Eric Idle

Filmography

• Faerie Tale Theatre References Listing

  Script

• 2019

  HandMade Films An Accidental Studio

  Monty Python

• 2018

  My Generation

  Special Thanks to

• 2017

  Billy Connolly & Me: A Celebration

  on-screen participant

• 2016

  The Entire Universe

  cast member

• 2015

  Absolutely Anything

  voice of Salubrious Gat, the Intergalactic Council of Superior Beings

• 2014

  The Comedy Vaults : BBC2's Hidden Treasure

  cast member

• 2014

  Rebels of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barry And Bob

  cast member

• 2014

  50 Years of BBC2 Comedy

  cast member

• 2014

  Monty Python : And Now for Something Rather Similar

  on-screen participant

• 2013

  Sky News[21/11/2013]

  on-screen participant

• 2012

  Olympics 2012: Closing Ceremony

  music performance

• 2012

  100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance

  on-screen participant

• 2012

  Jonathan Miller

  on-screen participant

• 2011

  George Harrison - Living in the Material World (Part 2)

  interviewee

• 2010

  Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

  Written by
  narrator

• 2009

  Movie Connections[07/01/2009]

  interviewee

• 2008

  Delgo

  voice of Spig

• 2007

  Shrek the Third

  voice of Merlin

• 2006

  Spamalot

  Interviewee

• 2005

  Monty Python's Flying Circus

  Interviewee

• 2005

  The Aristocrats

  on-screen participant

• 2004

  NUßKNACKER UND MAUSEKÖNIG

  voice

• 2004

  Ella Enchanted

  the narrator

• 2004

  Britain's Best Sitcom One Foot in the Grave

  interviewee

• 2003

  Hollywood Homicide

  celebrity

• 2003

  Concert for George

  The Monty Pythons

• 2002

  Peter Cook At a Slight Angle to the Universe

  interviewee

• 2000

  Things Aren't Simple Any More

  Signature Tune Written and Performed by

• 2000

  102 Dalmatians

  voice of Waddlesworth

• 2000

  I Don't Believe It! The One Foot in the Grave Story

  interviewee

• 1999

  Dudley Do-right

  the prospector

• 1999

  South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut

  voice of Doctor Vosknocker

• 1999

  It's ... The Monty Python Story

  on-screen participant

• 1999

  Rock 'n' Roll in the Making

  Music Performance

• 1998

  Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer: The Movie

  voice of Slyly the Fox

• 1998

  Monty Python at the Aspen Comedy Festival

  cast member

• 1998

  The Secret of Nimh 2 Timmy to the Rescue

  voice of Evil Martin

• 1998

  Quest for Camelot

  voice/vocals of Devon

• 1998

  Peter Cook

  on-screen participant

• 1997

  An Alan Smithee Film Burn, Hollywood, Burn

  Alan Smithee

• 1996

  The Wind in the Willows

  Rat

• 1995

  Casper

  Dibs

• 1995

  Big City[27/07/95]

  interviewee

• 1993

  Splitting Heirs

  Executive Producer
  Written by
  Tommy Patel

• 1993

  The Best of Rutland Weekend Television

  Script
  cast member

• 1993

  Hearts of Darkness

  Signature Tune Written and Performed by

• 1993

  One Foot in the Algarve

  Closing Title Music

• 1993

  Aspel and Company[28/03/93]

  interviewee

• 1992

  Mom and Dad save the World

  cast member

• 1991

  The Man in the Long Black Coat

  Signature Tune
  cast member

• 1991

  Missing Pieces

  Wendel Dickens

• 1991

  The Royal Variety Performance [1991]

  on-screen participant

• 1990

  Who Will Buy?

