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
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
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
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
The Muppet Show
Tell Me Another
The Great McGonagall
Man About the House
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
The Cherry Picker
The Three Musketeers
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Rentadick
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Right to Work March
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Milligan In...
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
The Last Goon Show of All
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Cucumber Castle
Oh In Colour
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
The Magic Christian
Curry and Chips
The Bed Sitting Room
Q...
The Dick Cavett Show
The World of Beachcomber
One Pair of Eyes
Till Death Us Do Part
Milligan's Wake
The Telegoons
World in Action
Postman's Knock
What a Whopper
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
Invasion Quartet
Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2
Alice Through the Looking Box
Suspect
Watch Your Stern
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Portrait of a Goon
Son of Fred
Hancock's Half Hour
A Show Called Fred
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
A Kid for Two Farthings
The Sooty Show
Calling All Cars
Down Among the Z Men
Let's Go Crazy
Penny Points to Paradise
Thank You and Goodnight