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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Jones is the 958th most popular actor (down from 844th in 2019), the 1,189th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 961st in 2019) and the 139th 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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Among actors, Terry Jones ranks 958 out of 13,578. Before him are Ben Gazzara, Elliott Gould, Robert Loggia, Gabriele Ferzetti, Scott Glenn, and Charles Chaplin Jr.. After him are José Ferrer, Carroll Baker, Ryan Reynolds, Lee Min-ho, Sabu Dastagir, and Roddy McDowall.

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Among people born in 1942, Terry Jones ranks 126. Before him are Michael Jackson, Carlos Monzón, George Jung, Evaristo Carvalho, Muslim Magomayev, and Samuel R. Delany. After him are Bert Sakmann, Geneviève Bujold, Mirjana Marković, Koji Funamoto, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, and Prince Michael of Kent. Among people deceased in 2020, Terry Jones ranks 89. Before him are Eddie Van Halen, Kobe Bryant, Lorenzo Sanz, Stanley Ho, Michael Jeffery, and Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz. After him are Conchata Ferrell, Paul H. O'Neill, Ken Robinson, Momčilo Krajišnik, Kelly Preston, and Olof Thunberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terry Jones ranks 1,189 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Francis Walsingham (1532), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Francis Lee (1944), and John McAfee (1945). After him are Kenneth Clarke (1940), William Tyndale (1494), John Mayall (1933), Roddy McDowall (1928), Robert Powell (1944), and George Darwin (1845).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Terry Jones ranks 139. Before him are Terence Stamp (1938), Graham Chapman (1941), Marty Feldman (1934), Andy Serkis (1964), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), and Benedict Cumberbatch (1976). After him are Roddy McDowall (1928), Robert Powell (1944), Jill Ireland (1936), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Eric Idle (1943), and Natascha McElhone (1969).

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