People from Weston-Super-Mare: John Cleese, Jeffrey Archer, John Polkinghorne, Ritchie Blackmore, A. V. Alexander

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: John Cleese, Jeffrey Archer, John Polkinghorne, Ritchie Blackmore, A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, Jill Dando, Gareth Taylor, Bill Andrews, Hans Price, Rupert Graves, Ian A. Anderson, Peter Trego, Phil Slocombe, Lance Dossor, My Silent Wake, Michelle Terry, John Baker, Brian Cotter, Baron Cotter, Walter Bunch, Racey, Sophie Long, Bob Clapp, Henry Edwards, Augustus Edward Hough Love, Danny Farrant, Mandy Miller, Seymour Clark, Daphne Fowler, David Evans, Sean Martin, John Williams, Con O'Neill, Jon Bass, Kim Hughes, Cathal S ndair, Paul Collard, Frederick Pratten, John Oldmixon, John Hook, Constance Chapman, Nick Evans. Excerpt: John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films. Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, the only child of Muriel (n e Cross), an acrobat, and Reginald Francis Cleese (b. 1894), who worked in insurance sales. His f...