Terry Jones
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.
Movies (95)
The Land of Sometimes
2026
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
Boom Bust Boom
2015
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
2014
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
Anatomy of a Liar
2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
2010
Medieval Fightbook
2010
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales
2009
King Guillaume
2009
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
The Seventh Python
2008
Miracles of Evolution
2008
Monty Python Conquers America
2008
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Anna and the Moods
2007
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
Terry Jones' Barbarians
2006
Locked Out
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
The Story of 1
2005
How Do You Like Iceland?
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
Concert for George
2003
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
2002
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
2002
The Hidden History of Egypt
2002
The Hidden History of Rome
2002
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
2001
The Life of Python
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
The Monty Python Story
1999
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
1999
Le Créateur
1999
Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
1999
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
The Wind in the Willows
1996
L.A. Story
1991
Life of Python
1990
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
Erik the Viking
1989
Scarfe's Follies
1988
Inside the Labyrinth
1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
The Box
1981
Peter Cook & Co.
1980
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
Life of Brian
1979
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
The Mermaid Frolics
1977
The Broken Bottle
1977
Jabberwocky
1977
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974
Henry Cleans Up
1974
Is This a Record?
1973
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
TV Shows (32)
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
Perspectives
2011
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
Skavlan
2009
The Legend of Dick and Dom
2009
Terry Jones' Great Map Mystery
2008
Terry Jones' Barbarians
2006
Monty Python's Personal Best
2006
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
2004
Dinotopia
2002
Ancient Inventions
1998
Ruby
1997
Crusades
1995
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Going Live!
1987
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
The Young Ones
1982
Wogan
1982
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
Ripping Yarns
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967
Omnibus
1967