History Creator / TerryJones

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: One Python sketch has him portray Arthur Ewing, who claims to have musical mice, reputedly trained to squeak at specific pitches. He announces they will play "The Bells of St. Mary's", but simply [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed hits them with mallets]] while humming the tune himself.

Apart from his Python endeavours, he also directed the movies ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin, he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He was also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'') and a Saturday Morning cartoon and video game called ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons''. Trough earning his degree in English through Oxford University, Jones had become very interested in medieval history, and as such, he participated in quite a few serious documentaries about both mediaeval and ancient history, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

Apart from his Python endeavours, he also directed the movies ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin, he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He was also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'') and a Saturday Morning cartoon and video game called ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons''. Trough earning his degree in English through Oxford University, Jones had become very interested in medieval history, and as such, he participated in quite a few serious historical documentaries about the period, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

Apart from his Python endeavours, he also directed the movies ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin, he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He was also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'') and a Saturday Morning cartoon and video game called ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons''. Having earned a degree in English through Oxford University, Jones had become very interested in medieval history, and as such he was involved in quite a few serious historical documentaries, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

Apart from his Python endeavours, he also directed the movies ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin, he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He was also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'') and a Saturday Morning cartoon and video game called ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons''. He was also involved in many documentaries about history, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

* TheUnintelligible: Jones had fallen into this trope as he got older, often mumbling under his breath in interviews. It's since been revealed that he was suffering from aphasia in an early stage of dementia.

He should definitely ''not'' be confused with the [[TheFundamentalist American Islamophobic preacher]] of the same name.

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[[caption-width-right:313: Terry Jones in his unnatural natural habitat.]]

Apart from his Python endeavours he also directed the movie ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He was also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'') and a Saturday Morning cartoon and video game called ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons''. He was also involved in many documentaries about history, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

* CrosscastRole: Despite the fact that all Python members have at one point dressed up as women it's Jones who is remembered best for it. He could play elderly women very convincingly and at a certain point whenever the team had a part with an older woman Jones was more or less forced to play it because none of the others did it quite so well.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Jones was quite a history buff and claimed that he was always suspicious about so-called "heroes" in historical texts. It's one of the reasons he agreed to do the series "The Crusades". One of the historical people whom Jones claimed got this treatment was UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart. He even claims that after he died records were calling him grasping and portraying him in a negative light, but John becoming the bad King means Richard changed back to being a good King.

* SceneryPorn: Many of the sketches in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' written by Terry Jones/Creator/MichaelPalin were set on location in beautiful countryside locations. (It got to the point where as soon as they began reading a sketch, John Cleese would go 'here we go, pan over beautiful countryside'). Lampshaded in a sketch at the end of one episode which starts with an image of the ocean roaring onto a beach, at which point John Cleese comes on and apologises for the fact that there's no actual jokes at all, but at least the scenery is lovely.
* SignatureStyle: Jones was very much into history and a lot of the intellectual references in Monty Python were partly contributed by him. His later series ''The Crusades'' also provided a funny but insightful look at this time period. Together with Creator/MichaelPalin he also had a knack for visually impressive background locations, which like in the case of ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', made the comedy work much better.
* ShownTheirWork: Since he was a medieval scholar and a history buff many Python films actually got a lot of historical details right.

* WholesomeCrossDresser: Out of all Python actors he was perhaps the best imitator of older women, with Creator/EricIdle as a good second.
* WrongfullyAttributed: Because there are two Terrys in Creator/MontyPython he was sometimes confused by the general public with Creator/TerryGilliam.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020) was a British comedian, actor, film director and author. He is best remembered for being a member of Creator/MontyPython and was the only Welshman in the team. Jones played the Nude Organist in many opening sketches of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was most talented in convincingly portraying older women, most famously Brian's mother Mandy in ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. When the team made their foray into films it was Jones who sat in the director's seat and kept control over the spirit of the series.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (February 1, 1942 – January 21. 2020) was a British comedian, actor, film director and author. He is best remembered for being a member of Creator/MontyPython and was the only Welshman in the team. Jones played the Nude Organist in many opening sketches of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was most talented in convincingly portraying older women, most famously Brian's mother Mandy in ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. When the team made their foray into films it was Jones who sat in the director's seat and kept control over the spirit of the series.

