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Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan

Birthday: 1918-04-16 | Place of Birth: Ahmed Nagar, India

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Milligan,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
The Ghost of Peter Sellers

as    Himself (Archive)

2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

as    Himself (archive footage)

1995
Wolves, Witches and Giants

as    Narrator

1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste

as    Crumble

1977
Moonshadow

as    Narrator

1977
Fantastic Animation Festival

as    Narrator: "Moonshadow"

1973
The Three Musketeers

as    M. Bonancieux

1972
1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as    Tramp (segment "Sloth")

1970
Cucumber Castle

as    The Court Jester

1970
The Magic Christian

as    Traffic Warden

1960
Suspect

as    Arthur, lab orderly

1960
Alice Through the Looking Box

as    The White Rabbit