10.0
10.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Graham Chapman
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surrealist comedy group Monty Python. He portrayed authority figures such as The Colonel and the lead role in two Python films, Holy Grail (1975) and Life of Brian (1979). Chapman was born in Leicester and was raised in Melton Mowbray. He enjoyed science, acting, and comedy and after graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, he turned down a career as a doctor to be a comedian. Chapman eventually established a writing partnership with John Cleese, which reached its critical peak with Monty Python during the 1970s. He subsequently left Britain for Los Angeles, where he attempted to be a success on American television, speaking on the college circuit and producing the pirate film Yellowbeard (1983), before returning to Britain in the early 1980s. Chapman was in a long-term partnership with David Sherlock and supportive of gay rights. He was an alcoholic from his time at Cambridge until he quit drinking shortly before working on Life of Brian. He became an enthusiast and patron of the Dangerous Sports Club in the later years of his life. In 1989, Chapman died of tonsil cancer which had spread to his spine. His life and legacy were commemorated at a memorial service in the Great Hall of St Bartholomew's Hospital two months after his death, which was a testament to Chapman's surreal sense of humour that the remaining five Pythons enacted.
Filmography (61 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Philosophers' Football Match
TBA
as Hegel
9.0
9.0
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)
9.0
9.0
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
as Self (archive footage)
9.0
9.0
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
as Self (archive footage)
8.3
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
8.0
8.0
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
8.0
8.0
Looks Like a Brown Trouser Job
2005
as Self
7.8
7.8
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Writer
7.8
7.8
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
7.8
Life of Brian
1979
Screenplay
7.7
7.7
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
as Detective Inspector Palmer
7.6
7.6
Iron Maiden: Visions of the Beast
2003
as Madman - in video 'Can I Play With Madness' (uncredited)
7.6
7.6
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
as Self / Brian (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.4
7.4
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Writer
7.3
7.3
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
Screenplay
7.2
7.2
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
Writer
7.1
7.1
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
as Self / Various (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
as Self
7.0
7.0
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
Writer
7.0
7.0
Jake's Journey
1988
Writer
7.0
7.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
6.6
6.6
How to Irritate People
1969
Writer
6.5
6.5
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
as Self
6.0
6.0
Anatomy of a Liar
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
6.0
6.0
Monty Python: Who's There?
1970
as Ian
6.0
6.0
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012
Writer
5.9
5.9
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
Writer
5.7
5.7
The Odd Job
1978
Writer
5.6
5.6
The Magic Christian
1969
as Oxford Crew
5.6
5.6
Yellowbeard
1983
Writer
5.3
5.3
Life of Python
1990
as Various Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Joachim von Ribbentrop (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
4.8
4.8
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
Writer
4.6
4.6
Doctor in Trouble
1970
as Roddy
4.3
4.3
The Statue
1971
as News reader
3.8
3.8
Rentadick
1972
Writer
3.3
3.3
Love Potion
1987
Executive Producer
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971
Writer
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Life of George
1989
as Self
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974
as Self
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008
Screenplay
One in Five
1982
as Self (uncredited)
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
The Monty Python Story
1999
as Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
as Self
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Out of the Trees
1976
Writer
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Group Madness
1983
as Self
The Life of Python
2000
as Self
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