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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Masked Singer (2019)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
(2 episodes)
- Episode S08 Special: Masked Singer Seasonal Sing-A-Long Spectacular! (Dec 7, 2022)
- Episode 8x01: A Royal Season Premiere (Sep 21, 2022)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2018-10-01: Jake Tapper, Eric Idle, Lauv & Julia Michaels (Oct 1, 2018)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2015-07-28: Trevor Noah, Odette Annable, Eric Idle (Jul 28, 2015)
Porridge: Inside Out (2014)
Starring as Eric Idle
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Good Behaviour (Jun 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Banged Up (May 28, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Sent Down (May 21, 2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2024-10-09: Riley Keough, Eric Idle (Oct 9, 2024)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2023-11-10: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Eric Idle, Rick Ross, Meek Mill (Nov 10, 2023)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 13x08: Eric Idle, Katherine Jenkins, Nish Kumar, Chris O'Dowd (Oct 20, 2018)
Conan (2010)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2016-11-10: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Issa Rae, Full Spectrum (Nov 10, 2016)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 30x01: Jamie Lee Curtis, Eric Idle, David Tennant, Lydia West, Robbie Williams (Sep 30, 2022)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2015-01-05: Drew Carey (guest host), Eric Idle, Tessa Thompson, Lachlan Patterson (Jan 5, 2015)
- Episode 2014-11-10: Eric Idle, David Tennant, Parmalee (Nov 10, 2014)
Parkinson (2004)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 5x05: Eric Idle, Joan Bakewell, Lemar, Ray Winstone (Oct 21, 2006)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2005-04-11: Brittany Murphy/Eric Idle/Ringside (Apr 11, 2005)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 10x35: November 16, 2012 (Nov 16, 2012)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2000-03-22: Eric Idle (Mar 22, 2000)
Disney's Hercules (1998)
Guest starring as Mr. Parentheses
- Episode 2x05: Hercules and the Prometheus Affair (Oct 10, 1998)
Clive Anderson All Talk (1996)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 4x01: Adam Sandler, Eric Idle (Sep 2, 1999)
Suddenly Susan (1996)
Starring as Ian Maxtone-Graham
(22 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: The Gay Parade ()
- Episode 4x21: The Finale (2) (Dec 26, 2000)
- Episode 4x20: The Finale (1) (Dec 26, 2000)
- Episode 4x19: The Reversal (Dec 26, 2000)
- Episode 4x18: Susan and the Professor (Dec 26, 2000)
- Episode 4x17: The Bird in the Wall (Jun 27, 2000)
- Episode 4x16: Girls Night Out (Jun 20, 2000)
- Episode 4x15: The Break Up (Jun 13, 2000)
- Episode 4x14: I Love You (Jun 6, 2000)
- Episode 4x13: Stock Tip (Jan 3, 2000)
- Episode 4x12: Dinner Party (Jan 3, 2000)
- Episode 4x11: Luis Gets His Groove Back (Dec 27, 1999)
- Episode 4x10: Susan's Ex (Dec 27, 1999)
- Episode 4x09: The Birthday Party (Dec 20, 1999)
- Episode 4x08: First Date (Dec 13, 1999)
- Episode 4x07: The Wish List (Dec 6, 1999)
- Episode 4x06: Cheerleaders (Nov 1, 1999)
- Episode 4x05: Halloween (Oct 18, 1999)
- Episode 4x04: Vicki Moves In (Oct 11, 1999)
- Episode 4x03: The Pushkin Letters (Oct 4, 1999)
- Episode 4x02: The Billboard (Sep 27, 1999)
- Episode 4x01: The New Gate (Sep 20, 1999)
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Guest starring as Mervyn Whale
- Episode S02 Special: The Man in the Long Black Coat (Dec 30, 1991) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as With the Voices of
- Episode 3x04: The Beast in the Cage (Feb 23, 1992) [Special Guest Star]
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Declan Desmond
(4 episodes)
- Episode 23x20: The Spy Who Learned Me (May 6, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 18x13: Springfield Up (Feb 18, 2007)
- Episode 16x05: Fat Man and Little Boy (Dec 12, 2004)
