Terence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, political commentator, and TV host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales. The family home was named "Bodchwil". His father was stationed with the RAF in India. When Jones was four-and-a-half, the family moved to Surrey. Jones was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was head boy in the 1960-61 academic year. He read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, but "strayed into history". He graduated with a 2:1. While... there, he performed comedy with future Monty Python castmate Michael Palin in The Oxford Revue. Jones appeared in Twice a Fortnight with Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, as well as the television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain . He appeared in Do Not Adjust Your Set with Palin, Eric Idle and David Jason. He wrote for The Frost Report and several other David Frost programmes on British television. Along with Palin, he wrote lyrics for the 1968 Barry Booth album "Diversions".
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| Birthdate: | February 1, 1942 |
| Birthplace: | Colwyn Bay |
| Age: | 70 |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Education: | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Also known as: | Terence Graham Perry Jones, Terry C. Jonesberg, Alan Whicker |