Neil Innes
Sign in to saveEnglish writer, comedian, and musician (1944–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Raggy Dolls
- More Than Compleat Rutles Forever
- Funny money
- Gloom, Doom and Very Funny Money
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944-12-09
- Active to
- 2019-12-29
comedy rockparody
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,600
- Total plays
- 141,688
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Neil Innes (born Neil James Innes on 9 December 1944 in Danbury, Essex; died 29 December 2019) was an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in The Bonzo Dog Band and later The Rutles. Attending Goldsmiths College, London, where he studied Drama, Innes started a band with other students that was originally named The Bonzo Dog Dada Band (after the art movement Dada) which they renamed the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (later
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Neil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Danbury
- Place of death
- Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- literature
- Genre
- comedy rock
- Instrument
- banjo
- Official website
- neilinnes.media
- Image
- Neil Innes by Luke Ford adjust.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1944-12-09
- Commons category
- Neil Innes
- social media followers
- 20653
- date of death
- 2019-12-29
- name in native language
- Neil Innes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Neil James Innes
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- member of
- The Rutles
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