John Cleese as a species until 11 November 2005. John Cleese John Marwood Cleese (; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on "The Frost Report". In the late 1960s, he co-founded 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", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Life of Brian" and "The Meaning of Life". In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie
John Philip Sousa national chapter to become an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, the national honorary band fraternity. On September 27, 1929, Sousa was made a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix at the Manlius Military Academy, Manlius, NY. This was a tribute to his service to music and in recognition of his friendship for the Manlius Cadet Band. In 1932, he was initiated as an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music, by the fraternity's Alpha Xi chapter at the University of Illinois. During World War II, the Liberty ship SS "John Philip