Spike Milligan
Acting
- Born:
- 1918-04-16
- Died:
- 2002-02-27
- Place of birth:
- Ahmed Nagar, India
Biography
Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. His 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.
Known For
Filmography
Badjelly
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
The Last Impresario
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Gaybo Laughs Back
Hitler: The Comedy Years
The Very Best of Spike Milligan
The Unseen Spike Milligan
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
The Best of Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Puckoon
Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Badjelly the Witch
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Gormenghast
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
The Banana
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
Spike
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Wolves, Witches and Giants
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Takin' Over the Asylum
Room 101
The Big Freeze
Sellers' Best
Have I Got News for You
Plunder
Just Like That!
The Ratties
You Bet!
Mr. H Is Late
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
In Sickness and in Health
Television
Super Gran
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Yellowbeard
Group Madness
There's A Lot Of It About
Wogan
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
History of the World: Part I
Life of Brian
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Blankety Blank
The Marti Caine Show
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Moonshadow
Fantastic Animation Festival
Dot and the Kangaroo
Everyman
Barney