Spike Milligan
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 2002
- Works
- 171
Top works
- The bald twit lion
- Milligan's Meaning of Life
- A book of bits or a bit of a book
- Mon rôle dans la chute d'Adolf Hitler
- Open Heart University
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Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive2022
- The Ghost of Peter Sellers — Self (archive footage)2018
- Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace — Self (archive footage)2014
- The Last Impresario — Self (archive footage)2014
- The Unforgettable Harry Secombe — Self (archive footage)2010
- The Unforgettable Spike Milligan — Himself2010
- Gaybo Laughs Back — Self2008
- Hitler: The Comedy Years — Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek (archive footage) (uncredited)2007
- The Very Best of Spike Milligan — Self/Various2007
- I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan — Self - (Archival)2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 9,715
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- 54,218
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Terrence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 - 27 February 2002) was a renowned Anglo-Irish comic, poet and surrealist. Widely regarded as the Godfather of British Comedy, he is best known for his work on The Goon Show with Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. Not so well known is that he was an accomplished jazz trumpeter, until old age forced him to give up the instrument. He toured widely with his shows, made a number of TV series (most notably the Q series) and wrote a veritable plethora of
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Born
- Terence Alan Milligan , ( 1918-04-16 ) 16 April 1918, Ahmednagar , British Raj
- Died
- 27 February 2002 (2002-02-27) (aged 83), Rye, East Sussex , England
- Resting place
- St Thomas's Church, Winchelsea , East Sussex, England
- Occupations
- Comedian writer musician poet playwright actor
- Years active
- 1951–2002
- Spouses
- June Marchini/Marlowe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1960 ) Patricia Ridgway ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; died 1978 ) Shelagh Sinclair ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1940–1945
- Rank
- Lance bombardier
- Unit
- Royal Artillery
- Conflicts
Key dates
- Born
- 16 April 1918
- Died
- 27 February 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Family name
- Milligan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ahilyanagar
- Place of death
- Rye
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life.
Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles, Minnie Bannister and Count Jim Moriarty. He was the earliest-born and last surviving member of the Goons. He took his success with The Goon Show into television with Q5, a surreal sketch show credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.