Name:
Graham Chapman
Major Part in Holy Grail: King Arthur
Born: January 8, 1941, Leicester, England
Died: October 4, 1989, England (throat cancer)
Father: Walter
Mother: Edith
Siblings: John Chapman (b. 1937, a doctor)
Spouse: Unmarried, but lived with his lover, David Sherlock, for twenty years
Children: Graham and David adopted a son, John Tomiczek, in 1971
Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge (medicine); St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London (medicine)
Name: John Marwood
Cleese
Major Part in Holy Grail: Sir Lancelot
Born: October 27, 1939, Weston-Super-Mare, England
Father: Reginald Francis Cheese (that's not a typo, he changed it to
Cleese)
Mother: Muriel Cross
Siblings: None
Spouse: (1968-1976) Connie Booth; (1981-1990) Barbara Trentham; (1992-)
Alyce Faye Eichelberger
Children: Two daughters: Cynthia Caylor (b. Feb. 1971) and Camilla
(b. 1984)
Education: St. Peter's Preparatory School; Clifton College; Downing
College, Cambridge University (Law)
Name: Terry
Vance Gilliam
Major Part in Holy Grail: Patsy
Born: November 22, 1940, Minneapolis, MN
Father:
Mother:
Siblings: Sister (b. 1942); Brother (b. 1950)
Spouse: (1973-) Maggie Weston (make-up artist from the Flying Circus
shows)
Children: Two daughters: Amy Rainbow (b. 1977) and Holly Dubois (b.
Oct. 1980); and one son: Harry Thunder (b. May 1988)
Education: Occidental College, CA (political science)
Name: Eric Idle
Major Part in Holy Grail: Sir Robin
Born: March 29, 1943, South Shields, England
Father:
Mother:
Siblings:
Spouse: (1969-1978) Lyn Ashley (Australian actress); (1981-) Tania
Kosevich (American model)
Children: One son: Carey (b. 1973) and one daughter: Lily (b. 1990)
Education: Royal School, Wolverhampton; Pembroke College, Cambridge
University (English)
Name: Terry
Jones
Major Part in Holy Grail: Sir Bedimere
Born: February 1, 1942, Colwyn Bay, North Wales
Father:
Mother:
Siblings: Brother - Nigel (b. 1940)
Spouse: (1970-) Alison Telfer (biochemist specializing in photosynthesis)
Children: One daughter: Sally (b. 1974) and one son: Bill (b. 1976)
Education: Church of England primary school; Royal Grammar School at
Guildford; St. Edmund Hall College, Oxford University (English)
Name: Micheal
Palin
Major Part in Holy Grail: Sir Galahad
Born: May 5, 1943, Sheffield, England
Father:
Mother: Mary
Siblings: Sister - Angela (b. 1934)
Spouse: (1966-) Helen Gibbins (they were childhood sweethearts since
Michael was sixteen)
Children: Two sons: Thomas and William (b. 1971) and one daughter:
Rachel (b. 1975)
Education: Shrewsbury; Brasenose College, Oxford University (History)