Ian MacNaughton
Edward Ian Macnaughton (30 December 1925 – 10 December 2002) was a Scottish actor-turned-television producer and director, best known for his work with the "Monty Python" team. MacNaughton was director and producer for all but four of the forty five episodes of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" from 1969 to 1974, director of the group's first feature film "And Now for Something Completely Different" in 1971 and director of their two German episodes, "Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus" in 1971 and 1972. In 1973 the production team shared the BAFTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Programme for "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
Connie Booth
Booth secured parts in episodes of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969–74) and in the Python films "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971) and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975, as a woman accused of being a witch). She also appeared in "How to Irritate People" (1968), a pre-Monty Python film starring Cleese and other future Monty Python members; a short film titled "Romance with a Double Bass" (1974) adapted by Cleese from a short story by Anton Chekhov; and "The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It" (1977), Cleese's Sherlock Holmes spoof, as Mrs. Hudson.