He largely retired from public life in 2016 due to primary progressive aphasia, a severe form of dementia that robbed him of the ability to communicate both through speech and written words. He sadly passed away due to frontotemporal dementia on 21 January 2020.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a British comedian, actor, film director and author. He is best remembered for being a member of Creator/MontyPython and was the only Welshman in the team. Jones played the Nude Organist in many opening sketches of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was most talented in convincingly portraying older women, most famously Brian's mother Mandy in ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. When the team made their foray into films it was Jones who sat in the director's seat and kept control over the spirit of the series.

Apart from his Python endeavours he also directed the movie ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He was also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''). He was also involved in many documentaries about history, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a British comedian, actor, film director and author. He is best remembered for being a member of Creator/MontyPython and was the only Welshman in the team. Jones played the Nude Organist in many opening sketches of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was most talented in convincingly portraying older women, most famously Brian's mother Mandy in ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. When the team made their forray into films it was Jones who sat in the director's seat and kept control over the spirit of the series.

Apart from his Python endeavours he also directed the movie ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He is also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history (notably ''Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary'', which sets out to cast new light on a major character in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''). He has also been involved in many documentaries about history, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

He largely retired from public life in 2016 due to primary progressive aphasia, a severe form of dementia that robbed him of the ability to communicate both through speech and written words. He sadly passed away on 21 January 2020.

* ''Series/RippingYarns'' (1976): Actor, writer and co-director: Mr. Ellis, Bear, Mr. Moodie,...

* ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'' (1983): Directed and played Mr. Creosote, the man with bendy arms looking for a fish and various women.

* ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015): Directed, co-wrote the screen play with Gavin Scott and voiced an extra-terrestrial.

* CrosscastRole: Despite the fact that all Python members have at one point dressed up as women it's Jones who is remembered best for it. He could play elderly women very convincingly and at a certain point whenever the team had a part with an older woman Jones was more or less forced to play it, because none of the others did it quite so well.

* FatBastard: He played the morbidly obese Mr. Creosote in ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* TheUnintelligible: Jones had fallen into this trope as he got older, often mumbling under his breath in interviews. It's since been revealed that he was suffering from aphasia in an early state of dementia.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Jones could shriek quite high when he impersonated a woman.

Apart from his Python endeavours he also directed the movie ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/{{The Wind in the Willows|1996}}'' (1996) and ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'' (2015). Together with Creator/MichaelPalin he co-wrote and acted in the comedy series ''Series/RippingYarns''. He is also a prolific author, writing children's medieval fantasy novels, as well as serious books on medieval history. He has also been involved in many documentaries about history, including ''Terry Jones' The Crusades'', ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' and ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''.

In 2016, he would largely retire from public life due to suffering from primary progressive aphasia, a severe form of dementia that has robbed him of the ability to communicate both through speech and written words. He sadly passed away on 21 January 2020.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a British comedian, actor, film director and author. He is best remembered for being a member of Creator/MontyPython and was the only Welshman in the team. Jones played the Nude Organist in many opening sketches of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was most talented in convincingly portraying older women. When the team made their forray into films it was Jones who sat in the director's seat and kept control over the spirit of the series.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 - 21st January 2020) was a British comedian, actor, film director and author. He is best remembered for being a member of Creator/MontyPython and was the only Welshman in the team. Jones played the Nude Organist in many opening sketches of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was most talented in convincingly portraying older women. When the team made their forray into films it was Jones who sat in the director's seat and kept control over the spirit of the series.

In 2016, he would largely retire from public life due to suffering from Primary Progressive Aphasia, a severe form of dementia that has robbed him of the ability to communicate both through speech and written words. He sadly passed away on the 22nd of January 2020.