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Terence Alan Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India on 16 April 1918 [3] during the British Raj, [4] the son of an Irish father, Leo Alphonso Milligan, MSM, RA (1890–1969), a regimental sergeant-major in the British Indian Army, [5] [6] [7] and English mother, Florence Mary Winifred (née Kettleband; 1893–1990).
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.
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...
Apr 16, 2018 · Starting with The Goon Show in the 1950s, Milligan revolutionised comedy with his brilliantly surreal imagination, inspiring the likes of Monty Python and Eddie Izzard. A century on from his...
Feb 19, 2009 · Spike Milligan's funny acceptance speech for his lifetime achievement award at the British Comedy Awards 1994. He refers to the Prince of Wales as a grovelling bastard. ...more. Spike...
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.
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 [1918-2002] was born in India, the son of a highly mobile British military officer and spent his childhood in various places in the Far East. In his lifetime he found fame as actor / comedian / director / playwright / poet / author but is most famous as one of the original 'Goons'
Feb 27, 2002 · Spike Milligan has died of liver failure at his home in Sussex, England. He was 83. The author, poet, playwright and comedian had suffered ill health for sometime and had been nursed by his...
Regarded by many as the father of modern comedy, Spike Milligan began his career as an entertainer in the 1930s when he played the double bass, guitar, and trumpet in a variety of dance bands. Whilst drifting from one poorly paid day job to another.
