Eric Idle (Eric Idle) was born in South Shields, UK, on March 29, 1943 in the family of a pilot. The boy’s father died when he was 2 years old, after which the mother moved with the child to relatives in Manchester, where Eric spent his childhood years. A little later, they again changed their place of residence, settling in Wallsey, which is located near Liverpool.
After graduating from the Royal School in Wolverhampton in 1962, the young man entered Pembroke College, which belonged to the University
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Eric Idle (Eric Idle) was born in South Shields, UK, on March 29, 1943 in the family of a pilot. The boy’s father died when he was 2 years old, after which the mother moved with the child to relatives in Manchester, where Eric spent his childhood years. A little later, they again changed their place of residence, settling in Wallsey, which is located near Liverpool.
After graduating from the Royal School in Wolverhampton in 1962, the young man entered Pembroke College, which belonged to the University of Cambridge. Since 1963, Idle became a member of the troupe of the university theater “Ramp Lights”, where he met and became friends with actors John Cleese and Graham Chapman. From that moment, Eric’s career as a comedian, sketchwriter and screenwriter began.
In 1963 and 1964, he performed with the Footlights troupe at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival.
After graduating from university, the actor toured with his own production of My Girl Herbert, and also played at the Lyric Theatre in London. In 1967, Eric Idle worked as a screenwriter and actor on the children’s program “Don’t Reconfigure Your TV”, which was a success not only for younger audiences, but also for the older generation. Then Idle together with friends created the show “Monty Python Air Circus”.
In 1971, he played in the film “And now something completely different”, in 1974 – in the film.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail He later appeared in The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
In addition to working in television and film, he was engaged in writing. In 1975, Idle’s novel Hello, Sailor was published, and seven years later the play Miss the Butler appeared. On American television he was filmed a fairy tale called “Frog Princess” with the participation of Robin Williams.
In 1985, the actor played a small role in the film "European Holiday", in 1990 - the leading role in the comedy.
Nuns on the run" . Some of his best works are considered to be films Around the World in 80 Days, Mixed Heirs and Burn, Hollywood, Burn!
Eric Idle also participated in the voiceover of animated films: Hercules, Transformers.
"Shrek Forever" et al.