Graham Chapman
The Python who played the lead in Holy Grail and Life of Brian.
Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 - 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer and one of the six members of Monty Python. He often played authority figures such as The Colonel, and took the lead role in two Python films, Holy Grail (1975) and Life of Brian (1979).
Quick Facts
- Born
- 8 January 1941
- Birthplace
- Leicester, England
- Died
- 4 October 1989
- Place of death
- Maidstone, Kent, England
- Occupation
- Actor
- comedian
- writer
- Other names
- Gray Chapman
- Education
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge; St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College
- Partner
- David Sherlock (1966–1989)
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Background
Born in Leicester and raised in Melton Mowbray, Chapman studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, then chose comedy over a medical career. His writing partnership with John Cleese peaked with Monty Python in the 1970s. He later spent time in Los Angeles, where he produced the pirate film Yellowbeard (1983), before returning to Britain in the early 1980s.
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