IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Arthur Jackson (Mr. A)
Played by John Cleese
The anonymous "Mr. A" of Monty Python's The Mouse Problem, a man who confesses on a current-affairs programme to wanting to be a mouse, only for the programme to broadcast his real name, address and telephone number. Not the same character…
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In character. On screen.
Their moment in the spotlight.
Behind the character
The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
The anonymous "Mr. A" of Monty Python's The Mouse Problem, a man who confesses on a current-affairs programme to wanting to be a mouse, only for the programme to broadcast his real name, address and telephone number. Not the same character as Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.