A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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.
Additional Writing:
1973 Is This a Record?
Co-Writer:
1973 Is This a Record?
2015 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
2002 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2015 Absolutely Anything
2015 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
2002 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008 Life Of Brian Screenplay
2015 Absolutely Anything
2015 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
2002 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008 Life Of Brian Screenplay
2015 Absolutely Anything
2015 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
2002 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008 Life Of Brian Screenplay
2010 Stories from East of the Moon
2015 Absolutely Anything
2015 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
2002 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2008 Life Of Brian Screenplay
2010 Stories from East of the Moon
2015 Absolutely Anything
2015 Boom Bust Boom
Writer:
1971 And Now for Something Completely Different
1971 The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1973 Is This a Record?
1973 Secrets
1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976 Tomkinson's Schooldays
1977 The Mermaid Frolics
1977 The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1979 Golden Gordon
1979 Life of Brian
1979 Roger of the Raj
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
2002 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2002 The Hidden 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
2015 Boom Bust Boom
Creator:
1969 The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1976 Ripping Yarns
1996 Blazing Dragons
2006 Monty Python's Personal Best
???? Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Director:
1969 The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1976 Ripping Yarns
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1996 Blazing Dragons
2006 Monty Python's Personal Best
???? Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Writer:
1967 Do Not Adjust Your Set
1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1971 The Two Ronnies
1976 Ripping Yarns
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1995 Crusades
1996 Blazing Dragons
1998 Ancient Inventions
2004 Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
2006 Monty Python's Personal Best
???? Monty Python: Live at Aspen
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