Terry Jones
Acting
Born: 1942-02-01 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Biography
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
Saturday Night Live
Orson Welles’ director (voice) (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Wogan
Self
Omnibus
The Paul O'Grady Show
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Skavlan
Self - Guest
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Marcello
The Young Ones
Vicar
Going Live!
Self
Life of Brian
Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Ruby
Self
Absolutely Anything
Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
Self
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
Perspectives
Himself
Dinotopia
Messenger Bird (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
L.A. Story
Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
8:15 from Manchester
Ripping Yarns
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
The Land of Sometimes
The Wish Watch (voice)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Self
Erik the Viking
King Arnulf
Jabberwocky
Poacher
And Now for Something Completely Different
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
Ancient Inventions
Himself - Host
The Legend of Dick and Dom
The Wind in the Willows
Toad
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self (archive footage)
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Various Characters
Crusades
Himself / Presenter
Le Créateur
Dieu
The Mermaid Frolics
Various
Anna and the Moods
Narrator (voice)