IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Mr Leavey
Played by Eric Idle
Eric Idle’s architect in Monty Python’s Architect Sketch presents a tower-block model that collapses and catches fire. His clients overlook the structural problems and greet him with an elaborate Masonic handshake.
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.