- Occupation: Actor,
screenwriter
- Born: May 5, 1943,
Sheffield, England
- Education: Brasenose
College, Oxford (history)
Made his West End stage debut in Hang Down Your Head and Die, a 1964
production by Oxford's satirical Experimental Theatre Club. After graduation,
Palin wrote for and appeared in a number of comic programs, including
"The Complete and Utter History of Britain," before becoming
part of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in 1969. He coscripted
the successful fantasy feature, TIME BANDITS (1981), and made a memorable
appearance as the stuttering bumbler in Charles Crichton's homage to
Ealing comedy, A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988).
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