British comedian, actor and writer. As a young man he was an anchorman on teenage popular programs. While attending Oxford, he met Terry Jones while he was acting and writing comedy improv. They found that they clicked together writing gags and skits, and began working as a team. They wrote and performed a humorous history series on TV, "The Complete and Utter History of Britain."
Joining the outrageous and demented Monty Python team, Palin performed in their first film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." He also wrote for the off-the-wall Python TV series.
Palin and Jones authored "Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls," 1974, and he wrote, co-produced and starred in "The Missionary, " 1982.
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