John Cleese

John Cleese - A Curriculum Vitae
From "Cleese Encounters" by Jonathan Margolis (St. Martin's Press)

Films
1968  "Interlude" (Columbia/Domino, UK)
1969  "The Magic Christian" (Commonwealth United Entertainment/Grand,
      Films, UK)
1970  "The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer" (Warner Bros/Seven Arts.
      A David Paradine Film, UK)
1970  "The Statue" (Cinerama/Josef Shaftel Productions, US)
1971  "And Now For Something Completely Different" (Columbia/Kettledrum/
      Python.  A Victor Lownes/GSF Organisation Presentation, UK)
1972  "It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World" [renamed "The Love Ban"]
      (British Lion/A Betty Box/Ralph Thomas/Welbeck Film Distributors
      Production, UK)
1974  "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (EMI/Python (Monty) Pictures, in
      association with Michael White, UK)
1974  "Romance with a Double Bass" (CIC/Anton Films, UK)
1976  "Pleasure at Her Majesty's" (Essential/Amnesty International, UK)
1979  "Away From It All" (CIC/Taylor Hide International/Python (Monty)
      Pictures, UK.  Short film preceding Life of Brian and directed
      by Clare Taylor and with Cleese as narrator Nigel Farquhar-
      Bennett)
1979  "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (CIC/HandMade Films, UK)
1979  "The Secret Policeman's Ball" (Tigon/Films of Record.  For Amnesty
      International, UK)
1981  "The Great Muppet Caper" (ITC, UK)
1981  "Time Bandits" (HandMade Films, UK)
1982  "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" (United International Pictures,
      UK)
1982  "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" (Columbia, US)
1982  "Privates on Parade" (HandMade Films, UK)
1983  "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (UIP, UK)
1983  "Yellowbeard" (Rank/Hemdale.  For Orion, US)
1985  "Silverado" (Columbia-Delphi IV Productions, US)
1985  "Clockwise" (Columbia-EMI Warner/Moment Films.  In association with
      Thorn-EMI, UK)
1988  "A Fish Called Wanda" (UIP/Prominent Features.  For MGM, UK)
1988  "The Biggest Picture" (Columbia, US)
1989  "Erik the Viking" (UIP/Prominent Features, UK)

Books
1971  "Monty Python's Big Red Book" (Methuen UK/1975 Warner US)
1973  "The Brand New Monty Python Bok" (Metheun UK/1976 Henry Regnery
      US - hardback identical to the paperback above, bar tits 'n' bum
      cover)
1974  "The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok" (Metheun UK/1976 Warner US)
1977  "The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It", John
      Cleese, Jack Hobbs, Joe McGrath (Star Book/Wyndham Publishers -
      script and stills of LWT film)
1977  "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (Metheun)
1977  "Fawlty Towers", Cleese and Booth (Futura/Contact Publications -
      'The Builders', 'The Hotel Inspectors', 'Gourmet Night')
1979  "Monty Python's Life of Brian/Monty Python Scrapbook" (Metheun UK/
      Fred Jordan Books/Grosset & Dunlap US)
1979  "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (Ace Books - as above but smaller
      and without scrapbook)
1979  "Fawlty Towers" (Weidenfeld & Nicolson - 'The Wedding', 'A Touch
      of Class', 'The Germans')
1981  "The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python:  Volume
      One - Monty Python" (Metheun - compilation of "Monty Python's Big
      Red Book" (1971) and "The Brand New Monty Python Bok" (1973))
1981  "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" (Metheun - with an introduction
      by John Cleese, three sketches in which he appears and photographs)
1983  "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (Metheun UK/Grove Press US)
1983  "Families and How to Survive Them", Cleese and Robin Skynner (Metheun)
1984  "Freaky Fables", by J. B. Handelsman, with a Foreword by John Cleese
      (Metheun)
1984  "The Golden Skits of Wing-Commander Muriel Volestrangler FRHS & BAR",
      Muriel Volestrangler (Metheun - collation of skits written and
      co-written by Cleese from Cambridge to The Meaning of Life)
1988  "The Monty Python Gift Boks" (Metheun - repackaged first two books
      and poster)
1989  "Monty Python's Flying Circus:  Just the Words" (Metheun Mandarin
      UK/Pantheon US - twentieth anniversary compilation of television
      scripts, in two volumes)
1992  "Life and How to Survive It", John Cleese and Robin Skynner (Metheun)

