Neil Innes

Neil Innes occupied a wonderful niche: the man who could write a real song and then lovingly demolish it. He started in the gloriously silly Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, became so central to Monty Python's music that he is often called the seventh Python, and contributed to Holy Grail. Then he created The Rutles, a Beatles parody so affectionate and well-crafted it became a classic in its own right. That takes serious musicianship; you can only send something up that precisely if you genuinely love and understand it. He died in 2019, but he sits right at the heart of British comic invention. A delight.

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Name (English)

Neil Innes

Name (Japanese)

ニール・イネス

Reading

にーる・いねす

Born

December 9, 1944 – December 29, 2019

Origin

Danbury, United Kingdom

Occupation

comedian / composer / actor / singer / pianist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

University

Goldsmiths, University of London

• Official sitehttps://neilinnes.media/
• Xhttps://x.com/NeilInnes
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Innes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918538

Tags

• comedian
• composer
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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