Autographs of John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/ KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python costars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983).
In the mid-1970s, Cleese and first wife Connie Booth cowrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, in which he starred as hotel owner Basil Fawlty, for which he won the 1980 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance. In 2000, the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, and in a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Basil was ranked second on its list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.
Cleese starred in and wrote the comedy film A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which he received Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations, and its quasi-sequel Fierce Creatures (1997). He has also starred in Time Bandits (1981), Silverado (1985), Clockwise (1986), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), George of the Jungle (1997), Rat Race (2001), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). Prominent franchise film roles of his included R and Q in the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002), Nearly Headless Nick in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and the last three Shrek films (2004–2010). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Cheers (1987) and was nominated for 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998) and Will & Grace (2004).
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The most expensive item with a signature of John Cleese (Cheque for £8million Signed by John Cleese of Monty Python with Newspaper Report) was sold in December 2021 for £701.00 while the cheapest item (JOHN CLEESE - Genuine signed picture) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2025. The month with the most items sold (17) was September 2025 with an average selling price of £53.06 for an autographed item of John Cleese. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2024 with £149.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.60 was February 2013. In average, an autographed item from John Cleese is worth £19.99.
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Latest News about John Cleese
Michael Palin slams John Cleese and Eric Idle (19/03/2015): Michael Palin has branded John Cleese and Eric Idle ''difficult'' and says their lavish lifestyles caused problems within 'Monty Python'.Michael Palin blasts Monty Python co-star John Cleese (18/03/2015): During his A Life in Television BAFTA Q&A in London on Tuesday evening, Michael Palin, 71, hit out at co-stars John Cleese and Eric Idle, branding them 'very difficult'. 
Michael Palin: John Cleese could be 'difficult' (18/03/2015): The Monty Python star was interviewed by David Walliams.John Cleese was 'difficult' to work with, says Monty Python co-star Palin (17/03/2015): MONTY Python actor Michael Palin has told how co-star John Cleese could be "very difficult" to work with at the height of their fame.John Cleese Compares Journalists To Murderers At Confrontational Hacked Off Meet (09/03/2015): Comedian John Cleese has likened journalists arguing for self-regulation to murderers wanting to police themselves during a press reform rally. The Monty Python star also accused Britain's newspaper editors of being cold-blooded liars who only wanted control to remain fully within the industry so th
Older News Stories about John Cleese
John Cleese Backs Pier Campaign (02/2015): Funnyman John Cleese and veteran actor Timothy West have thrown their weight behind a campaign to save a dilapidated pier in England where they spent happy days during their childhood.The Bristol Post published Bristol City v West Ham celebrity fans. So, who does (01/2015): BRISTOL City will know they have to be at the top of their game to turn over West Ham United. Despite City flying high in League One, in terms of resources, an FA Cup Fourth Round tie against a Premier League side is a mismatch. So City are going to need their supporters to play their part. As the hMonty Python's Eric Idle: 'Russell Brand could replace John Cleese' (12/2014): Monty Python comedian jokes that he has lined up replacements for his co-stars.TaraPardo published Booking now: John Cleese comes to The Colston Hall (11/2014): By mid December plenty of people have had quite enough of Christmas, and that's before the big day itself.Endless shopping, canned carols playing on the supermarket tannoy and wall-to-wall Christmas shopping adverts on TV - it can all get a bit much.Which is why a bit of comedy might be a welcome diJohn Cleese blasts Bond film bosses (10/2014): English actor John Cleese says money has spoiled the new James Bond films and has revealed he hasn't even bothered to watch 'Skyfall'.Monty Python live shows didn't excite John Cleese (09/2014): John Cleese has revealed that he "felt no trace of excitement" before taking to the stage for the Monty Python live shows. Speaking to The Sunday Times Magazine Cleese explained that the excitement had worn off by their second performance, "It was only our second night.Paddy Power hit harder than 'John Cleese divorce' (08/2014): Punter-friendly sports results in the first half proved costlier than the Monty Python comedian’s divorce to his third wife, the bookmaker quipped as profits dropped 20pcJohn Cleese's daughter: 'I'd have killed myself by now if it wasn't for my sense (07/2014): John Cleese's daughter has said she would have “killed herself by now” if she did not have a sense of humour, describing her childhood as like a comedy masterclass.The Bristol Post published John Cleese: Ministry of Silly Walks just not funny (06/2014): JOHN Cleese has revealed he never thought his iconic Ministry of Silly Walks sketch was funny. The 74-year-old from Weston-super-Mare was speaking the BBC about this week's Monty Python reunion shows at London's O2 arena when he made the revelation. "The one thing I'm glad I won't have to do is the John Cleese Left Soaked After Provoking Interviewer (05/2014): Monty Python star John Cleese got a soaking during an appearance on a U.K. chat show this week (ends23May14) after he pelted host Alan Carr with drinks and nuts.Terry Gilliam: 'I had a big row with John Cleese about tinned peaches' (04/2014): The Monty Python animator on filming Brazil and his fondness for the team "I started filming this a year ago – it went on and on, leaving me old and ravelled," said Terry Gilliam in late 1984, as he edited Brazil , his vision of a dystopia of mass bureaucrThe REAL Fawlty Towers: Hotelier compared to John Cleese's iconic character Basi (02/2014): A FEISTY London lawyer who retired to run a hotel has been branded the new Basil Fawlty. Arlene Phillips wants John Cleese to stretch himself for Monty Python reunion (01/2014): Arlene Phillips, the choreographer for the Monty Python tour, says she hopes to get the troupe twerking in the new show Monty Python star John Cleese in perfect harmony with wife number one and two (11/2013): FEW men would happily wrap their arms around their new wife and the woman they divorced 35 years ago.
