Terry Jones
Known for Acting · 131 credits
- Born
- 1942-02-01
- Died
- 2020-01-21
- Place of birth
- Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- Terence Graham Parry Jones · Monty Python Flying Circus · Montypython Flyingcircus · Monty Python · Terry C. Jonesberg · Terence Jonesprod
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
TV Shows (34)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Orson Welles’ director (voice) (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Wogan
1982
as Self
Omnibus
1967
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Self
The Young Ones
1982
as Vicar
Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
as Various
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Marcello
Going Live!
1987
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Perspectives
2011
as Himself
Dinotopia
2002
as Messenger Bird (voice)
Ruby
1997
as Self
Ripping Yarns
1976
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
as Self
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967
as Various Characters
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
The Legend of Dick and Dom
2009
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Self
8:15 from Manchester
1990
Monty Python's Personal Best
2006
as Self / Various Characters
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972
as Various Characters
Crusades
1995
as Himself / Presenter
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
2004
Ancient Inventions
1998
as Himself - Host
Twice a Fortnight
1967
Terry Jones' Barbarians
2006
Terry Jones' Great Map Mystery
2008
as Presenter
Movies (97)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
Life of Brian
1979
as Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
as Various Roles
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
as 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
Erik the Viking
1989
as King Arnulf
The Land of Sometimes
2026
as The Wish Watch (voice)
Jabberwocky
1977
as Poacher
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
L.A. Story
1991
as Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
King Guillaume
2009
as Le professeur d'Oxford
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
as Various Roles
Concert for George
2003
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self
The Wind in the Willows
1996
as Toad
Monty Python Conquers America
2008
as Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Landlady (archive footage) (uncredited)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974
as Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
The Life of Python
2000
as Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
as Self
Le Créateur
1999
as Dieu
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
as Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)
Inside the Labyrinth
1986
as Self
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
as Self
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
as Self, others
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as Marcello
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
as Workingman / Mexican / Mountie
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
as Self / Various Characters
Boom Bust Boom
2015
as Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
2009
as Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976
as Mr. Ellis / Bear / Mr. Moodie / Director
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008
as Mandy Cohen, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Bob Hoskins
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010
as Self
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
Anna and the Moods
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971
Anatomy of a Liar
2012
as Self
Locked Out
2006
as Un SDF
Scarfe's Follies
1988
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
2002
as Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
as Self
The Monty Python Story
1999
as Self
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
2002
as Himself
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
as Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
1999
as Self
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Seventh Python
2008
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
as Himself - Various Roles
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Drunk Vicar (archive footage)
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003
as Self
Life of Python
1990
as Self / Various Roles
Peter Cook & Co.
1980
as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Henry Cleans Up
1974
as Albert
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
Terry Jones' Barbarians
2006
as Presenter
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014
The Broken Bottle
1977
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
as Self
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
as Self
The Mermaid Frolics
1977
as Various
The Story of 1
2005
as Él Mismo
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
as Self
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
2014
as Self
The Box
1981
as Harrington
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
as Self
The Hidden History of Rome
2002
as Himself
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
2010
as Himself
Penguins April Fool - The Making of
2008
Is This a Record?
1973
as Various
Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
1999
as Host
The Hidden History of Egypt
2002
as Himself
Miracles of Evolution
2008
as (presenter)
Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales
2009
as Self
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
2001
as Self
Medieval Fightbook
2010
as Self - Historian
How Do You Like Iceland?
2005
as Self
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps
2015
as Narrator
About Terry Jones
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… With 131 credits spanning from 1967 to 2026, Terry Jones has appeared in 97 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Terry Jones Movies
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) — as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
- Life of Brian (1979) — as Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
- Absolutely Anything (2015) — as Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) — as Various Roles
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) — as 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
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