  Signature Tune

• 1990

  The Big Sleep

  Theme song written and performed

• 1990

  Who's Listening

  Signature Tune

• 1990

  We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb

  Signature Tune

• 1990

  Alive and Buried

  Music Written & Performed by

• 1990

  Love and Death

  Signature Tune

• 1990

  Timeless Time

  Theme music written and sung by

• 1990

  The Valley of Fear

  Theme song written and performed

• 1990

  The Eternal Quadrangle

  Theme song written and performed

• 1990

  I'll Retire to Bedlam

  Music

• 1990

  Dramatic Fever

  Signature Tune

• 1990

  The Return of the Speckled Band

  Theme song written and performed

• 1990

  In Luton no-one Can Hear You Scream

  Theme tune composed and sung by

• 1990

  Nuns on the Run

  Brian Hope/flight attendant

• 1990

  Honey, I Shrunk the Audience

  head of Imagination Institute

• 1990

  Too Much Sun

  Sonny Rivers

• 1990

  Life of Python

  interviewee

• 1990

  Aspel & Company[12/05/90]

  on-screen participant

• 1989

  Tv or Not Tv

  Grant Pritchard

• 1989

  Grandpa's Date

  Grant Pritchard

• 1989

  Grant Meets Grampa

  Grant Pritchard

• 1989

  Adventures in Babysitting

  Grant Pritchard

• 1989

  Altared States

  Grant Pritchard

• 1989

  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

  Desmond/Berthold

• 1989

  Hot Air and Fantasy - The Adventures of Terry Gilliam

  cast member

• 1989

  Jules Verne's around the World in 80 Days

  Jean Passepartout

• 1989

  Parrot Sketch Not Included Twenty Years of Monty Python

  cast member

• 1989

  The Movie Life of George

  on-screen participant

• 1989

  Saturday Night at the Movies[29/04/89]

  interviewee

• 1989

  Eric Idle

  interviewee

• 1989

  Sunday Sunday[19/03/89]

  interviewee

• 1987

  The Mikado - English National Opera Production

  Ko-Ko

• 1987

  The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross[03/04/87]

  guest

• 1986

  The Transformers - The Movie

  voice of Wreck-Gar

• 1985

  The Pied Piper of Hamlin

  Robert/The Pied Piper

• 1985

  National Lampoon's European Vacation

  bike rider

• 1983

  Monty Python's the Meaning of Life

  Written by
  cast member

• 1983

  Yellowbeard

  Commander Clement

• 1983

  Group Madness The Making of Yellowbeard

  on-screen participant

• 1982

  The Tale of the Frog Prince

  Director
  Adaptation
  narrator

• 1982

  Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

  cast member

• 1980

  Monty Python's Life of Brian

  Screenplay
  Mr Cheeky
  Stan,called Loretta,a confused revolutio
  Harry the Haggler,a beard & stone salesm
  culprit woman, who casts the first stone
  intensely dull youth, a passer-by
  Otto, leader of Judean People's Front
  jailer's assistant/Mr. Frisbee III

• 1978

  All You Need Is Cash

  Director
  Conceived and written by
  Dirk McQuickly
  Stanley J. Krammerhead III Jnr
  narrator/host

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[12/11/76]

  Written by
  RWT programme controller

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[10/12/76]

  Script
  Starring

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[19/11/76]

  Script
  Starring

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[17/12/76]

  Script
  Starring

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[26/11/76]

  Script
  Starring

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[03/12/76]

  Script
  Starring

• 1976

  Rutland Weekend Television[24/12/76]

  Script
  Starring

• 1976

  The Two Ronnies[11/09/76]

  Script

• 1976

  The Two Ronnies[25/09/76]

  Script

• 1975

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  Screenplay
  Sir Robin the-not-Quite-So-Brave/Concord
  Roger the Shrubber/Brother Maynard
  guard of Swamp Castle

• 1975

  Rutland Weekend Television[19/05/75]

  Script
  cast member

• 1975

  Rutland Weekend Television[02/06/75]

  cast member

• 1975

  Rutland Weekend Television[09/06/75]

  cast member

• 1975

  Rutland Weekend Television[12/05/75]

  cast member

• 1974

  Commander Badman

  Script

• 1974

  Michael Ellis

  Script
  cast member

• 1974

  Light Entertainment War

  Script
  cast member

• 1974

  Hamlet

  Script
  cast member

• 1974

  Mr Neutron

  Script
  cast member

• 1974

  Party Political Broadcast

  Script
  cast member

• 1974

  The Golden Age of Ballooning

  Script
  cast member

• 1974

  The Book Programme[17/12/74]

  on-screen participant

• 1974

  And Now for Something Completely Different...

  interviewee

• 1973

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[18/01/73]

  Script
  cast member

• 1973

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[04/01/73]

  Script
  cast member

• 1973

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[11/01/73]

  Script
  cast member

• 1973

  Up Sunday[01/04/73]

  Guest

• 1973

  What Is Life?

