Darkfalz says on 12/Feb/08
5'11" tops. In "Fillander Zircus" or whatever it was, one of the commentators mention that two of the troupe are over 6 feet - obviously this is Chapman and Cleese. Idle has looked barely taller than 5'8" Chaplin.

AshnarLynx says on 23/Dec/07
He looked an inch shorter at least than Brooke Shields in that horrible show of hers. She is 6 feet and wears lifts probably, so he must be either 5'11 or 6 feet.

Sara says on 23/Oct/07
In an episode of Do Not Adjust Your Set (A pre-Python tv show), Eric Idle is introduced as being 6'1"

lrua says on 5/Jun/07
Eric Idle is a 5'11" type guy, he was never 6'1" .

betty says on 24/Apr/07
the 'married sketch has them all lined up with cleese , then chapman and idle and palin in the middle and jones at the end. jones and palin looked similar height. and chapman and idle looked around the same height as well. Cleese is just a tall guy!
he's arond 6'1

bernar says on 11/Oct/06
Eric Idle is no more than 1 inch taller than Micheal Palin. In Monty Python
Self-defense Against Fresh Fruit scetch Episode 4 they were bare feet and were standing close to each other. watch this episode and tell me that i'm wrong.

Anonymous says on 8/Mar/06
jerkoff? Glenn, are you referring to Eric Idle?

[Editor Rob: I think he is...]

Glenn says on 5/Mar/06
Jerkoff.and 5-11.

Chris says on 28/Feb/06
I would say 182 cm

Mikex says on 26/Feb/06
Always looked quite tall, although short compared to Chapman and Cleese in the Pythons 6'4'' and 6'5'' repsectively.