Idle, Eric Filmography

• David Frost: Hello, Good Evening & Farewell
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Writer, The Frost Report
• The Meaning of Monty Python
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• What About Dick?
  2012, role: director
• A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Secret Policeman's Ball
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• What About Dick?
  2012, role: writer
• Why? Factor
  2012, role: actor
• What About Dick?
  2012, role: actor , character name: Piano
• Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Buddy Holly: Listen to Me - The Ultimate Buddy Party
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Saturday Night Live Backstage
  2011, role: actor , character name: Various
• Saturday Night Live Backstage
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Bob Dylan
• The Unforgettable Terry Scott
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Baritonish
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Loretta
• Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
  2010, role: writer
• Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Ben
• Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
  2010, role: actor , character name: Singer
• Wolf Sheep
  2010, role: actor
• Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Stan
• Monty Python Almost the Truth Obligatory Making of Special
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Not the Messiah: The Road to the Albert Hall
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases
  2008, role: actor , character name: Various
• The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - 'Berthold'
• Delgo
  2008, role: actor , character name: Spig
• The Seventh Python
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• What the Pythons Did Next...
  2007, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• The Secret Life of Brian
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Shrek the Third
  2007, role: actor , character name: Merlin
• Hitler: The Comedy Years
  2007, role: actor , character name: Mr. Johnson
• Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank?
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 50 Greatest Comedy Films
  2006, role: actor , character name: Various
• Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 59th Annual Tony Awards
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Book of a Musical & Best Original Score
• The Aristocrats
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Comedians' Comedian
  2005, role: actor
• The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin
  2005, role: actor
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
  2004, role: actor , character name: Dirk McQuickly
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
  2004, role: writer
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
  2004, role: producer
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
  2004, role: actor , character name: Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
• George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
  2004, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
  2004, role: actor , character name: Drosselmeier

Famous quotes by Eric Idle:

"Nudge nudge, know what I mean, say no more"

"We're like his test audience. It's a nightmare for Steve, a terrifying experience. The fact that he's done it before doesn't stop the angst."

"No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad."

"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with -- doing television, doing shows every week."

"You look just like you!"

"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted."

"The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?"

"As long as there are innocent nickels to be made from the gullible, Python-starved public, I shall be out there dressed in silly frocks and singing filthy lyrics. I'm coming your way in search of ancient dollars."

"A lot has been said about politicians; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate"

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours."

"I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is."

"I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing."

"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week."

"To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best."

"We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make."