- Episode 14x16: 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky (Mar 30, 2003) [Special Guest Star]
Nearly Departed (1989)
Starring as Grant Pritchard
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Grant's Aunt ()
- Episode 1x05: Grandpa's Date ()
- Episode 1x04: TV or Not TV (May 1, 1989)
- Episode 1x03: Altared States (Apr 24, 1989)
- Episode 1x02: Adventures in Babysitting (Apr 17, 1989)
- Episode 1x01: Grant Meets Grandpa (Apr 10, 1989)
Guest starring as Millie Pritchard
- Episode 1x06: Grant's Aunt () [Uncredited]
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
Guest starring as The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Episode 4x03: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Apr 5, 1985)
Guest starring as Robert Browning
- Episode 4x03: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Apr 5, 1985)
BBC Children in Need (1980)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
- Episode 2013-11-15: Appeal Night: Part 3 (Nov 15, 2013)
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Guest starring as Derek
- Episode 6x13: I Do, I Do (Feb 24, 1981) [Special Guest Star]
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Eric Idle
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x02: Eric Idle / Bob Dylan (Oct 20, 1979)
- Episode 2x20: Eric Idle / Alan Price (Apr 23, 1977)
- Episode 2x03: Eric Idle / Joe Cocker and Stuff (Oct 2, 1976)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
Starring as Various Characters
- Episode 2x05: Live from the Grill-o-mat (Oct 27, 1970)
Crew Credits
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Show crew as Music
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: The Return of the Speckled Band (Feb 8, 1990)
- Episode 1x05: The Eternal Quadrangle (Feb 1, 1990)
- Episode 1x04: I'll Retire to Bedlam (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 1x03: The Valley of Fear (Jan 18, 1990)
- Episode 1x02: The Big Sleep (Jan 11, 1990)
- Episode 1x01: Alive and Buried (Jan 4, 1990)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(35 episodes)
- Episode 6x06: Things Aren't Simple Anymore (Nov 20, 2000)
- Episode 6x05: The Dawn of Man (Nov 13, 2000)
- Episode 6x04: Threatening Weather (Nov 6, 2000)
- Episode 6x03: The Futility of the Fly (Oct 30, 2000)
- Episode 6x02: Tales of Terror (Oct 23, 2000)
- Episode 6x01: The Executioner's Song (Oct 16, 2000)
- Episode S05 Special: Endgame (Dec 25, 1997)
- Episode S05 Special: The Wisdom of the Witch (Dec 25, 1995)
- Episode 5x06: The Exterminating Angel (Jan 29, 1995)
- Episode 5x05: Hole in the Sky (Jan 22, 1995)
- Episode 5x04: Rearranging the Dust (Jan 15, 1995)
- Episode 5x03: The Affair of the Hollow Lady (Jan 8, 1995)
- Episode 5x02: Only a Story (Jan 1, 1995)
- Episode 5x01: The Man Who Blew Away (Dec 25, 1994)
- Episode S04 Special: One Foot in the Algarve (Dec 26, 1993)
- Episode 4x06: Secret of the Seven Sorcerers (Mar 7, 1993)
- Episode 4x05: The Trial (Feb 28, 1993)
- Episode 4x04: Warm Champagne (Feb 21, 1993)
- Episode 4x03: Hearts of Darkness (Feb 14, 1993)
- Episode 4x02: Descent Into the Maelstorm (Feb 7, 1993)
- Episode 4x01: The Pit and the Pendulum (Jan 31, 1993)
- Episode 3x06: The Worst Horror of All (Mar 8, 1992)
- Episode 3x05: Beware the Trickster on the Roof (Mar 1, 1992)
- Episode 3x04: The Beast in the Cage (Feb 23, 1992)
- Episode 3x03: The Broken Reflection (Feb 16, 1992)
- Episode 3x02: Dreamland (Feb 9, 1992)
- Episode 3x01: Monday Morning Will Be Fine (Feb 2, 1992)
- Episode S02 Special: The Man in the Long Black Coat (Dec 30, 1991)
- Episode S02 Special: Who's Listening (Dec 27, 1990)
- Episode 2x06: Timeless Time (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 2x05: Love and Death (Nov 8, 1990)
- Episode 2x04: Who Will Buy? (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 2x03: Dramatic Fever (Oct 18, 1990)
- Episode 2x02: We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb (Oct 11, 1990)
- Episode 2x01: In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream (Oct 4, 1990)
Nearly Departed (1989)
Show crew as Executive Consultant
- Episode 1x01: Grant Meets Grandpa (Apr 10, 1989)