The Meaning of Life credits

Directed By

Terry Jones

Written By

Graham Chapman
written by: John Cleese
written by: Terry Gilliam
written by: Eric Idle
written by: Terry Jones
written by: Michael Palin
written by

Cast

Graham Chapman
Chairman / Fish #1 / Doctor / Harry Blackitt / Wymer / Hordern / General / Coles / Narrator #2 / Dr. Livingstone / Transvestite / Eric / Guest #1 / Arthur Jarrett / Geoffrey / Tony Bennett: John Cleese
Fish #2 / Dr. Spencer / Humphrey Williams / Sturridge / Ainsworth / Waiter / Eric's Assistant / Maître D' / Grim Reaper: Terry Gilliam
Window Washer / Fish #4 / Walters / Middle of the Film Announcer / M'Lady Joeline / Mr. Brown / Howard Katzenberg: Eric Idle
Gunther / Fish #3 / 'Meaning of Life' Singer / Mr. Moore / Mrs. Blackitt / Watson / Blackitt / Atkinson / Perkins / Victim #3 / Front End / Mrs. Hendy / Man in Pink / Noël Coward / Gaston / Angela: Terry Jones
Bert / Fish #6 / Mum / Priest / Biggs / Sergeant / Man with Bendy Arms / Mrs. Brown / Mr. Creosote / Maria / Leaf Father / Fiona Portland-Smythe: Michael Palin
Window Washer / Harry / Fish #5 / Mr. Pycroft / Dad / Narrator #1 / Chaplain / Carter / Spadger / Regimental Sergeant Major / Pakenham-Walsh / Rear End / Female TV Presenter / Mr. Marvin Hendy / Governor / Leaf Son / Debbie Katzenberg: Carol Cleveland
Beefeater Waitress / Wife of Guest #1 / Leaf Mother / Leaf Daughter / Heaven Receptionist: Simon Jones
Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smythe: Patricia Quinn
Mrs. Williams: Judy Loe
Nurse #1: Andrew MacLachlan
Groom / Wycliff / Victim #1 / Guest #3: Mark Holmes
Victim #2 (Cheerful Severed Head) / Troll Waiter / Guest #2: Valerie Whittington
Mrs. Moore: Jennie Franks
Bride: Imogen Bickford-Smith
Nurse #2: Angela Mann
Wife of Guest #2: Peter Lovstrom
Brown's Son: George Silver
Diner Eating Howard the Fish: Chris Grant
: Sydney Arnold
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Guy Bertrand
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Andrew Bicknell
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Ross Davidson
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Myrtle Devenish
Old Lady (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Tim Douglas
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Eric Francis
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Matt Frewer
Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Billy John
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Russell Kilmister
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Peter Mantle
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Len Marten
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Peter Merrill
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Cameron Miller
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Gareth Milne
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Larry Noble
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Paddy Ryan
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Leslie Sarony
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): John Scott Martin
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Eric Stovell
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Wally Thomas
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Jack Armstrong
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Robert Carrick
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Douglas Cooper
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): George Daly
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Chick Fowles
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Terry Grant
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Robin Hewlett
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Tommy Isley
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Juba Kennerley
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Anthony Lang
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): John Murphy
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Terry Rendell
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Ronald Shilling
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Albert Welch
(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"): Luke Baxter
Dancer: Stephen Beasley
Dancer: Paul Bourke
Dancer: Bonnie Bryg
Dancer: Charlotte Corbett
Dancer: Geoff Davids
Dancer: Emma-Kate Davies
Dancer: Sandra Easby
Dancer: Jane Eve
Dancer: Donna Fielding
Dancer: Roy Hamlyn Gayle
Dancer: Dawn Gerrard
Dancer: Natascha Gilbrooke
Dancer: Donnette Goddard
Dancer: Heavon Grant
Dancer: Alison Jane Hierlihy
Dancer: Laura James
Dancer: Kim Elizabeth Leeson
Dancer: Maddie Loftin
Dancer: Michelle Mackie
Dancer: Paul Madden
Dancer: Helen Mason
Dancer: Caroline Meacher
Dancer: Lorraine Meacher
Dancer: Sue Menhenick
Dancer: Kerri Murphy
Dancer: Tammy Needham
Dancer: Garry Noakes
Dancer: Trudy Pack
Dancer: Floyd Anthony Pearce
Dancer: Wanda Rokicki
Dancer: Peter Salmon
Dancer: Lizie Saunderson
Dancer: Steve St. Klonis
Dancer: Voyd
Dancer: Timothy Ward
Dancer: Michelle Welch
Dancer: Gess Whitfield
Dancer: Lorraine Whitmarsh
Dancer: Dominique Wood
Dancer: Lynne Hazelden
Student Doctor: Jane Leeves
Dancer: Keith Macey
School Boy in Chapel: Sean Maguire
'Every Sperm is Sacred' Child w / Red Jumper: Gerald Paris
Passerby: Monty Python
Themselves

