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
Rescue Me (UK TV series) not recommissioned for a second series, leaving an unresolved cliffhanger. Nicholls had written four episodes of the unmade second series before discovering "Rescue Me" had been cancelled. As a result, he took a break from screenwriting to concentrate on his debut novel "Starter for Ten". A cover version of "Rescue Me", performed by Oliver Darley, is the series theme tune. Rescue Me (UK TV series) Rescue Me is a British romantic comedy television series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and broadcast on BBC One in 2002. It was created, and principally written, by David Nicholls and stars Sally Phillips as