Close your eyes and hear John Cleese

I definitely did. Very similar indeed.

That is because male English actors playing uptight, arrogant non-working class characters are all alike.

Yes! I did. :-)

But I have love in my heart - Yes, as a thief has riches, a usurer money

Absolutely. It wasn't constant, but every now and again, he'd say something and it would sound like a bullseye Cleese impression.

Very much did - I actually found myself thinking the role could have been played by Cleese if he were a few decades younger.



"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

YES!

I turned on the movie on HBO and was working on the computer as it started....and I started hearing the voice and I looked up out of confusion......and the character is in stage costume......and I was like.......wait.....can that be John Cleese???

You are spot on.