Who is that playing God in the Holy Grail?
It is a Terry Gilliam cutout with the voice of Graham Chapman. The face is that of W. G. Grace, an English cricketing champion. Or so I hear. Q: Who is that playing anyone in Swamp Castle in the Holy Grail? A: Father (“No singing!”) is played by Michael Palin under a great deal of fur. Prince Herbert (“That certain… special… something!”) is played by Terry Jones under a bit of pale makeup. The talkative guard is played by Eric Idle. The hiccoughing guard is played by Graham Chapman. Q: Whose face was that on “Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film” in the Holy Grail? A: Michael Palin’s then-young son, Thomas Palin. Q: In the Grail opening credits “Additional Music” is credited to “DeWolfe.” Who or what is DeWolfe? A: DeWolfe Music Publishing is a company which produces public-domain music records. Their music was used by the Pythons on several albums and the Grail film for the simple reason that it was cheap. Some of it is quite good. The original Grail score was a traditional medieval eff
