What is Griff Rhys Jones?
{{redlinks|date=April 2022}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Griff Rhys Jones | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales | birth_name = Griffith Rhys Jones | active = 1979–present | medium = Film, television | genre = [[Improvisational theatre|Improvisational comedy]], [[sketch comedy]] | spouse = Jo Jones | children=2 | notable_works = ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]''<br />''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]'' }} '''Griffith Rhys Jones''' (born 16 November 1953) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[comedian]], [[writer]], [[actor]], and [[television presenter]]. He starred in a number of [[Television program|television series]] with his comedy partner, [[Mel Smith]]. Rhys Jones came to national attention in the 1980s for his work in the [[BBC]] [[Sketch comedy|comedy sketch]] series ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and ''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]''. With Smith, he co-founded the [[television production]] [[company]] [[Talkback (production company)|Talkback Productions]]. It is now part of [[RTL Group]]. In 2005, he created the production company [[Modern Television]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Griffith Rhys Jones biography|url=http://www.moderntv.co.uk/index.php/about|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118072100/http://www.moderntv.co.uk/index.php/about/|archive-date=18 November 2013|access-date=13 November 2013|publisher=Modern Television}}</ref> Rhys Jones also worked as a television presenter and writer while he was acting. From 2008 to 2016, he presented the television [[Error|bloopers]] show ''[[It'll be Alright on the Night]]'' for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. He replaced [[Denis Norden]].Norden had hosted the series for almost 30 years. Rhys Jones was replaced in 2018 by [[David Walliams]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|date=2008-08-15|title=Rhys Jones to host 'Alright On The Night'|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a123032/rhys-jones-to-host-alright-on-the-night/|access-date=2022-05-05|website=Digital Spy|language=en