Terry Jones
The Python who directed Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
Welsh-born Terry Jones (1942-2020) was a Python, and also worked as a director, historian, writer, actor and comedian. An Oxford English graduate, he wrote with Michael Palin for shows such as The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set, and the pair then made Flying Circus with Chapman, Cleese, Idle and Gilliam.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Terence Graham Parry Jones
- Born
- 1 February 1942
- Birthplace
- Colwyn Bay, Wales
- Died
- 21 January 2020
- Place of death
- London, England
- Occupation
- Actor
- comedian
- director
- historian
- writer
- Years active
- 1966–2016
- Children
- 3
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Background
The series' habit of letting one sketch drift into the next with no punchline owed much to Jones. Holy Grail, shared with Gilliam, was his first film as director; he then directed Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life alone. Ripping Yarns, an anthology show, was another Jones-Palin creation.
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