Terry Jones

Terry Jones

1942-02-01

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.

Also appears in

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

7.8

Life of Brian

Life of Brian

7.8

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

7.3

Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

5.9

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

7.8

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

6.0

L.A. Story

L.A. Story

6.5

Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

5.9

And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different

7.2

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

7.0

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

7.3

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

7.2

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

5.5

Concert for George

Concert for George

8.1

Locked Out

Locked Out

6.2

King Guillaume

King Guillaume

4.4

The Secret Life of Brian

The Secret Life of Brian

7.6

Gladiators: The Brutal Truth

Gladiators: The Brutal Truth

6.0

Le créateur

Le créateur

6.9

Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)

Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)

6.8