Person    | Male  Born 8/1/1941  Died 4/10/1989

Graham Chapman

Categories: Humour, TV & Radio

Comedian. Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Born Leicester. Went to Cambridge University and joined the Footlights Dramatic Club. After university he trained as a doctor but his comedy writing and performing career took over. Lived at  89 Southwood Lane, Highgate and drank rather too "copiously" at the nearby Angel Inn. Died Maidstone General Hospital.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Graham Chapman

Commemorated ati

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman, "A very naughty boy", 8 January 1941 to 4 October 1989, comed...

Read More

Other Subjects

Khaki

Khaki

A very successful comedy burlesque written by Herbert C. Sargent and Con West and was performed at the Islington Empire. It starred Ernie Lotinga. Great War Fiction has a report on the censor's res...

Fiction, Humour, Theatre

1 memorial
Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper

Comedian.  Born Wales.  Member of the Magic Circle.  Died of a heart attack on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre, live on television. "I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and...

Person, Humour, TV & Radio, Wales

4 memorials
English Hedonists

English Hedonists

The artist Carrie Reichardt is part of this group, probably its main artist, "Mad in England" being her trademark. 2018: Via Facebook Carrie kindly confirmed that she had made this series for a co...

Group, History, Humour

7 memorials
Benny Hill

Benny Hill

Comedian and actor. Born Alfred Hawthorne Hill in Southampton. In his teens he worked as a milkman, an experience which he later put to good use in his hit song 'Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the ...

Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio

3 memorials
Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

Comedy actor. Born Bingfield Street, N1. David Benson's 6 minute video of David Benson's Kenneth Williams walk showing the Argyle Square area of London where Kenneth grew up. And the BBC iPlayer ha...

Person, Cinema, Humour, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

5 memorials