
Person
Spike Milligan
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 16, 1918
- Died
- Feb 27, 2002
- From
- 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.
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Life of Brian

History of the World: Part I

The Three Musketeers

The Muppet Show

Yellowbeard

Have I Got News for You

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

A Kid for Two Farthings

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

Till Death Us Do Part

Room 101

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins