Terry Jones
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.
Known For
Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Life of Brian
Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Various Roles
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Self
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Himself
The Hidden History of Egypt
Himself
The Hidden History of Rome
King Arnulf
Erik the Viking
Various Roles
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
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
And Now for Something Completely Different
Mandy Cohen, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Bob Hoskins
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Él Mismo
The Story of 1
Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Workingman / Mexican / Mountie
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Toad
The Wind in the Willows
Landlady (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Dieu
Le créateur
Various
Is This a Record?
Poacher
Jabberwocky
Self
The Secret Life of Brian
Himself - Various Roles
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Himself
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
Penguins April Fool - The Making of
Self
Anatomy of a Liar
Narrator (voice)
Anna og skapsveiflurnar
Self
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
Self
Inside the Labyrinth
Self
The Seventh Python
Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver
Absolutely Anything
Self / Various Roles
Life of Python
Harrington
The Box
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self / Various Characters
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Self, others
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Self
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
L.A. Story
Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Le professeur d'Oxford
King Guillaume
Self
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
Self
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Self
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
The South Bank Show: Spamalot
Self
Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
Mr. Ellis
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Host
Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
Self
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Un SDF
Enfermés dehors
The Broken Bottle
Self
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self (archive footage)
The Roots of Monty Python
Monty Python In The Netherlands
Self (archive footage)
What the Pythons Did Next...
Various Characters
Peter Cook & Co.
Presenter
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Albert
Henry Cleans Up
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
Self
The Meaning of Monty Python
Self
The Monty Python Story
Self
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
Self
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
Self
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Marcello
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Self
Monty Python Conquers America
Self
Boom Bust Boom
Self
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Self
The Life of Python
Himself
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
Self (archive footage)
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
The Wish Watch (voice)
The Land of Sometimes
Narrator
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps
(presenter)
Miracles of Evolution
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Various
The Mermaid Frolics
Self
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Self
Concert for George
Self (archive footage)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self - Historian
Medieval Fightbook
Scarfe's Follies
Self
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-02-01
Place of Birth
Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Also Known As
Terence Graham Parry Jones