
Spike Milligan
Born April 16, 1918 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Life of Brian

The Three Musketeers

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Yellowbeard

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

A Kid for Two Farthings

The Hound of the Baskervilles

History of the World: Part I

The Magic Christian

The Bed Sitting Room

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

Mr. H Is Late

Right to Work March

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Man About the House

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

The Banana

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

Invasion Quartet
TV Shows

The Sooty Show

The Muppet Show

Room 101

Blankety Blank

Hancock's Half Hour

In Sickness and in Health

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Till Death Us Do Part

Super Gran

Gormenghast

You Bet!

The Marti Caine Show

Takin' Over the Asylum

Tell Me Another

One Pair of Eyes

Television

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

Wolves, Witches and Giants

The Ratties

Q...

The Telegoons

Curry and Chips

Everyman
More Movies

Alice Through the Looking Box

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

Postman's Knock

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute

Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive

What a Whopper

Down Among the Z Men

Cucumber Castle

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

The Unforgettable Spike Milligan

The Last Impresario

Watch Your Stern

The Unknown Peter Sellers

Group Madness

Dot and the Kangaroo

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

The Best of Spike Milligan

Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot

Rentadick

An Evening with Spike Milligan

Suspect

Penny Points to Paradise

Gaybo Laughs Back

The Big Freeze

Just Like That!

Comic Roots: Michael Palin

Let's Go Crazy

Fantastic Animation Festival

The Great McGonagall

The Last Goon Show of All

The Cherry Picker

Portrait of a Goon

Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2

Spike

Sellers' Best

Badjelly the Witch

I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend

Calling All Cars

Barney




