Acting
Graham Chapman
Also Known As: Graham Arthur Chapman
Birth Date
January 8, 1941
Death Date
October 4, 1989
(passed away at 48)
Place of Birth
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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Biography
Graham Arthur Chapman (January 8, 1941 – October 4, 1989) was an English comedian, physician, writer, and actor and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Brian in Monty Python's Life of Brian. He co-authored and starred in the film Yellowbeard. Chapman was born in Leicester but was raised in nearby Melton Mowbray. After graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Medical College, he turned down a career as a doctor to be a comedian.
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Saturday Night Live
The Colonel / Self (uncredited)
1975 • 1 episode
Film '72
Self
1971 • 1 episode
Wogan
Self
1982 • 1 episode
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various
1969 • 45 episodes
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard
1975
Life of Brian
Wise Man #2 / Brian Cohen / Biggus Dickus
1979
Cilla
Self
1968 • 1 episode
Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006 • 1 episode
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
1983
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976 • 15 episodes
And Now for Something Completely Different
Brother / Policeman / Defence attorney / British pedestrian / Mr. Harrison (Apricot) / The Colonel / 'Hell's Grannies' policeman / Jimmy Blankensop / Sir Edward Ross / Restaurant patron #1 / Letter Writer / Oliver St. John Mollusk / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
1971
Yellowbeard
Captain Yellowbeard
1983
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Self (archive footage)
2009 • 6 episodes
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self (archive footage)
2014 • 5 episodes
The Big Show
Self
1980 • 1 episode
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Self (voice)
2012
At Last the 1948 Show
1967 • 13 episodes
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
1971
Stage Fright
1989
The Magic Christian
Oxford Crew
1969