Terry Jones
Acting

Terry Jones

Born 1 February 1942 · Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK · Died 21 January 2020

Terence Graham Parry Jones (February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020) was a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. At the age of 4, the Jones family moved to Surrey in England. Jones attended primary school at Esher COE school and later attended the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was school captain in the 1960-61 academic year. He later read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, but "strayed into history". While there, he performed comedy with future Monty Python cast-mate Michael Palin in The Oxford Revue. Jones appeared in the comedy TV series "Twice a Fortnight" with Michael Palin; Graeme Garden; Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, as well as the television series |"The Complete and Utter History of Britain" (1969). He appeared in" Do Not Adjust Your Set" (1967–69) with Michael Palin; Eric Idle and David Jason. He wrote for "The Frost Report" and several other David Frost programmes.

Known for

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Labyrinth
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Absolutely Anything
Monty Python's Flying Circus
And Now for Something Completely Different
Jabberwocky
Erik the Viking
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Locked Out
Dinotopia
The Land of Sometimes
Absolutely Anything
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps
Boom Bust Boom
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
King Guillaume
Miracles of Evolution
Anna and the Moods
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Locked Out
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
The Story of 1
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
The Hidden History of Egypt
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Le Créateur
Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
The Wind in the Willows
Erik the Viking
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Scarfe's Follies
Personal Services
Labyrinth
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
The Box
Peter Cook & Co.
Life of Brian
Roger of the Raj
Golden Gordon
Whinfrey's Last Case
Jabberwocky
The Broken Bottle
The Mermaid Frolics
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Murder at Moorstones Manor
The Curse of the Claw
Across the Andes by Frog
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Henry Cleans Up
Is This a Record?
Secrets
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
Terry Jones · Midrow