Spike Milligan
Acting · Born 1918-04-16 · age 83 at death · Ahmed Nagar, India
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.
Titles
Life of Brian
History of the World: Part I
The Three Musketeers
Yellowbeard
The Bed Sitting Room
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Magic Christian
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Gormenghast
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
A Kid for Two Farthings
Till Death Us Do Part
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
In Sickness and in Health
Super Gran
What a Whopper
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Watch Your Stern
Rentadick
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Suspect
Let's Go Crazy
Dot and the Kangaroo
Hancock's Half Hour
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Down Among the Z Men
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Curry and Chips
Blankety Blank
Penny Points to Paradise
Puckoon
Postman's Knock
The Big Freeze
Mr. H Is Late
The Great McGonagall
Q...
You Bet!
Six Dates with Barker
The Cherry Picker
Barney
The Telegoons
Cucumber Castle
Calling All Cars
There's A Lot Of It About
The Melting Pot
Invasion Quartet
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
World in Action
The Last Goon Show of All
The Super Secret Service
Badjelly
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Thank You and Goodnight
The World of Beachcomber
One Pair of Eyes
Television