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'''John Marwood Cleese''' (b. 1939) is a British actor. He is most famous for his work in ''[[Monty Python (Creator)|Monty Python]]'', where he played a lot of authority figures. His leaving the show before the fourth season is widely seen to be the moment when it [[Jumped the Shark]]. Beyond that, he, along with his then-wife Connie Booth, created ''[[Fawlty Towers (TV)|Fawlty Towers]]'', co-wrote and starred in ''[[A Fish Called Wanda (Film)|A Fish Called Wanda]]'', helped write a ''[[Superman (Franchise)|Superman]]'' [[Elseworld]], [[Hey, ItsIt's That Guy!|made cameo appearances all over the place]], and gave a [[Precision F -Strike|rather famous]] eulogy to friend and fellow Pythonite [[Graham Chapman (Creator)|Graham Chapman]].

* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' -- Many characters, but most memorably, the "And now for something completely different..." guy.

* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail (Film)|Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'' -- A lot of characters, but chiefly known for Sir Lancelot, The [[Black Knight]], the taunting French Knight and Tim the Enchanter.

* ''[[Fawlty Towers (TV)|Fawlty Towers]]'' -- Basil Fawlty

* ''[[Monty PythonsPython's Life of Brian (Film)|Monty Pythons Life of Brian]]''

* ''[[Monty PythonsPython's theThe Meaning of Life (Film)|Monty Pythons the Meaning of Life]]''

* ''[[Time Bandits (Film)|Time Bandits]]'' -- [[Robin Hood]]

* ''[[A Fish Called Wanda (Film)|A Fish Called Wanda]]'' -- Archie Leach

* ''[[Jade Empire (Video Game)|Jade Empire]]'' -- Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* ''[[An American Tail (Animation)|An American Tail]]: Fievel Goes West'' -- Cat R. Waul (voice)

* ''[[George of the Jungle (Filmfilm)|George of the Jungle]]'' (the movie) -- Ape (voice)

* ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' -- R (''[[The World Is Not Enough (Film)|The World Is Not Enough]]''), Q (''[[Die Another Day (Film)|Die Another Day]]'') (Same character, he just got promoted between films)

* ''[[Planet 51 (Animation)|Planet 51]]'' -- Professor Kipple (voice)

* ''[[Fable (Videovideo Gamegame series)|Fable]] 3'' -- Jasper (voice)

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' -- Nearly Headless Nick

* ''[[Winnie the Pooh (Disney film)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' -- The Narrator

* ''[[Silverado (Film)|Silverado]]'' -- Sheriff Langston

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