IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Arthur Name
Played by Eric Idle
Arthur Name, the pushy pub acquaintance played by Eric Idle in Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch The Visitors, who barges into Victor's romantic evening and invites more guests. He introduces himself as "Name by name but not by nature".
1sketch in the archive
1performer in the role
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.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.