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Spike Milligan
Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born April 16, 1918Died February 27, 2002 (83 years)
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Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. Milligan's 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.
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Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. Milligan's 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2022 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Gormenghast (TV Series) · as De'ath |
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything · as Lord Nelson |
| 1995 | Wolves, Witches, and Giants (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as Pakistani Dalek |
| 1993 | The Big Freeze · as Der Schauspieler |
| 1988 | The Ratties (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | You Bet! (TV Series) |
| 1988 | |
| 1985 | In Sickness and In Health (TV Series) · as Fancy Fred |
| 1985 | Super Gran (TV Series) · as Zoo Keeper |
| 1985 | Saturday Live (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard · as Flunkie |
| 1982 | No 73 (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1981 | The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) · as The Ghost Of Marley |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I · as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian · as Spike |
| 1978 | Blankety Blank (TV Series) |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Policeman |
| 1977 | Dot and the Kangaroo · as Mr. Platypus (voice) |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste · as Crumble |
| 1977 | Fantastic Animation Festival · as Narrator: "moonshadow" |
| 1976 | Lost in the Wild · as Hawker |
| 1975 | The Great McGonagall · as William Topaz Mcgonagall |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Ghost in the Noonday Sun · as Bill Bombay |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as M. Bonancieux |
| 1973 | Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World · as Dr. Harz |
| 1973 | Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall · as Leo Milligan |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · as Gryphon |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The Adventures of Barry McKenzie · as Landlord |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Moonshadow · as Narrator |
| 1971 | The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins · as Tramp (segment "sloth") |
| 1971 | The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1970 | Cucumber Castle · as The Court Jester |
| 1969 | Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? · as Narrator |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian · as Traffic Warden |
| 1969 | Curry and Chips (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Bed Sitting Room · as Mate |
| 1969 | Q... (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) · as Paki-Paddy |
| 1965 | Not Only... But Also (TV Series) · as In 'poets Cornered' |
| 1963 | The Telegoons (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Telescope (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1962 | Postman's Knock · as Harold Petts |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Van Gogh |
| 1961 | What a Whopper · as Tramp |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | The Risk · as Arthur, Lab Orderly |
| 1960 | Watch Your Stern · as Ranjid - Civilian Electrician #1 |
| 1959 | |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn · as Assorted |
| 1955 | A Kid for Two Farthings · as Indian With Grey Beard (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Calling All Cars · as Freddie The Taxi (voice) |
| 1952 | Down Among the Z Men · as Pvt. Eccles |
| 1951 | Let's Go Crazy · as Multiple Roles |
| 1951 | Penny Points to Paradise · as Spike Donnelly |