Spike Milligan
Born April 16, 1918 (Age: 107)
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Ahmed Nagar, India
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Milligan,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Milligan,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
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as Self
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Age: 82
The Banana
1997
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as Self
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Age: 79
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
1997
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as Self
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Age: 79
Spike
1996
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as Self
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Age: 78
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
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as Himself
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Age: 77
Sellers' Best
1992
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as Self
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Age: 73
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
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as
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Age: 65
Yellowbeard
1983
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as Flunkie
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Age: 65
History of the World: Part I
1981
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as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution
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Age: 63
Life of Brian
1979
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as Spike
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Age: 61
The Three Musketeers
1973
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as M. Bonancieux
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Age: 55
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
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as E.W. Mackney
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Age: 52
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 51
What a Whopper
1961
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as Tramp
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Age: 43
No Image
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
1961
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as Various
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Age: 43
Invasion Quartet
1961
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as
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Age: 43
Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2
1961
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as Self
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Age: 42
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
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as The White Rabbit
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Age: 42
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959
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as
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Age: 41
Portrait of a Goon
1959
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as Himself
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Age: 41