Comedian John Cleese is best known for his ‘Monty Python’ films and of course the ever-popular ‘Fawlty Towers’ sitcom with his trademark ability to play the zany nutter.
But Cambridge educated Cleese is anything but a nutter and is both commercially smart and a qualified lawyer.
After performing with the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, Cleese’s style has been to work in satirical and black humour. He co-founded Video Arts, a production company making entertaining training films and as a politically active individual he also co-founded The Secret Policeman’s Ball benefit shows to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. Although a long-running supporter of the Liberal Democrats, in 1999 he turned down a life peerage offer from the party.
He also declined a knighthood.
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