Sound

Paul Carr
dubbing mixer: Philip Chubb
sound maintenance: Bob Doyle
boom operator: Rodney Glenn
dubbing editor: Debbie Kaplan
sound: Garth Marshall
sound mixer: Brian Paxton
dubbing mixer

Editing

Julian Doyle

Casting Director

Michelle Guish
: Debbie McWilliams

Production Design

Harry Lange

Art Direction

John Beard
Art Director: Richard Dawking

Set Design

Sharon Cartwright
: Simon Wakefield

Costumes

James Acheson
Costume Designer

Makeup

Elaine Carew
makeup artist: Sallie Evans
hairdresser: Mary Hillman
makeup supervisor: Mike Jones
hairdresser / makeup artist: Pamela Rayson
hairdresser / makeup artist: Hilary Steinberg
hairdresser / makeup artist: Maureen Stephenson
hairdresser: Christopher Tucker
makeup artist: Mr. Creosote: Maggie Weston
hair designer / makeup designer

Special Effects

Richard Conway
special effects: George Gibbs
special effects supervisor: Ray Hanson
special effects: Bob Hollow
special effects: David Watson
special effects: Terence J. Cox
special effects technician: Garth Inns
pyrotechnic effects

Visual Effects

Michael Beard
model maker: Valerie Charlton
model maker: Carol De Jong
model maker: Nick Dunlop
optical effects: Roy Field
optical effects: Kent Houston
optical effects: Tim Ollive
animation & backgrounds: Peter Pullen
model maker: Tim Spence
optical effects: Paul Whitbread
optical effects: Janice Body
visual effects assistant: Martin Body
rotoscope artist

Assistant Director

Jonathan Benson
first assistant director: Matthew Binns
second assistant director: Ray Corbett
first assistant director: Derek Harrington
third assistant director: Callum McDougall
third assistant director: Kieron Phipps
key second assistant director: Paul Taylor
third assistant director: Gary White
first assistant director: Bob Wright
second assistant director

Production Management

David Wimbury
production manager

Art Department

Peter Browne
construction department: Roger Cain
art department: Alan Chesters
construction department: John Cole
properties: Mel Coleman
construction department: Steve Cooper
art department: Peter Cull
construction department: Dennis Griffin
art department: Richard Hornsby
art department: Brian Humphrey
properties: Tommy Kavanagh
construction department: Reginald Keywood
construction department: Michael Law
construction department: Colin Lovering
construction department: Dave Newton
properties: Brian Payne
properties: Ken Powell
construction department: Bill Sansom
construction department: Dick Savery
construction department: Vic Simpson
construction manager: John Skinner
construction department: Bob Walker
art department: Andrew Ackland-Snow
draughtsman: Gari Bacon
props: Gerry Bourke
props: Dennis Murray
plasterer: Martin Smeaton
model sculptor

Animation

Jill Brooks
animator: Kate Hepburn
animator: Richard Ollive
animator: Tim Ollive
animator: Mike Stuart
animator

Editorial

Roy Baker
editing department: Margarita Doyle
editing department: Keith Lowes
editing department: Simon Milton
editing department: Diane Ryder
editing department

Other

Steve Abbott
not the production accountant: Patricia Carr
production assistant: Valerie Craig
production assistant: William Hobbs
fight arranger: Barbara Holloway
assistant to producer: Anne James
python manager: Nancy Lewis
director of python US relations: Arlene Phillips
choreographer: Heather Seymour
assistant choreographer: Mike Smith
production accountant: Paul Taylor
production department: Tim Vaughan-Hughes
assistant to producer: Robin Demetriou
catering supervisor: Steve Meek
stand-in for mr. cleese: Adam Samuelson
louma crane technician

Costume Department

William Baboo
costume maker: Vin Burnham
costume maker: Shirley Denny
costume maker: Linda Eke
wardrobe department: Gilly Hebden
costume assistant: Janet Lucas-Wakely
wardrobe department: Stephen Miles
costume assistant: David Murch
wardrobe department: Ray Scott
costume maker: Joyce Stoneman
wardrobe: Jill Thraves
costume maker: James Wakely
wardrobe department: Lizzie Willey
costume maker: Dougie Hawkes
costume assistant

Camera Department

David Appleby
still photographer: Fred Ashby
electrical department: Kenneth Atherfold
grip: Barry Brown
focus puller: John Clark
electrician: Clive Coote
still photographer: Mark Cridlin
clapper loader: Tony Cridlin
grip: Chuck Finch
gaffer: Dewi Humphreys
camera operator: John Ignatius
focus puller: Sue Knight
clapper loader: Alan McPherson
electrical department: Stewart Monteith
electrical department: Reg Parsons
best boy: Larry Randall
electrical department: Roy Rodhouse
gaffer: Richard Seal
electrical department: Malcolm Smith
grip: Stefan Stankowski
clapper loader: Toby Tyler
electrician: George White
electrician: Kevin Brookner
video operator: Stuart McAlister
lighting console operator

Location Management

Peter Kohn
location manager

Script Department

Penny Eyles
continuity: Maggie Jones
continuity

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