Spike Milligan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 16, 1918
- Died
- February 27, 2002 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Ahmed Nagar, India
Biography
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Thank You and Goodnight
Movie
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Impresario
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
Movie · as Himself
Gaybo Laughs Back
Movie · as Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Very Best of Spike Milligan
Movie · as Self/Various
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
Movie · as Self - (Archival)
The Unseen Spike Milligan
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Spike Milligan
Movie · as Self
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Movie · as Self (Archive footage)
Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
Movie
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Movie · as Self
Badjelly the Witch
Movie · as Narrator, Himself
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV · 2 eps
Gormenghast
TV · as De'Ath · 1 ep
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
Movie · as Self
The Banana
Movie · as Self
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Movie · as Himself
Spike
Movie · as Self
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Movie · as Self
Wolves, Witches and Giants
TV · as Narrator · 52 eps
Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Takin' Over the Asylum
TV · as Himself · 6 eps
The Big Freeze
Movie · as Der Schauspieler
Sellers' Best
Movie · as Self
Plunder
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Just Like That!
Movie · as Self
Mr. H Is Late
Movie
You Bet!
TV · 1 ep
The Ratties
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 26 eps
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
Movie · as the Ghost of Marley
Super Gran
TV · as Zoo Keeper · 1 ep
In Sickness and in Health
TV · as Fancy Fred · 1 ep
Television
TV · 2 eps
Yellowbeard
Movie · as Flunkie
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Movie · as Self
Group Madness
Movie · as Self
Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps
There's A Lot Of It About
TV · 6 eps
The Kenny Everett Television Show
TV · as The Ghost of Marley · 1 ep
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Movie · as Self (archive material)
History of the World: Part I
Movie · as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Movie · as Self
Life of Brian
Movie · as Spike
Blankety Blank
TV · 1 ep
The Marti Caine Show
TV · 1 ep
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Policeman
Moonshadow
Movie · as Narrator
Fantastic Animation Festival
Movie · as Narrator: "Moonshadow"
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Movie · as Crumble
Dot and the Kangaroo
Movie · as Mr. Platypus (voice)
Everyman
TV · 2 eps
Barney
Movie · as Hawker
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Tell Me Another
TV · as Himself · 3 eps
The Great McGonagall
Movie · as William Topaz McGonagall
The Cherry Picker
Movie · as Mr. Lal
Man About the House
Movie · as Himself
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Movie · as Self
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as M. Bonancieux
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Movie · as Leo Milligan
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Movie · as Dr. Harz
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Movie · as Bill Bombay
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Gryphon
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Movie · as Self
Rentadick
Movie · as a Customs officer
The Last Goon Show of All
Movie · as Self
Right to Work March
Movie
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Movie · as Landlord
Milligan In...
TV · 4 eps
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as Tramp (segment "Sloth")
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Movie · as E.W. Mackney
Cucumber Castle
Movie · as The Court Jester
Oh In Colour
TV · 6 eps
The Magic Christian
Movie · as Traffic Warden
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie · as Mate
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Q...
TV · 32 eps
Curry and Chips
TV · 6 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The World of Beachcomber
TV · as Various Roles · 19 eps
One Pair of Eyes
TV · 1 ep
Till Death Us Do Part
TV · as Paki-Paddy, Indian Train Passenger · 1 ep
Milligan's Wake
TV · 11 eps
The Telegoons
TV · 26 eps
World in Action
TV · 1 ep
Postman's Knock
Movie · as Harold Petts
Invasion Quartet
Movie
What a Whopper
Movie · as Tramp
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
Movie · as Various
Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2
Movie · as Self
Watch Your Stern
Movie · as Ranjid - Civilian electrician #1
Suspect
Movie · as Arthur, lab orderly
Alice Through the Looking Box
Movie · as The White Rabbit
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Movie
Portrait of a Goon
Movie · as Himself
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Movie · as Assorted
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
TV · 2 eps
Son of Fred
TV · 8 eps
A Show Called Fred
TV · 5 eps
Hancock's Half Hour
TV · 1 ep
A Kid for Two Farthings
Movie · as Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)
The Sooty Show
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Calling All Cars
Movie · as Freddie The Taxi (voice)
Down Among the Z Men
Movie · as Pvt. Eccles
Penny Points to Paradise
Movie · as Spike Donnelly
Let's Go Crazy
Movie · as Multiple Roles