Name David Sherlock Role Writer | Children John Tomiczek | |
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Movies A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman, Yellowbeard Similar People Graham Chapman, Bernard McKenna, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Mel Damski | ||
David Sherlock
A Liar's Autobiography Premiere Interview with David Sherlock Philip Bulcock
David Sherlock is a British writer and was the life partner of Graham Chapman of Monty Python, whom he met in 1966 in Ibiza.
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- David Sherlock
- A Liars Autobiography Premiere Interview with David Sherlock Philip Bulcock
- Biography
- References
Biography
Sherlock was the inspiration for many Monty Python sketches, including "Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses", and was the originator of the Python sketch "Death of Mary Queen of Scots". Sherlock contributed as a co-author to "A Liar's Autobiography," the official memoir of Chapman, and also shared writing credits on "Yellowbeard." Additionally, he co-wrote "Jake's Journey," a 1988 television pilot for CBS featuring Peter Cook, Chapman, among others, which ultimately was not aired.
After Chapman died of cancer, Sherlock returned to his private life, but has contributed to some Python projects, most notably The Pythons Autobiography book.
It was inaccurately reported that Sherlock blasted Chapman's ashes off a cliff to celebrate the millennium. Another rumour was that Sherlock sprinkled Chapman's ashes on people at the 25th anniversary of Monty Python's founding in Los Angeles. A further rumour was that Sherlock scattered Chapman's ashes on Snowdon, North Wales, on 18 June 2005.