Terry Jones (1942-2020)

Alias:
Alan Whicker
Monty Python
Monty Python Flying Circus
Montypython Flyingcircus
Terence Graham Parry Jones
Terence Jonesprod
Terry C. Jonesberg

Birthplace:
Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

Born:
February 1, 1942

Died:
January 21, 2020

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.

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Additional Writing:
1973  Is This a Record?

Co-Writer:
1973  Is This a Record?
2016  Boom Bust Boom

Director:
1973  Is This a Record?
1975  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977  The Mermaid Frolics
1979  Life of Brian
1983  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1987  Personal Services
1989  Erik the Viking
1996  The Wind in the Willows
2000  The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2015  Absolutely Anything
2016  Boom Bust Boom

Screenplay:
1971  And Now for Something Completely Different
1973  Is This a Record?
1975  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977  The Mermaid Frolics
1979  Life of Brian
1981  The Box
1983  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1986  Labyrinth
1987  Personal Services
1989  Erik the Viking
1996  The Wind in the Willows
2000  The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008  Life Of Brian Screenplay
2015  Absolutely Anything
2016  Boom Bust Boom

Songs:
1971  And Now for Something Completely Different
1973  Is This a Record?
1975  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977  The Mermaid Frolics
1979  Life of Brian
1981  The Box
1983  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1986  Labyrinth
1987  Personal Services
1989  Erik the Viking
1996  The Wind in the Willows
2000  The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008  Life Of Brian Screenplay
2015  Absolutely Anything
2016  Boom Bust Boom

Story:
1971  And Now for Something Completely Different
1973  Is This a Record?
1975  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977  The Mermaid Frolics
1979  Life of Brian
1981  The Box
1983  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1986  Labyrinth
1987  Personal Services
1989  Erik the Viking
1996  The Wind in the Willows
2000  The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008  Life Of Brian Screenplay
2010  Stories from East of the Moon
2015  Absolutely Anything
2016  Boom Bust Boom

Theatre Play:
1971  And Now for Something Completely Different
1973  Is This a Record?
1975  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977  The Mermaid Frolics
1979  Life of Brian
1981  The Box
1983  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1986  Labyrinth
1987  Personal Services
1988  Consuming Passions
1989  Erik the Viking
1996  The Wind in the Willows
2000  The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008  Life Of Brian Screenplay
2010  Stories from East of the Moon
2015  Absolutely Anything
2016  Boom Bust Boom

Writer:
1971  And Now for Something Completely Different
1971  Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1971  The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1973  Is This a Record?
1973  Secrets
1975  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977  The Mermaid Frolics
1979  Life of Brian
1981  The Box
1982  Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1983  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1986  Labyrinth
1987  Personal Services
1988  Consuming Passions
1989  Erik the Viking
1989  Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1996  The Wind in the Willows
2000  The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2002  The Surprising History of Egypt
2002  The Surprising History of Sex and Love
2006  Terry Jones' Barbarians
2008  Life Of Brian Screenplay
2010  Stories from East of the Moon
2014  Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2015  Absolutely Anything
2016  Boom Bust Boom

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