Eric Idle

About Eric Idle

A member of the legendary Monty Python comedy trio wrote the blockbuster Broadway musical Spamalot. He first became recognized to American audiences in 1978, when NBC aired All You Need Is Cash, a mockumentary film he wrote and starred in that was a parody of The Beatles movies.

Eric Idle is an English actor, writer, comedian and musician. Idle is a former member of the British surrealist comedy group Monty Python and parody rock group The Rutles, and songwriter and lyricist of the Broadway musical Spamalot. Famous for his puns and complex amount of music, Idle has performed many Python songs, including “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” and “Galaxy Song”. After Monty Python's Flying Circus, he hosted Saturday Night Live in the United States four times in his first five seasons. The beginnings of Idle's successful solo career collapsed in the 1990s with failures in the 1993 films Splitting Heirs and 1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. Returning to its world famous roots, adapting Monty Python's documentation to other media. After the success of the musical Spamalot, he also wrote Not the Messiah, an oratorio that originated in Brian's life.

Occupation	Actor, comedian, composer, musician, singer-songwriter, writer
Children	2
Years active	1967–present
Born	March 29, 1943, South Shields, County Durham, England
Notable work	Monty Python, The Rutles, Spamalot
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

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Trivia

He helped close the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London on 12 August, by performing the song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, which was first featured in the 1979 Monty Python film Life of Brian.

Eric Idle before fame

While studying English at Pembroke College in Cambridge, he became the first president of the Cambridge University Footlights Club to allow women membership. Later in his career, he co-starred in the children's television comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set with Terry Jones and Michael Palin, both of whom would go on to become future Pythons.

Achievement of Eric Idle

On August 12, he sang the song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, which initially appeared in the 1979 Monty Python comedy Life of Brian, to help end the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$60 Million

Eric Idle family life

Carey was born in 1973 to him and his wife Lyn Ashley, whom he married in 1969 and divorced in 1975. He had another kid, Lily, with his second wife, Tania, whom he married in 1981.

Associations of Eric Idle

In 2002, he defeated Martha Stewart and Charles Barkley on a celebrity edition of"Jeopardy!".

Eric Idle Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	185 cm
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