Terry Jones
Known for: Acting
Born: January 31, 1942 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK - Died: January 20, 2020
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
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Life of Brian
Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Self
The Hidden History of Egypt
Himself
The Hidden History of Rome
Himself
Erik the Viking
King Arnulf
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Various Roles
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
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Mandy Cohen, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Bob Hoskins
The Story of 1
Él Mismo
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Workingman / Mexican / Mountie
The Wind in the Willows
Toad
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Landlady (archive footage) (uncredited)
Le Créateur
Dieu
Is This a Record?
Various
Jabberwocky
Poacher
The Secret Life of Brian
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Himself - Various Roles
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Self
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
Himself