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Terry Jones
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Terry Jones (1942–2020) was a writer and performer whose career spanned from 1966 to 2016. He was associated with comedy and Welsh themes, as indicated by tags on Last.fm. His published works include *Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons*, *The fly-by-night*, *Nicobobinus*, and *The curse of the vampire's socks and other doggerel*. Open Library lists 79 works attributed to him, while Crossref records five.
Jones had three children. His official website is terry-jones.net. On Last.fm, he had 875 listeners and 4,843 plays. Wikiquote features his quotes, including "A Horse, a Bucket and a Spoon." and a statement comparing the phrase "We will destroy terrorism" to "We shall annihilate mockery."
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Colwyn Bay
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Welsh
- Notable work
- Absolutely Anything
- Official website
- www.terry-jones.net
- Image
- Terry Jones in 2007.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1942-02-01
- Commons category
- Terry Jones
- name in native language
- Terry Jones
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Terry Jones
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-01-21
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- birth name
- Terence Graham Parry Jones
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Monty Python
- cause of death
- frontotemporal dementia
- social media followers
- 247110
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Encyclopedic overview
Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, 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. He made his directorial debut with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. His other directorial credits include Personal Services and The Wind in the Willows.
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