Spike Milligan

About

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...

Known for

Blankety BlankSeries • 1979Hancock's Half HourSeries • 1956Till Death Us Do PartSeries • 1966In Sickness and in HealthSeries • 1985TelevisionSeries • 1985Life of BrianMovie • 1979The Kenny Everett Television ShowSeries • 1982The Three MusketeersMovie • 1973GormenghastSeries • 2000The Magic ChristianMovie • 1969YellowbeardMovie • 1983Alice's Adventures in WonderlandMovie • 1972The Bed Sitting RoomMovie • 1969History of the World: Part IMovie • 1981A Kid for Two FarthingsMovie • 1955The Last Remake of Beau GesteMovie • 1977The Hound of the BaskervillesMovie • 1978The Magnificent Seven Deadly SinsMovie • 1971The Adventures of Barry McKenzieMovie • 1972The Running Jumping & Standing Still FilmMovie • 1959