Spike Milligan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. Milligan's early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the British government declared him stateless. He was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the popular Eccles. Milligan wrote and edited many books, including Puckoon and his seven-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall. He is also noted as a popular writer of comical verse, much of his poetry was written for children, including Silly Verse for Kids (1959). After success with the ground-breaking British radio programme, The Goon Show, Milligan translated this success to television with Q5, a surreal sketch show which is credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Milligan,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Also Known As
Movies (33)
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
as Himself (Archive)
2018
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
as Himself
2010
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Gaybo Laughs Back
as Self
2008
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
The Very Best of Spike Milligan
as Self/Various
2007
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
as Self - (Archival)
2005
The Best of Spike Milligan
as Self
2004
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Puckoon
Novel (Writing)
2002
Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
2001
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)
2001
Badjelly the Witch
as Narrator
2000
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
2000
The Banana
as Self
1997
Labour's Old Romantic
as Self
1997
Spike
as Himself
1996
An Evening with Spike Milligan
as Himself
1996
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
as Self
1995
The Big Freeze
as Der Schauspieler
1993
Sellers' Best
as Self
1992
Just Like That!
as Self
1989
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
as the Ghost of Marley
1985
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
Yellowbeard
as Flunkie
1983
Group Madness
as Self
1983
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
as Self (archive material)
1981
History of the World: Part I
as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution
1981
Life of Brian
as Spike
1979
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
as Self
1979
TV Shows (17)
Badjelly
Book (Writing)
2025
Gormenghast
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Wolves, Witches and Giants
as Narrator
1995
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Himself
1994
Room 101
as Self
1994
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
Plunder
as Self
1990
The Ratties
as Narrator (voice)
1988
You Bet!
1988
In Sickness and in Health
as Fancy Fred
1985
Super Gran
as Zoo Keeper
1985
There's A Lot Of It About
1982
Wogan
as Self
1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as The Ghost of Marley
1982
Blankety Blank
1979
The Marti Caine Show
1979