John Cleese's writing partners

by plwimsett | created - 10 Feb 2016 | updated - 10 Feb 2016 | Public

John Cleese had quite a few writing partners. Here is the list in full.

1. Graham Chapman

Writer | Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Graham Chapman was born on January 8, 1941 in Leicester, England while a German air raid was in progress. Graham's father was a chief police inspector and probably inspired the constables Graham often portrayed later in comedy sketches. Graham studied medicine in college and earned an M.D., but he ...

They wrote together at Cambridge and their first TV gig was That Was The Week That Was. Most notably, they wrote for Monty Python. I have created a list of all Graham Chapman's writing partners.

2. Connie Booth

Actress | Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Connie Booth was born on December 2, 1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971) and Fawlty Towers (1975). She has been married to John Lahr since August 19, 2000...

John Cleese's second wife, who co-wrote Fawlty Towers. They also wrote the short film Romance with a Double Bass.

3. Antony Jay

Writer | Yes, Prime Minister

Antony Jay joined BBC Television in 1955 and became a founding member of Tonight (1957), the corporation's nightly current affairs television programme, in 1957, becoming the editor in 1962. In 1963 he was made the Head of Television Talk Features. In 1964 he left the BBC to become a freelance ...

Co-wrote several Video Arts productions with Cleese.

4. Charles Crichton

Director | A Fish Called Wanda

Director Charles Crichton's film career began as an editor in 1935 with Alexander Korda's London Films, and in that capacity he worked on such productions as Sanders of the River (1935), Things to Come (1936) and Elephant Boy (1937) (which introduced Sabu to movie audiences). He soon left London ...

Co-writer in A Fish Called Wanda.