John Cleese
Τζον Κλιζ
约翰·克里斯
Джон Кліз
جون كليز
Клиз, Джон
ジョン・クリーズ
존 클리즈
Cleese with a microphone
Jennifer Wade
right
John Marwood Cleese
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
producer
presenter
Actor
comedian
screenwriter
— Cleese on Chapman in The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons .
— Martin Lewis, co-founder of The Secret Policeman's Ball, on Cleese instigating the benefit show.
He was the greatest sounding board I've ever had. If Graham thought something was funny, then it almost certainly was funny. You cannot believe how invaluable that is.
The biggest influence was The Goon Show. Kids were devoted to it. It was written by Spike Milligan. It also had Peter Sellers in it, who of course is the greatest voice man of all time. In the morning, we'd be at school and we'd discuss the whole thing and rehash the jokes and talk about it. We were obsessed with it.
Amnesty first started doing these fund-raising shows in 1976. The instigation came from John Cleese who wanted to help out. And he did it in the only way he knew how. Which was to put on a show with what he described as "a few friends". Who of course transpired to be his colleagues in Monty Python and other luminaries of British comedy.
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
brit komikus, író és producer
ޔޫކޭއަށް އުފަން އެކްޓަރެއް
britu komiķis un aktieris
잉글랜드의 배우
ബ്രിട്ടനിലെ ചലച്ചിത്ര അഭിനേതാവ്
ممثل إنجليزي
นักแสดงตลกและนักแสดงชาวอังกฤษ
英格兰男演员
brittisk komiker, skådespelare, manusförfattare, regissör och filmproducent
שחקן בריטי
britischer Schauspieler und Comedian (geboren 1939)
còmic i actor britànic
cyfarwyddwr ffilm, cynhyrchydd, sgriptiwr ffilm ac actor a aned yn Weston-super-Mare yn 1939
acteur britannique
brittiläinen näyttelijä
британский актёр, сценарист и комик
aisteoir agus fuirseoir Sasanach
britský herec, komik, spisovatel a filmový producent
английски актьор
diễn viên hài và diễn viên người Anh (sinh năm 1939)
pemeran laki-laki asal Britania Raya
Άγγλος κωμικός και ηθοποιός
Brits acteur en komiek
İngiliz komedyen ve oyuncu (d. 1939)
angielski aktor komediowy, członek grupy Monty Python
actor británico, miembro de Monty Python
attore, comico, sceneggiatore, scrittore e produttore cinematografico britannico
Cleese in 2023
Awards for John Cleese
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