Terry Jones

Terry Jones

1942-02-01 – 2020-01-21 (age 77) Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
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Biography

Terence Graham Parry Jones 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.

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Known For

Life of Brian
Life of Brian

1979

as Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975

as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe

Absolutely Anything
Absolutely Anything

2015

as Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver

The Land of Sometimes
The Land of Sometimes

2026

as The Wish Watch (voice)

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
L.A. Story
L.A. Story

1991

as Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Erik the Viking
Erik the Viking

1989

as King Arnulf

And Now for Something Completely Different
And Now for Something Completely Different

1971

as Stage Manager / Tobacconist / 2nd Hungarian Man / Squire / Self-defence student #3 / Tenant #1 / Flasher / Mouse Organist Ken Ewing / Fat Soldier / Waiter / Nude Organist / Brian / Nigel Incubator Jones

Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky

1977

as Poacher

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
The Wind in the Willows
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2014

as Self, others

Concert for George
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

2010

as Workingman / Mexican / Mountie

What the Pythons Did Next...
What the Pythons Did Next...

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Locked Out
Locked Out

2006

as Un SDF

Monty Python: Live at Aspen