Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman was born on January 8, 1941, in Leicester, England. He studied medicine at Cambridge in the early '60s, and even though he earned an M.D., practicing medicine was quickly replaced by an interest in comedy. While at Cambridge, Chapman met the performers that would ultimately become Monty Python. Premiering in 1969 on the BBC, Monty Python's Flying Circus became one of the most watched programs in Britain and was eventually broadcast in America on PBS in 1975. Chapman was often found playing roles of inept and hopelessly silly authority figures, and on numerous oc...