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.
Filmography
all 129
Movies 90
self 68
TV Shows 39
Writer 12
Director 11
Narrator 2
Screenplay 2
Voice 2
Creator 1
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated (2021)
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails (2019)
Boom Bust Boom (2016)
Absolutely Anything (2015)
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps (2015)
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (2014)
Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
The Meaning of Monty Python (2013)
Anatomy of a Liar (2012)
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (2012)
Perspectives (2011)
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan (2010)
Medieval Fightbook (2010)
Home Movie Roadshow (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2010)
Stories from East of the Moon (2010)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (2009)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
King Guillaume (2009)
Skavlan (2009)
The Legend of Dick and Dom (2009)
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus (2008)
The Seventh Python (2008)
Terry Jones' Great Map Mystery (2008)
Penguins April Fool - The Making of (2008)
Miracles of Evolution (2008)
Life Of Brian Screenplay (2008)
Monty Python Conquers America (2008)
Paul Merton's Silent Clowns (2007)
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Anna and the Moods (2007)
The Secret Life of Brian (2007)
Terry Jones' Barbarians (2006)
Terry Jones' Barbarians (2006)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Terry Jones' Personal Best (2006)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Terry Gilliam's Personal Best (2006)
Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)
The Story of 1 (2005)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (2004)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 (2004)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 (2004)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 (2004)
Concert for George (2003)
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' (2003)
The Surprising History of Sex and Love (2002)
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute (2002)
Dinotopia (2002)
The Surprising History of Egypt (2002)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)
The Hidden History of Egypt (2002)
The Hidden History of Rome (2002)
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (2001)
The Life of Python (2000)
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation (1999)
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm (1999)
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches (1999)
The Monty Python Story (1999)
Le créateur (1999)
Gladiators: The Brutal Truth (1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999)
Ancient Inventions (1998)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen (1998)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1998)
Ruby (1997)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Blazing Dragons (1996)
Crusades (1995)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
L.A. Story (1991)
8:15 from Manchester (1990)
Life of Python (1990)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989)
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Erik the Viking (1989)
Consuming Passions (1988)
Going Live! (1987)
Personal Services (1987)
Inside the Labyrinth (1986)
Labyrinth (1986)
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1986)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
The Rupert Bear Story: A Tribute to Alfred Bestall (1982)
The Young Ones (1982)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
Wogan (1982)
The Box (1981)
Peter Cook & Co. (1980)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 (1979)
The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976)
Ripping Yarns (1976)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report (1974)
Heidi in the Mountains (1974)
Henry Cleans Up (1974)
Secrets (1973)
Is This a Record? (1973)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 (1971)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Euroshow '71: May Day Special (1971)
The Two Ronnies (1971)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
Monty Python: Who's There? (1970)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
The Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969)
Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)
Twice a Fortnight (1967)
The Land of Sometimes
Close-up Toothpaste Relaunch
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Doodlez
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GenderMale
Birthday1942-02-01
Deathday2020-01-21 (77 years old)
Birth NameTerence Graham Parry Jones
Birth PlaceColwyn Bay, United Kingdom
SpouseAlison Telfer
ChildrenSally Louise Parry Jones, Bill Jones
FatherAlick George Parry Jones
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsTerence Graham Parry Jones , Monty Python Flying Circus, Montypython Flyingcircus, Monty Python, Terry C. Jonesberg, Terence Jonesprod, Alan Whicker
AwardsEuropean Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
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