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