Terry Jones
ActingTerence 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
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
Life of Brian
Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Absolutely Anything
Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
The Land of Sometimes
The Wish Watch (voice)
L.A. Story
Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
And Now for Something Completely Different
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
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Self, others
Erik the Viking
King Arnulf
The Wind in the Willows
Toad
Filmography — Acting
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
Life of Brian
Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Absolutely Anything
Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
The Land of Sometimes
The Wish Watch (voice)
L.A. Story
Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
And Now for Something Completely Different
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
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Self, others
Erik the Viking
King Arnulf
The Wind in the Willows
Toad
Concert for George
Self
Jabberwocky
Poacher
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Various Roles
Locked Out
Un SDF
Monty Python Conquers America
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Himself - Various Roles
Le Créateur
Dieu
Bottom Mindless Violence
Drunk Vicar (archive footage)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self
King Guillaume
Le professeur d'Oxford
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Landlady (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boom Bust Boom
Self
Life of Python
Self / Various Roles
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Workingman / Mexican / Mountie
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Marcello
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
Self
The Life of Python
Self
The Monty Python Story
Self
Inside the Labyrinth
Self
The Seventh Python
Self
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Mandy Cohen, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Bob Hoskins
The Secret Life of Brian
Self
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Self
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Various Characters
Anatomy of a Liar
Self
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Self
The Meaning of Monty Python
Self
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Self
Monty Python In The Netherlands
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
Various Characters
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Mr. Ellis / Bear / Mr. Moodie / Director
The Roots of Monty Python
Self (archive footage)
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
Self
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
Self (archive footage)
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Self
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Self
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Self (archive footage)
What the Pythons Did Next...
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Various Characters
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Self / Various Characters
Scarfe's Follies
Anna and the Moods
Narrator (voice)
Is This a Record?
Various
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Various Characters
The Mermaid Frolics
Various
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
Peter Cook & Co.
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
Various Characters
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
Himself
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
Self
Henry Cleans Up
Albert
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
Various Characters
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Self
The Story of 1
Él Mismo
The Box
Harrington
Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales
Self
Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
Host
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Presenter
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
How Do You Like Iceland?
Self
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
Himself
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps
Narrator
The Hidden History of Egypt
Himself
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
Self
Medieval Fightbook
Self - Historian
The Hidden History of Rome
Himself
Penguins April Fool - The Making of
The Broken Bottle
Miracles of Evolution
(presenter)
Filmography — Crew
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Director
Life of Brian
Director
Labyrinth
Screenplay
Absolutely Anything
Director
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Director
And Now for Something Completely Different
Screenplay
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Writer
Erik the Viking
Director
The Wind in the Willows
Screenplay
Personal Services
Director
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Writer
Boom Bust Boom
Director
Across the Andes by Frog
Writer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Director
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Screenplay
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Writer
Roger of the Raj
Writer
Whinfrey's Last Case
Writer
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Writer
Secrets
Writer
The Curse of the Claw
Writer
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Writer
Golden Gordon
Writer
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Writer
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Writer
The Mermaid Frolics
Director
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Writer
The Box
Screenplay
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Writer
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
Writer
The Hidden History of Egypt
Writer