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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

Wogan
Self
1982 • 1 episode
Film '72
Self
1971 • 1 episode

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard
1975

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various
1969 • 45 episodes

Life of Brian
Wise Man #2 / Brian Cohen / Biggus Dickus
1979

Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006 • 1 episode

Cilla
Self
1968 • 1 episode

The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976 • 15 episodes

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
1983

The Big Show
Self
1980 • 1 episode

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986 • 1 episode

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self (archive footage)
2014 • 5 episodes

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Self (archive footage)
2009 • 6 episodes

Yellowbeard
Captain Yellowbeard
1983

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

At Last the 1948 Show
1967 • 13 episodes

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
2004

Monty Python's Personal Best
2006
Stage Fright
1989