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Terry Jones

1942 - 2020

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Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, popular historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner Michael Palin wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, before creating Monty Python's Flying Circus with Cambridge graduates Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle and American animator-filmmaker Terry Gilliam. Jones was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Jones has received more than 5,448,332 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Terry Jones is the 844th most popular actor (down from 707th in 2019), the 961st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 873rd in 2019) and the 123rd most popular British Actor.

Terry Jones is most famous for being the author of the book "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

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  • 5.4M

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  • 59.89

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Terry Jones ranks 844 out of 13,578. Before him are Til Schweiger, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Brolin, David Kelly, Yvette Guilbert, and Eric Idle. After him are Viola Davis, Lionel Stander, Grace Zabriskie, Natasha Richardson, Matthew Broderick, and River Phoenix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Terry Jones ranks 113. Before him are Bob Ross, Larry Flynt, Manolo Blahnik, Kang Kek Iew, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Lee Kun-hee. After him are Britt Ekland, Pedro Rocha, Hannu Mikkola, Vladimir Bukovsky, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and Karen Grassle. Among people deceased in 2020, Terry Jones ranks 77. Before him are Clive Cussler, Eddie Van Halen, Kelly Preston, Kang Kek Iew, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Lee Kun-hee. After him are Momčilo Krajišnik, Quino, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Per Olov Enquist, Conchata Ferrell, and Ida Haendel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terry Jones ranks 961 out of 8,785. Before him are Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Isabella of England (1214), Thomas Graham (1805), Eric Idle (1943), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), and Shane MacGowan (1957). After him are Alan Moore (1953), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Natasha Richardson (1963), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Thomas Lawrence (1769), and Ida Noddack (1896).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Terry Jones ranks 123. Before him are Terence Stamp (1938), Orlando Bloom (1977), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Stewart Granger (1913), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971), and Eric Idle (1943). After him are Natasha Richardson (1963), Denholm Elliott (1922), Marty Feldman (1934), Mark Strong (1963), Ewan McGregor (1971), and Jill Ireland (1936).

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Television and Movie Roles

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
Mar 14th 19757.804 / 10
Life of Brian
Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Aug 17th 19797.765 / 10
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Mar 31st 19837.323 / 10