Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 —4 October 1989 ) was a British comedian and writer . He was one of the six Monty Python members and lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Brian in Life of Brian .
Education and early performances
Chapman was educated at
Melton Mowbray Grammar School and studied medicine at
Emmanuel College at the
University of Cambridge , where he began writing comedy with fellow University student
John Cleese . He qualified as a
medical doctor at the
Barts Hospital Medical College , but rarely practiced medicine.
While at Cambridge, Chapman joined Footlights . Fellow members were John Cleese , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Bill Oddie , David Hatch , Jonathan Lynn , Humphrey Barclay , and Jo Kendall . Their revue A Clump of Plinths was so successful at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that they renamed it Cambridge Circus , and took the revue to the West End in London and later New Zealand and Broadway . The revue appeared in October 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show .
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