Albums
1965  "Cambridge Circus" (Odeon PCS 3046 Original Broadway Cast)
1966  "The Frost Report on Britain" (Parlophone PMC 7005 - Cleese in 8 out
      of 13 sketches)
1967  "The Frost Report on Everything" (Janus JLS-3005 - Cleese [misspelled
      'Clease'] in 5 out of 11 sketches)
1967  "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" (EMI M-1164 & BBC Records REH 342 -
      Cleese as the Doctor, Mary's John, Little John, Sir Angus of the
      Prune, the MC, Baby Rupert, Captain Cleese and Wong Tu)
1970  "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (BBC Records)
1971  "Another Monty Python Record" (Charisma)
1972  "Monty Python's Previous Record" (Charisma)
1973  "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief" (Charisma/Arista)
1974  "Monty Python Live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane" (Charisma, UK
      only)
1975  "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty
      Python and the Holy Grail" (Charisma)
1976  "Monty Python Live at City Center" (Arista, US only)
1976  "The Worst of Monty Python" (Kama Sutra - a repackaging of "Another
      Monty Python Record" and "Monty Python's Previous Record")
1976  "A Poke in the Eye With a Sharp Stick" (Transatlantic TRA, UK only -
      first Amnesty International benefit concert)
1977  "The Mermaid Frolics" (Polydor Special 2384101 - Cleese, Booth,
      Jones, Jonathon Miller, and Peter Ustinov)
1977  "The Monty Python Instant Record Collection" (Charisma)
1979  "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (Warner Bros)
1979  "The Secret Policeman's Ball" (Island LPS 9601)
1979  "Fawlty Towers" (BBC Records REB 377 - 'Hotel Inspector' and 'Mrs
      Richards')
1980  "Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album" (Charisma/Arista)
1981  "Fawlty Towers: Second Sitting" (BBC Records 405 - 'The Builders'
      and 'The Rat')
1981  "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" (Island)
1982  "Fawlty Towers: At Your Service" (BBC Records 449 - 'The Germans'
      and 'Death')
1983  "Monty Python's Meaning of Life" (MCA Records)
1988  "Monty Python's The Final Ripoff" (Virgin)
1988  "The Screwtape Letters" (Audio Literature Inc. - cassette only. A
      three hour, two-cassette version of Cleese reading the book by
      C. S. Lewis)

Radio (as performer/contributor)
1963 30 December "Cambridge Circus"

1964  3 April           "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 3 pilot
                        programmes (BBC Home Service)
     14 May             co-wrote "Enemy at Large"
      5 July            co-wrote "Not to Worry"

1965    September       radio show with Jack Palance (US)

1966 14 March           "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 2nd series (BBC
                        Home Service)
     12 September       "David Frost at the Phonograph" (BBC Light
                        Programme)
      3 October         "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 3rd series (BBC
                        Home Service)
      8 October         "David Frost at the Phonograph" (BBC Light
                        Programme)
     29 October         "David Frost at the Phonograph" (BBC Light
                        Programme)

1967 26 January         "Call My Bluff" (BBC Light Programme)
     23 March           "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 4th series (BBC
                        Home Service)
     17 December        "Down Your Way" (Radio 4)

1968 14 April           "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 5th series
                        (Radio 4)
      6 July            "Galaxy" Radio 2)
     26 December        "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", Special (Radio 4)

