Spike Milligan
Biography
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 th...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Life of Brian
1979
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
Dot and the Kangaroo
1977
History of the World: Part I
1981
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
Suspect
1960
Yellowbeard
1983
What a Whopper
1961
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
1973
Down Among the Z Men
1952
The Three Musketeers
1973
Spike
1996
Penny Points to Paradise
1951
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
1997
Group Madness
1983
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
The Magic Christian
1969
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
Rentadick
1972
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
Man About the House
1974
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
1985
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
The Great McGonagall
1975
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Watch Your Stern
1960
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
Invasion Quartet
1961