knight that refuses to die, and guards that are more concerned with the flight patterns of swallows than their lord and master.
Mini Bio. Graham Chapman was born on January 8, 1941 in Leicester, England while a German air raid was in progress. Graham's father was a chief police inspector and probably inspired the constables Graham often portrayed later in comedy sketches. Graham studied medicine in college and earned an M.D., but he practiced medicine for only a few years.
