Birthplace: South Shields, Durham, England, United Kingdom
biography
One-sixth of the comic genius of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle was the long-faced, bugged-out-eyed bloke who immortalized "nudge-nudge wink-wink" as a catchphrase of its time. He met future Python mates John Cleese and Graham Chapman at Cambridge where the three were members of the prestigious Footlights comedy troupe (for which he eventually served as president). Idle went on to make his professional stage debut in "One for the Pot" in 1965 and his TV acting debut in Ken Russell's "Isadora" the following year. The paths of Cleese, Chapman and Idle crossed those of Terry Jones and
