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Spike Milligan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan, Terence Alan Milligan, Terence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan
British actor (1918-2002)
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Spike Milligan, born Terence Alan Milligan in 1918 in Ahilyanagar, India, was a male screenwriter, writer, comedian, and journalist. He held citizenship in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom and spoke English. During World War II, he served as a bombardier in the British Army. His professional career included employment with the BBC.
Milligan died of kidney failure from natural causes in Rye in 2002. He suffered from bipolar disorder. His notable works include *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*, and *Open Heart University*. He received the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
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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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1918
- Active to
- 2002
Discography
Member of
- The Goons1951–1972
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,715
- Total plays
- 54,218
Tags
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
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
- Second World War
via Wikipedia infobox
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
- soldier
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- literature
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- bombardier
- Image
- 'A Conversation With Spike' by John Somerville, Stephens House and Gardens, Finchley (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 6
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1918-04-16
- date of death
- 2002-02-27
- nickname
- Spike
- birth name
- Terence Alan Milligan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- Commons category
- Spike Milligan
- medical condition
- bipolar disorder
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- end of work period
- 2002-00-00
- P12749
- Nahas Angula
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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