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John Cleese
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to book John Cleese for corporate "in-concert" performances. To check his availability,
contact our national booking office at 212 541-3770.
John Cleese
first shot to fame in The Frost Report
in 1966 and in 1969 co-created Monty
Python's Flying Circus. The team went on
to conquer the world with three cult TV
series and four hugely successful films,
And Now For Something Completely
Different, Monty Python and the Holy
Grail, The Life of Brian, and The
Meaning of Life, as well as various
international stage shows. Cleese then
went on to create the irrepressible
Basil, the hotel manager from Hell, in
one of the most successful TV series
ever madeBFawlty Towers all 12 episodes
have been repeated by popular demand on
the BBC many times.
As well as his work with Monty Python,
Cleese's film credits as an actor
include The Great Muppet Caper, Time
Bandits, Privates on Parade, Silverado,
Clockwise, Terry Jones' Erik the Viking,
Eric Idle's Splitting Heirs, Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein, The Jungle Book,
and The Wind in the Willows.
In 1986 John Cleese starred in and
co-wrote (with director Charles Crichton)
one of the most successful British films
of all time, A Fish Called Wanda, with
Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis, and
Eric Idle. Cleese reunited the four
stars of Wanda in 1996 to make Fierce
Creatures.
Cleese's writing, directing, and acting
credits for stage and television also
include: The Secret Policeman's Ball,
which he directed for Amnesty
International, The Secret Policeman's
Other Ball, which he co-directed for
both stage and film, the BBC's
production of Shakespeare's Taming of
the Shrew, in which he played Petruchio,
and Whoops Apocalypse for LWT.
In 1972,John co-founded Video Arts,
which swiftly became the leading
provider of business training programmes
on video. Video for Patients was set up
with by John Cleese with Dr. Rob Buckman
in 1993 to help improve communications
between patients and doctors. There are
currently 45 titles in the video series,
each focusing on one medical condition
and explaining the symptoms, diagnosis,
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