History Creator / TerryJones

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Jones can shriek quite high when he impersonates a woman.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Jones is quite a history buff and has claimed that he is 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.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Terry Jones has performed a striptease act twice in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was also the Nude Organist who announced the show from the second season on. According to Creator/DouglasAdams, he only agreed to write the novelization of ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' if he could do it in the nude, and supposedly did so.

* SignatureStyle: Jones is 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 is a medieval scholar and a history buff many Python films actually got a lot of historical details right.

* TheUnintelligible: Jones has fallen into this trope as he got older, often mumbling under his breath in interviews. It's since been revealed that he is suffering from aphasia in an early state of dementia.
* WholesomeCrossDresser: Out of all Python actors he is perhaps the best imitator of older women, with Creator/EricIdle as a good second.
* WrongfullyAttributed: Because there are two Terrys in Creator/MontyPython he is sometimes confused by the general public with Creator/TerryGilliam.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 - 22nd January 2020) is 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 (born 1 February 1942, died 22nd January 2020) is 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.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is 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.

* 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 good.

* ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989): Directed and played King Arnulf.

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' (1975): co-directed with Creator/TerryGilliam. Acted the roles of Sir Belvedere, Dennis' mother, left head of the three-headed giant and Prince Herbert.

* 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 "Three Blinded White Mice", but simply [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed hits them with mallets]] while humming the tune himself.

In 2016, he would largely retire from public life due to suffering from a severe form of dementia that has robbed him of the ability to communicate both through speech and written words.

* WrongfullyAttributed: Because there are two Terry's in Creator/MontyPython he is sometimes confused by the general public with Creator/TerryGilliam.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Terry Jones has performed a striptease act twice in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and was also the Nude Organist who announced the show from the second season on.

He has largely retired from public life due to suffering from a form of dementia that has robbed him of the ability to communicate both through speech and written words.

Terry Jones (1942) is 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.

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

* {{Deconstruction}}: Quite fond of deconstructing this trope and YeGoodeOldeDays (on Knights, Monks, Minstrels, Outlaws, and Kings) and TheDungAges (on Peasants, Philosophers, Damsels, and Kings) on ''Medeival Life'' as a historian on that subject.

Apart from his Python endeavours he also directed the movie ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989), ''Film/TheWindInTheWillows'' (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''.

'''TV series'''

'''Films'''

* ''Film/TheWindInTheWillows'' (1996): Directed and played the role of Toad.

'''Albums'''

'''Terry Jones''' (1942) is 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.

* TheUnintelligible: Jones has fallen into this trope as he got older, often mumbling under his breath in interviews.

* Deconstruction: Quite fond of deconstructing this trope and YeGoodeOldeDays (on Knights, Monks, Minstrels, Outlaws, and Kings) and TheDungAges (on Peasants, Philosophers, Damsels, and Kings) on ''Medeival Life'' as a historian on that subject.

Apart from his Python endeavours he also directed the movie ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989) and ''Film/TheWindInTheWillows'' (1996). 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''.

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

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

TV series
* ''Series/DoNotAdjustYourSet''
* ''Series/TheFrostReport''
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''
* ''Series/RippingYarns''
* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' (he had a small cameo as a drunken vicar in one episode)
* ''Crusades''
* ''Terry Jones' Medieval Lives''
* ''Terry Jones' Barbarians''

Films
* ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' (1971) (acted)
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' (1975) (co-directed with Creator/TerryGilliam, acted)
* ''Film/{{Jabberwocky}}'' (1975) (cameo)
* ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' (1979) (directed, acted)

* ''Film/MontyPythonsMeaningOfLife'' (1983) (directed, acted)
* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986) (wrote the screenplay, but ExecutiveMeddling changed it into something that barely resembles his original draft)
* ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1989) (directed, acted)
* ''The Wind In The Willows'' (1996) (directed, acted)

* WholesomeCrossDresser: Jones is the most Python member who walked around in drag.

He should definitely ''not'' be confused with the American islamophobic preacher of the same name.

* OverlyLongGag: The song "I Like Traffic Lights" from ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonsContractualObligationAlbum'', which is just Jones singing this phrase over and over again, with occasional extra lines such as "but not when they are red". The song ends [[spoiler: with Jones eventually succombing to the imbecility of it all, by sighing: "Oh God..."]]

* ''Film/MontyPythonLifeAtTheHollywoodBowl'' (1982) (acted)