Graham Chapman's Writing Partners
by plwimsett | created - 10 Feb 2016 | updated - 10 Feb 2016 | PublicGraham Chapman was known to go through his writing partners, but who were they?
1. John Cleese
Actor | A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he ...
They first wrote on TV on That Was The Week That Was, but they also wrote at Cambridge together. They wrote for The Frost Programme and, most famously, Monty Python.
2. David Sherlock
David Sherlock is known for Yellowbeard (1983), Doctor in Charge (1972) and A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012).
His actual partner. Wrote with him in Doctor in the House.
3. Barry Cryer
Writer | The Stanley Baxter Show
Barry Cryer was born on March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Stanley Baxter Show (1963), Tommy Cooper (1969) and The Russ Abbot Show (1986). He was married to Theresa Margaret 'Terry' Donovan. He died on January 25, 2022 in Northwick Park, Harrow...
Wrote together on the Ronnie Corbett vehicle "No, That's Me Over Here".
4. Bernard McKenna
Actor | Life of Brian
Bernard McKenna was born in 1944 in Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Life of Brian (1979), Yellowbeard (1983) and Get Back (1992).
Wrote together on Doctor at Large and Yellowbeard.
5. Douglas Adams
Writer | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Born Douglas Noel Adams on March 11, 1952 in Cambridge. From 1959 until 1970 he went to Brentwood school in Essex, and his main interest was science. As a student in Cambridge he decided to hitch-hike through Europe to Istanbul, and in order to raise funds for this he took a lot of small jobs. In ...
Wrote Ringo Starr vehicle Out of the Trees. Also wrote Doctor on the Go.
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