Studied Law at Downing College, the University of Cambridge.
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John is 6' 4¾" (1.95 m) tall.
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John was married to actress Connie Booth from 1968-1978. They appeared in Fawlty Towers together.
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John was married to Barbara Trentham from 1981-1990.
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John married Alice Faye Eichelberger in December of 1992.
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John is the father of actress Cynthia Cleese.
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John co-wrote several episodes of "Doctor in the House" (1969) and its sequels with Graham Chapman, and also wrote some later episodes as sole author.
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John was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club.
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When John had to join the American Federation of Television and Radio Artistsin 1989, for his third appearance on American TV, none of the staff at the AFTRA office recognised him, or had any idea who he was.
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John was the Rector of University of St Andrews from 1970-1973.
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Ever since one of his most famous Monty Python sketches, The Ministry of Silly Walks, he has found himself continually pestered by admirers to do silly walks for them.
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John is an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
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John co-owns the Christine Schell Fine Objects antique shop in Montecito, CA.
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John's father's name was Reg Cleese but his grandfather was named John Edwin Cheese. He changed his name when he joined the British army in 1915.
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John's second daughter Camilla was born in 1984.
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John reached adult height of 6' 4 3/4" by the age of 13.
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Said he was to be the first person to say the F-word at a memorial service when he spoke at Graham Chapman's funeral.
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When John left the Monty Python team, he was approached by the BBC to do something else, and together with Booth, created "Fawlty Towers (1975)" based on their experiences in a Torquay hotel.
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John allegedly refused the British Honour of the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1996.
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