  Special Guest

• 1972

  MONTY PYTHON'S FLIEGENDER ZIRKUS

  Screenplay
  cast member

• 1972

  MONTY PYTHON'S FLIEGENDER ZIRKUS

  Screenplay
  cast member

• 1972

  And Now for Something Completely Different

  Written by
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[07/12/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[14/12/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[02/11/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[21/12/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[19/10/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[16/11/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[26/10/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[30/11/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[09/11/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[23/11/72]

  Script
  cast member

• 1972

  The Two Ronnies[07/10/72]

  Script

• 1972

  Full House[25/11/72]

  presenter

• 1971

  The Liver Birds[21/01/71]

  Script Editor

• 1971

  The Liver Birds[04/02/71]

  Script Editor

• 1971

  The Liver Birds[11/02/71]

  Script Editor

• 1971

  The Liver Birds[25/02/71]

  Script Editor

• 1971

  The Liver Birds[07/01/71]

  Script Editor

• 1971

  The Liver Birds[14/01/71]

  Script Editor

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[29/05/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[01/05/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[08/05/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[10/04/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[15/05/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[22/05/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[24/04/71]

  Script

• 1971

  The Two Ronnies[17/04/71]

  Script

• 1971

  Ronnie Corbett in Bed

  Script

• 1971

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[16/04/71]

  Script
  cast member

• 1971

  Aquarius [29/05/1971]

  commentator

• 1971

  Best of Aquarius[14/08/71]

  cast member

• 1971

  Aquarius [22/05/1971]

  cast member

• 1970

  The Attilla the Hun Show

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Flaming Star

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[11/01/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[15/09/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[22/09/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[24/11/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[29/09/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[20/10/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[27/10/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[03/11/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[04/01/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[01/12/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[08/12/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1970

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[15/12/70]

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  The Ant, An Introduction

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Do Not Adjust Your Set

  Script
  on-screen participant

• 1969

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[21/12/69]

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Monty Python's Flying Circus[28/12/69]

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Whither Canada

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Sex and Violence

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Owl Stretching Time

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  The Zinc Stoat of Budapest

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  You're No Fun Anymore

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Centuary

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Full Frontal Nudity

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  Hark at Barker[25/04/69]

  Writer

• 1969

  How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away

  Script
  cast member

• 1969

  The Loose Denture Show

  cast member

• 1969

  Your Permanent Wave Looks OK to Me

  cast member

• 1969

  The Whizzo-Easi-Probe

  cast member

• 1969

  The Last Post

  cast member

• 1969

  Do Not Adjust Your Set

  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No.1

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 4

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 13

  Script
  With

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 2

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 5

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 6

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Stocking

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 9

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 10

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 11

  Script
  cast member

• 1968

  Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 12

  Script

• 1968

  Travel and Transport

  [Written] by

• 1968

  Broaden Your Mind[18/11/68]

  Additional Material

• 1968

  We Have Ways of Making You Laugh[04/10/68]

  on-screen participant

• 1968

  We Have Ways of Making You Laugh[18/10/68]

  on-screen participant

• 1967

  Do Not Adjust Your Set

  Script
  cast member

• 1967

  Albert Carter Q.O.S.O.

  Written by

• 1967

  No, That's Me over Here! [19/12/1967]

  Script

• 1967

  No, That's Me over Here! [28/11/1967]

  tv announcer [voice only]

• 1967

  At Last the 1948 Show Compilation No. 4

  on-screen participant

• 1967

  At Last the 1948 Show Compilation No. 2

  on-screen participant