1969 12 January         "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 6th series
                        (Radio 4)
      8 April-3 June    "What's So Funny About... ?" (Radio 4)
     25 December        "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", Special (Radio 4)

1970 15 February        "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 7th series
                        (Radio 4)
      4 July            "The Clever Stupid Game" (Radio 4)

1971                    guest of panel game "Right or Wrong" (throughout
                        the year) (Radio 4)

1973  4 November        "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", 8th series
                        (Radio 4)

1974  6 June            co-wrote "Shelia Hancock's Sketchbook" (Radio 4)

1975 25 August          "The Summer Show" (Radio 4)
     21 September       "Celebration: 'The Art of Musical Parody'" (Radio 4)

1978 17 December        "Black Cinderella Two Goes East", by Rory
                        McGrath/Clive Anderson (BBC)

1989 25 December        "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", reunion
                        programme (Radio 2)

1990 12 December        "Families and How to Survive Them" (Radio 4)

Radio (as interviewee)
1966  1 April           "Late Night Extra" (Light Programme)

1968 11 November        'Movie-Go Round', on "Interlude" (BBC)

1970  1 September       "Today" (with Ed Boyle) (Radio 4)
     22 December        "Woman's Hour" (Radio 4)
     23 December        picked funny books for "Now Read On" (Radio 4)

1971  5 March           "Woman's Hour" (Radio 4)
     21 April           "News Desk", re Rectorship of St Andrews (Radio 4)
     17 July            "Desert Island Discs" (Radio 4)
     20 November        "Film Time" (Radio 4)

1972 29 April           "Sports Report" (BBC)

1973  5 July            "Weekend Woman's Hour" (Radio 4)

1975 11 April           "Open House" (with Pete Murray) (Radio 2)

1976 20 February        "Newsbeat" (Radio 1)
     29 October         "First Impression", on favourite childhood books
                        (Radio 4) 
                       
1978 20 May             "Away From It All" (with Joan Bakewell) (Radio 4)

1979 16 February        "Around Midnight", on "Fawlty Towers" (Radio 2)
     27 March           "PM", on training films (BBC)
     26 June            "Today", on "The Secret Policeman's Ball" (Radio 4)
     28 June            "Kaleidoscope", on "The Secret Policeman's Ball"
                        (Radio 4)
      5 November        "Kaleidoscope", on "Life of Brian" (Radio 4)
      7 November        "Today", on "Life of Brian" (with Brian Redhead)
                        (Radio 4)
     31 December        "Today" - celebrities' hopes for the 1980s (Radio 4)

1980 16 August          "Sport on 4", on interest in squash (Radio 4)

1983 31 January         "John Dunne Show", on "Privates on Parade" (Radio 2)
      2 February        "Gloria Hunniford" (Radio 2)
     24 February        "Star Sound Extra", on "Privates on Parade" (Radio 2)
     28 September       "Woman's Hour", on "Families and How to Survive
                        Them" (Radio 4)
     30 September       "Gloria Hunniford", on "Families and How to Survive
                        Them" (Radio 2)

1984 13 September       "Round Midnight", on "Families and How to Survive
                        Them" (Radio 2)
     17 September       "Today", on a TV Advert Award for Sony compact disc
                        (Radio 4) 
                       
1985 24 May             "Book Plug", on "Muriel Volestrangler" (Radio 4)

1986 20 March           "Gloria Hunniford", on "Clockwise" (Radio 2)
     21 June            "A View From the Boundary" (with Brian Johnston)
                        (Radio 3)

1990 17 May/24 May      "How Far Can You Go?", on blasphemy and "Life of
                        Brian" (Radio 4)
     13 August          "Funny That Way" (with Barry Cryer) (Radio 4)
     17 September       "Today", at the Liberal Democrats' Party Conference
                        (Radio 4)
      6 December        "Bookshelf" (Radio 4)
     25 December        Orchard FM, Taunton, interviewed by Phil Easton

