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John Cleese
John Cleese, the famous English comedian, is visiting to perform in your city. Book your tickets for his program. He is the winner of the TV Times award for Funniest Man on TV in 1978 and 1979. He is well known for being a member of the comedy group Monty Python and for playing the role of Basil Fawlty in the TV series Fawlty Towers.
Born on October 27, 1939 to Reginald Francis Cleese and Muriel Cross at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset in England, Cleese had a knack for comedy when he was in school. He was expelled from Clifton College in Bristol for a humorous defacing of the grounds. His crime was that he had used painted footsteps to imply that the statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig installed in the college got down from his plinth and went to the toilet.
His talent for comedy developed when he took membership of the Cambridge Footlights Revue while he was studying at Downing College at Cambridge University for a law degree. There he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. During that time when his comic reputation flourished, Cheese was offered the job of a writer with BBC Radio. He was also that time working, among others, for The Dick Emery Show.
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Artist Biography - John Cleese
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 The Footlights Revue was a success. He then joined the Cambridge Revue, Cambridge Circus, which was then on tour of New Zealand and Broadway. During that time, he met future Python Terry Gilliam and American actress Connie Booth, his future wife, whom he married on February 20, 1968. After returning to England, he worked for the highly successful BBC Radio program "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again". His fellow cast members were Bill Oddie, David Hatch, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall.
In 1965, Cleese along with many future great comedians and performers including Chapman began writing on "The Frost Report". After the popularity of the series, in 1966, Cleese and Chapman were invited to work as writers and performers with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman on "At Last the 1948 Show". Cleese and Chapman also wrote episodes of "Doctor in the House". These series were successful and, in 1969, Cleese and Chapman were offered their very own series. From 1970 to 1973, Cleese also served as rector of the University of St Andrews.
After working for some time for Monty Python, Cleese went on to achieve possibly greater success in Britain as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, which he co-wrote with Connie Booth. The series won widespread critical acclaim and is still considered one of the finest examples of British comedy, having won three BAFTA awards when produced and recently topping the British Film Institute list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programs.
In 1978, Cleese appeared as guest star on "The Muppet Show". During the 1980s and 1990s, Cleese focused on film, though he did work with Peter Cook in his one-off TV special Peter Cook and Co in 1980. In the same year, a theatrical piece for TV was released, with Cleese playing a remarkable Petruchio, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. He also rejoined the Pythons for Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), and starred in The Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International.
In 1988, he wrote and starred in "A Fish Called Wanda", the most successful British film ever. Cleese was nominated for an Academy Award for his script. In 1999, Cleese acted in the James Bond movie, "The World Is Not Enough" as Q's assistant. Cleese's most recent live comedic performance was at the 2006 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Book your tickets online for his show.
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