Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman was a British comedian, actor and writer and a member of Monty Python. He developed a writing partnership with John Cleese after performing with the Cambridge Footlights, then worked on The Frost Report and At Last the 1948 Show. In Monty Python’s Flying Circus, his characters included the Colonel, who interrupted sketches to object to their silliness.

Chapman played King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the title character in Life of Brian. His work outside Python included Yellowbeard and the memoir A Liar’s Autobiography. He trained as a doctor before pursuing comedy and died in 1989.