Television (as performer/contributer)
1963 28 September-      contributed to "That Was The Week That Was" (BBC)
     21 December
     28 December        contributed to "That Was The Year That Was" (BBC)

1966 10 March-28 April  "The Frost Report" (BBC)
     19 October-        "The Forst Programme" (Rediffusion)
      4 January

1967 15 February-       "At Last the 1948 Show" (Rediffusion)
     22 March
      6 April-18 May    "The Frost Report" (Rediffusion)
     26 September-      "At Last the 1948 Show" (Rediffusion)
      7 November

1968  8 August          "The Goon Show" - 'Tales of Men's Shirts' (Thames)

1969  5-26 October,     "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (BBC)
     23 November-
     11 January 1970

1970 15-29 September,   "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (BBC)
     20 October-
     22 December

1972 19 October-        "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (BBC)
     21 December,
      4-11 January 1973

1973 18 January         "Elementary, My Dear Watson" (BBC1, Comedy Playhouse)
      3 February        "Doctor in Charge": 'No Ill Feelings', Fawlty
                        prototype (BBC)

1974 22 February        "Sez Les" (ITV)
     22 April           "A Place in History" (ITV)
     28 June            "Sez Les" (ITV)

1975 20 September       "Fawlty Towers" (BBC2)
      6 October-        "The Selling Line", 1st episode: 'Who Sold You This,
                        Then?' (BBC2)
     24 November

1976 14 November        "Read All About It", a books discussion (BBC1)

1977 18 September       "The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation As We
                        Know It" (LWT)
     21 October         "The Muppet Show" (ATV)

1979  1 January         "Grandstand", film (BBC1)
     19 February        "Fawlty Towers" (BBC2)
     18 March           "Company Account": 'The Balance Sheet Barrier' (with
                        Ronnie Corbett) - 5-part series (BBC1)
        May             "Norway: Land of Giants!" (BBC2)
     17 October         cameo appearance on "Ripping Yarns" ('Golden
                        Gordon') (BBC1)
     20 October         cameo appearance on "Dr Who" (BBC1)

1980  2 March           "The Office Line": 'The Secretary and her Boss',
                        the first in a series of 8 training films (BBC1)
     23 October         Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew" (BBC2)

1982    March           "Whoops Apocalypse" (LWT)

1985  3 December        SDP party political broadcast

1986                    wrote and appeared in a commercial for the BBC

1987  1 April           SDP party political broadcast

1989 end May            SDP party political broadcast (old footage)
      6 December        appeared on BBC's "Network", against the
                        Broadcasting Bill (BBC1)

Television (as interviewee)
1970 12 January         Guest on "Late Night Line Up" (BBC2)

1976 20 February        Profiled by "Tonight" (BBC1)
     16 August          "Festival 40" special "Monty Python" edition (BBC1)

1977 14 December        "Pebble Mill" (with Danny Macleod) (BBC1)

1979 20 June            "The Pythons", commemorative documentary (BBC1)
     22 June            "Tonight In Town", on "The Secret Policeman's
                        Ball" (BBC1)
      9 November        "Friday Night, Saturday Morning", discussing "Life
                        of Brian" (BBC2)
     23 November        "The Pythons" (BBC2)

1980 22 October         "Parkinson" (BBC1)

1982 12 December        "Film '82", on "Privates on Parade" (BBC1)

1983 29 January         "Wogan" (BBC1)
     31 January         "Nationwide", on "Privates on Parade" (BBC1)

1984    October         Appeared on Miriam Stoppard's "Where There's
                        Life" (ITV)

1986 31 January         "South Bank Show Special" (LWT)

1988    October         "Aspel", on "A Fish Called Wanda" (ITV)

1990    October         "Omnibus": 'Life of Python' (BBC1)
        December        "Wogan" (BBC1)

1991 30 January         "This Morning" (ITV)