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Spike Milligan

Screenwriter / Writer / Comedian / Journalist / Poet / Actor / Musician / Playwright | * 04/16/1918 († 83, 02/27/2002) | Ahmed Nagar (India)
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg. Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and Minnie Bannister. He was the earliest-born and last surviving member of the Goons. He took his success with The Goon Show into television with Q5, a surreal sketch show credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He wrote and edited many books, including Puckoon (1963) and a seven-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971). He also wrote comical ve... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Kids & Family

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Awards & Nominations for Spike Milligan

Knight Commander of The Order of The British Empire Chortle Awards Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
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Movies with Spike Milligan as Actor(50)

as Himself (Archive)2018 The Ghost of Peter Sellers
as Himself (archive footage)2014 Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self (archive footage)2010 The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
as himself1996 Spike
as Der Schauspieler1993 The Big Freeze
as Flunkie1983 Yellowbeard
as himself1983 Group Madness
as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution1981 History of the World: Part I
as Spike1979 Life of Brian
as Mr. Platypus (voice)1977 Dot and the Kangaroo
as Narrator: "Moonshadow"1977 Fantastic Animation Festival
as Hawker1976 Barney
as William Topaz McGonagall1975 The Great McGonagall
as himself1974 Man About the House
as Bill Bombay1974 Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as M. Bonancieux1973 The Three Musketeers
as a Customs officer1972 Rentadick
as Tramp (segment "Sloth")1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as The Court Jester1970 Cucumber Castle
as Traffic Warden1969 The Magic Christian
as Harold Petts1962 Postman's Knock
as Tramp1961 What a Whopper
as Arthur, lab orderly1960 Suspect
as Ranjid - Civilian electrician #11960 Watch Your Stern
as The White Rabbit1960 Alice Through the Looking Box
as Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)1956 A Kid for Two Farthings
as Pvt. Eccles1952 Down Among the Z Men
as Multiple Roles1951 Let's Go Crazy
as Spike Donnelly1951 Penny Points to Paradise

TV Shows/Series with Spike Milligan as Actor(20)

as De'Ath2000 Gormenghast
as himself1994 Room 101
as himself1994 Takin' Over the Asylum
as Zoo Keeper1985 Super Gran
as The Ghost of Marley1982 The Kenny Everett Television Show
as himself1982 Wogan
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
1969 Q...
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Paki-Paddy1966 Till Death Us Do Part
as himself1955 The Sooty Show

Movies with Spike Milligan as Crew(9)

Writing/Novel2002 Puckoon
Writing/Screenplay1975 The Great McGonagall
Writing/Writer1972 The Last Goon Show of All
Writing/Author1969 The Bed Sitting Room
Crew/Additional Writing1956 The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Writing/Writer1951 Let's Go Crazy

TV Shows/Series with Spike Milligan as Crew(2)

Creator/Creator1985 The Melting Pot
Creator/Creator1969 Q...

Full Name: Terence Alan Milligan
Born: Tuesday, 04/16 1918 (April) in Ahmed Nagar (India)
Died: Wednesday, 02/27 2002 (February) in Rye (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: BBC
Other names for Spike Milligan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Spike 'Goon' Milligan"
"Спайк Миллиган"
"Terence Alan Milligan"
"Spike" (Nickname)
Spike Milligan frequently works together with these people:
Peter Sellers (21x, Actor)
Roy Kinnear (12x, Actor)
John Lovelady (12x, Cast)
Richard Lester (12x, Crew)
Harry Secombe (11x, Actor)
Graham Chapman (10x, Actor)
John Cleese (9x, Actor)
Eric Sykes (8x, Actor)
Jim Henson (7x, Actor)
Marty Feldman (7x, Actor)
Peter Cook (7x, Actor)
Joseph McGrath (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:321231, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024