Monty Python's Flying Circus

Arthur Pewtey

A socially inept, extremely dull man who appears most notably in the "Argument Clinic", "Marriage...

The Reverend Arthur Belling

The vicar of St Loony-Up-The-Cream-Bun-and-Jam. He is known for his bizarrely eccentric behavior.

The "It's" man

A Robinson Crusoe-type castaway with torn clothes and a long, unkempt beard who would appear at t...

Announcer

A BBC continuity announcer in a dinner jacket.

The Knight with a Raw Chicken

Who would hit characters over the head with the chicken when they said something particularly sil...

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Mr. Badger

A Scotsman whose specialty was interrupting sketches ("I won't ruin your sketch, for a pound"). H...

Nude Organist

Who provided a brief fanfare to punctuate certain sketches, most notably on a sketch poking fun a...

Mr. Eric Praline

An eccentric, disgruntled man who often wears a Pac-a-Mac, played by Cleese. His most famous appe...

Mr. Cheeky

A well-dressed mustachioed man, referred to in the published scripts as "Mr. Nudge" (Idle), who p...

Spiny Norman

A Gilliam animation of a giant hedgehog.

The Colonel

A British Army officer who interrupts sketches that are "too silly" or that contain material he f...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The famous composer.

Cardinal Richelieu

The former prime minister of France.

Police Officer

A London police officer, wanting to know what all this is then.

The Spanish Inquisition

Three cardinals whom nobody expects.