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Terence Alan " Spike " Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish [a] comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of ...
Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands.
Spike Milligan (born April 16, 1918, Ahmadnagar, India—died Feb. 27, 2002, Rye, East Sussex, Eng.) was an Irish writer and comedian who led the comic troupe featured on the 1950s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio hit The Goon Show.
Apr 12, 2018 · Legendary British sketch comic and writer Spike Milligan celebrates his 100th birthday next week. Or, he would, if he weren’t dead. Death was a recurring theme in the work of the man...
Feb 28, 2002 · Spike Milligan, progenitor of a lunatic brand of postwar British humor that blossomed as the 1950's radio hit ''The Goon Show'' and evolved into a blueprint for antic and...
Feb 27, 2002 · Spike Milligan has died of liver failure at his home in Sussex, England. He was 83.
Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands.
A new documentary goes through the comedian’s personal archives with a gallery of friends, fans and those whose own careers owe much to Milligan’s influence.
Oct 19, 2023 · New to 4 Extra. Comedian and poet Henry Normal feels Spike Milligan changed his life, in particular with his 1973 poetry collection, Small Dreams of a Scorpion.
Feb 27, 2002 · Musician, novelist, humourist, animal rights campaigner. Spike Milligan was born in India in 1918, the son of an Irish father and an English mother. His Irish connection does not end...
