As well as appearing in the BBC TV shows and films, Jones also directed the features The Life Of Brian and Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life, and co-directed Monty Python And The Holy Grail with Terry Gilliam.
Terry Jones, the Monty Python star, has been diagnosed with dementia.
The award for Jones was announced on Friday at the Bafta Cymru nominees party, as well as that of the makeup artist Sian Grigg.
A spokesman for the Welsh-born comedian said: “Terry has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a variant of frontotemporal dementia.