Spike Milligan
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.
Filmography (111 titles)
MovieSpike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
Self (archive footage) · 2022
5.8MovieThe Ghost of Peter Sellers
Self (archive footage) · 2018
MovieSpike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Self (archive footage) · 2014
5.5MovieThe Last Impresario
Self (archive footage) · 2014
MovieThe Unforgettable Spike Milligan
Himself · 2010
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Self (archive footage) · 2010
MovieGaybo Laughs Back
Self · 2008
5.0MovieHitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2007
MovieThe Very Best of Spike Milligan
Self/Various · 2007
9.0MovieI Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
Self - (Archival) · 2005
MovieThe Best of Spike Milligan
Self · 2004
9.0MovieSpike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Self (archive footage) · 2002
MovieSpike Milligan: Return of a Legend
2001
6.0MovieThe Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage) · 2001
MovieBadjelly the Witch
Narrator · 2000
8.2MovieThe Unknown Peter Sellers
Self · 2000
7.0ShowGormenghast
De'Ath · 2000
ShowThe Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
MovieThe Banana
Self · 1997
MovieLabour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
Self · 1997
10.0MovieSpike
Self · 1996
9.0MovieAn Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself · 1996
7.7ShowWolves, Witches and Giants
Narrator · 1995
7.0MovieIn the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Self · 1995