
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)

Wogan
1982
as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Omnibus
1967

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

The Young Ones
1982
as Vicar

Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest

Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
as Various

Going Live!
1987
as Self

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Marcello

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self

Dinotopia
2002
as Messenger Bird (voice)

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Ruby
1997
as Self

Perspectives
2011
as Himself

Ripping Yarns
1976

Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967
as Various Characters

The Legend of Dick and Dom
2009

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
as Self

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
8:15 from Manchester
1990

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Self

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986

Crusades
1995
as Himself / Presenter

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972
as Various Characters

The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
2004

Monty Python's Personal Best
2006
as Self / Various Characters

Ancient Inventions
1998
as Himself - Host
Twice a Fortnight
1967

Terry Jones' Great Map Mystery
2008
as Presenter

Terry Jones' Barbarians
2006
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

The Land of Sometimes
2026
as The Wish Watch (voice)

King Guillaume
2009
as Le professeur d'Oxford

Erik the Viking
1989
as King Arnulf

L.A. Story
1991
as Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self

The Wind in the Willows
1996
as Toad

Jabberwocky
1977
as Poacher

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
as Various Roles

Concert for George
2003
as Self

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974
as Self

Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
as Self

Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
as Self, others

Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Landlady (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Self (archive footage)

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
as Self

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as Marcello

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

Monty Python Conquers America
2008
as Self

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)

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010
as Self
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008
as Mandy Cohen, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Bob Hoskins

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
as Workingman / Mexican / Mountie

The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
as Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Locked Out
2006
as Un SDF

Le Créateur
1999
as Dieu

Scarfe's Follies
1988

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
as Self / Various Characters

What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self (archive footage)

The Secret Life of Brian
2007
as Self

Inside the Labyrinth
1986
as Self

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971

Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
as Himself - Various Roles

Life of Python
1990
as Self / Various Roles

The Seventh Python
2008
as Self

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
as Self

Boom Bust Boom
2015
as Self

Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976
as Mr. Ellis / Bear / Mr. Moodie / Director

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
as Self

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
1999
as Self

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
as Self

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003
as Self

The Surprising History of Sex and Love
2002
as Himself

Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Drunk Vicar (archive footage)

The Life of Python
2000
as Self

The Broken Bottle
1977

The Monty Python Story
1999
as Self

The Story of 1
2005
as Él Mismo

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
as Self

Terry Jones' Barbarians
2006
as Presenter

Anna and the Moods
2007
as Narrator (voice)

Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
2001
as Self

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

The Box
1981
as Harrington

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
2010
as Himself

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
as Self

Henry Cleans Up
1974
as Albert

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters

The Mermaid Frolics
1977
as Various

Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973

The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014

Peter Cook & Co.
1980
as Various Characters

Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales
2009
as Self

Is This a Record?
1973
as Various

The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
as Self

Monty Python in Aberystwyth
2009
as Self

Miracles of Evolution
2008
as (presenter)
Penguins April Fool - The Making of
2008

Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
2014
as Self

Anatomy of a Liar
2012
as Self

The Hidden History of Egypt
2002
as Himself

The Hidden History of Rome
2002
as Himself

How Do You Like Iceland?
2005
as Self

Medieval Fightbook
2010
as Self - Historian

Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
1999
as Host

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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