Eric Idle

Idle, Eric Filmography

• Play in Full Screen David Frost: Hello, Good Evening & Farewell

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Writer, The Frost Report
• Play in Full Screen The Meaning of Monty Python

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen What About Dick?

  2012, role: director
• Play in Full Screen A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Secret Policeman's Ball

  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen 100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance

  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen What About Dick?

  2012, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen Why? Factor

  2012, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen What About Dick?

  2012, role: actor , character name: Piano
• Play in Full Screen Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Buddy Holly: Listen to Me - The Ultimate Buddy Party

  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen George Harrison: Living in the Material World

  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Saturday Night Live Backstage

  2011, role: actor , character name: Various
• Play in Full Screen Saturday Night Live Backstage

  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

  2010, role: actor , character name: Bob Dylan
• Play in Full Screen The Unforgettable Terry Scott

  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

  2010, role: actor , character name: Baritonish
• Play in Full Screen AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols

  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

  2010, role: actor , character name: Loretta
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

  2010, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

  2010, role: actor , character name: Ben
• Play in Full Screen Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

  2010, role: actor , character name: Singer
• Play in Full Screen Wolf Sheep

  2010, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

  2010, role: actor , character name: Stan
• Play in Full Screen Monty Python Almost the Truth Obligatory Making of Special

  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Not the Messiah: The Road to the Albert Hall

  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases

  2008, role: actor , character name: Various
• Play in Full Screen The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - 'Berthold'
• Play in Full Screen Delgo

  2008, role: actor , character name: Spig
• Play in Full Screen The Seventh Python

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen What the Pythons Did Next...

  2007, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• Play in Full Screen The Secret Life of Brian

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Shrek the Third

  2007, role: actor , character name: Merlin
• Play in Full Screen Hitler: The Comedy Years

  2007, role: actor , character name: Mr. Johnson
• Play in Full Screen Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank?

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The 50 Greatest Comedy Films

  2006, role: actor , character name: Various
• Play in Full Screen Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The 59th Annual Tony Awards

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Book of a Musical & Best Original Score
• Play in Full Screen The Aristocrats

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Comedians' Comedian

  2005, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin

  2005, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

  2004, role: actor , character name: Dirk McQuickly
• Play in Full Screen The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

  2004, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

  2004, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

  2004, role: actor , character name: Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
• Play in Full Screen George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992

  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

  2004, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen 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."

Eric Idle