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Terry Jones

Actor / Comedian / Film Director / Screenwriter / Composer / Writer / Character Actor / Television Presenter / Historian / Poet | * 02/01/1942 († 77, 01/21/2020) | Colwyn Bay, Wales (United Kingdom (UK))
Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner Michael Palin wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, before creating Monty Python's Flying Circus with Cambridge graduates Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle and American animator-filmmaker Terry Gilliam. Jones was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. Jones co-created and co-wrote ... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Adventure

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King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galah ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Certification unknown

1975 | 3.9/5 | 1h 31min
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
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Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very m ...

The Wind in the Willows

PG

1996 | 2.8/5 | 1h 24min
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
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Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Heal ...

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

R

1983 | 3.7/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy
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Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, ...

Life of Brian

R

1979 | 3.9/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Terry Jones

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award Children's Book Award
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Movies with Terry Jones as Actor(54)

as The Wish Watch (voice)2023 The Land of Sometimes
as himself2016 Boom Bust Boom
as Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver2015 Absolutely Anything
as Narrator2015 In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps
as himself2014 Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
as himself2014 Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
as Self, others2014 Monty Python: Live (Mostly)
as himself2013 The Meaning of Monty Python
as himself2012 The Secret Policeman's Ball
as himself2012 Anatomy of a Liar
as Self (archive footage)2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Workingman / Mexican / Mountie2010 Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
as himself2010 The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
as Le professeur d'Oxford2009 King Guillaume
as himself2008 Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
as himself2008 The Seventh Python
as himself2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years
as himself2007 The Secret Life of Brian
as Narrator2007 Anna and the Moods
as Presenter2006 Terry Jones' Barbarians
as Él Mismo2005 The Story of 1
as himself2004 Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as himself2003 Concert for George
as himself2003 The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
as himself2002 The Surprising History of Sex and Love
as himself2001 The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
as Professor Mac Krill (voice)2000 Help! I'm a Fish
2000 The Life of Python
as Marcello1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Dieu1999 Le créateur
as himself1998 Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Toad1996 The Wind in the Willows
as Self / Various Roles1990 Life of Python
as himself1989 Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
as King Arnulf1989 Erik the Viking
as himself1986 Inside the Labyrinth
as Various Roles1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)1983 The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Various Roles1982 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
as Harrington1981 The Box
as Various Characters1980 Peter Cook & Co.
as himself1979 The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
as Himself - Various Roles1979 The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Ass1979 Life of Brian
as Poacher1977 Jabberwocky
as Various1977 The Mermaid Frolics
as himself1976 Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as Themselves (uncredited)1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as himself1974 Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
as Various1973 Is This a Record?
as Stage Manager / Tobacconist / 2nd Hungarian Man / Squire / Self-defence student #3 / Tenant #1 / Fla1971 And Now for Something Completely Different
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)1971 Euroshow '71: May Day Special
as Various Roles1971 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

TV Shows/Series with Terry Jones as Actor(25)

as himself2009 Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
as Self - Guest2009 Skavlan
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
2006 Monty Python's Personal Best
2004 The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
as Marcello1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as Himself - Host1998 Ancient Inventions
as Himself / Presenter1995 Crusades
as himself1994 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Marcello1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1990 8:15 from Manchester
as himself1989 Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
1987 Going Live!
1986 Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
as himself1982 Wogan
as Vicar1982 The Young Ones
1976 Ripping Yarns
as himself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as himself1975 Fawlty Towers
as Various1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1967 Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967 Twice a Fortnight

Movies with Terry Jones as Crew(30)

Directing/Director2016 Boom Bust Boom
Writing/Co-Writer2016 Boom Bust Boom
Directing/Director2015 Absolutely Anything
Writing/Writer2015 Absolutely Anything
Writing/Writer2014 Monty Python: Live (Mostly)
Writing/Story2010 Stories from East of the Moon
Writing/Writer2006 Terry Jones' Barbarians
Writing/Writer2002 The Surprising History of Sex and Love
Directing/Director1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Directing/Director1996 The Wind in the Willows
Writing/Screenplay1996 The Wind in the Willows
Writing/Writer1989 Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Directing/Director1989 Erik the Viking
Writing/Screenplay1989 Erik the Viking
Directing/Director1987 Personal Services
Writing/Screenplay1986 Labyrinth
Directing/Director1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Writing/Screenplay1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Writing/Writer1982 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Writing/Screenplay1981 The Box
Directing/Director1979 Life of Brian
Writing/Screenplay1979 Life of Brian
Directing/Director1977 The Mermaid Frolics
Writing/Writer1977 The Mermaid Frolics
Directing/Director1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Writing/Writer1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Writing/Writer1973 Secrets
Crew/Additional Writing1973 Is This a Record?
Writing/Screenplay1971 And Now for Something Completely Different
Writing/Writer1971 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

TV Shows/Series with Terry Jones as Crew(14)

Creator/Creator2006 Monty Python's Personal Best
Writing/Writer2004 Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Directing/Director1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Writing/Writer1998 Ancient Inventions
Creator/Creator1996 Blazing Dragons
Writing/Writer1995 Crusades
Directing/Director1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Writing/Writer1976 Ripping Yarns
Creator/Creator1976 Ripping Yarns
Writing/Writer1971 The Two Ronnies
Writing/Writer1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus
Writing/Writer1969 The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Creator/Creator1969 The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Writing/Writer1967 Do Not Adjust Your Set

Additional Information

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Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 02/01 1942 (February) in Colwyn Bay, Wales (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 01/21 2020 (January) in North London (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: Welsh (CY), English (EN)
Educated at: St Edmund Hall, Royal Grammar School, Guilford
Member of: Monty Python
Spouses (current/former): Alison Telfer
Children: Bill Jones, Sally Louise Parry Jones
Father: Alick George Parry Jones
Other names for Terry Jones (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Terence Graham Parry Jones"
"Monty Python Flying Circus"
"Montypython Flyingcircus"
"Monty Python"
"Terry C. Jonesberg"
"Terence Jonesprod"
"Alan Whicker"
"Terry Jones (Komiker)"
Terry Jones frequently works together with these people:
Michael Palin (70x, Actor)
John Cleese (60x, Actor)
Terry Gilliam (52x, Actor)
Eric Idle (47x, Actor)
Graham Chapman (35x, Actor)
Carol Cleveland (11x, Actress)
Neil Innes (10x, Actor)
John Du Prez (9x, Crew)
Stephen Frost (9x, Actor)
John Goldstone (9x, Crew)
Julian Doyle (8x, Crew)
Peter Cook (7x, Actor)
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