Spike Milligan
Known for: Acting
Born: April 16, 1918
Died: February 27, 2002
Place of birth: Ahmed Nagar, India
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.
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Filmography
78 movies · 38 TV shows, newest first
9.5
Badjelly
2025
NR
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022
5.8
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2018
NR
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
5.5
The Last Impresario
2014
NR
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
20108.5
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010
NR
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
NR
The Very Best of Spike Milligan
2007
9.0
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
2005
NR
The Best of Spike Milligan
2004
9.0
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
2002
6.3
Puckoon
2002
NR
Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
2001
6.0
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001
NR
Badjelly the Witch
2000
8.2
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
7.0
Gormenghast
2000
NR
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
NR
The Banana
1997
NR
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
1997
10.0
Spike
1996
9.0
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
7.7
Wolves, Witches and Giants
1995
7.0
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
8.4
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
6.6
Room 101
1994
6.7
The Big Freeze
1993
NR
Sellers' Best
1992
7.2
Have I Got News for You
1990NR
Plunder
1990
NR
Just Like That!
1989
6.5
The Ratties
1988
7.6
You Bet!
1988
7.0
Mr. H Is Late
1988
6.0
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
1985
8.1
In Sickness and in Health
1985
8.0
Television
1985
6.4
Super Gran
1985
8.0
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
5.6
Yellowbeard
1983
9.0
Group Madness
19836.7
There's A Lot Of It About
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
7.3
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
NR
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1981
6.7
History of the World: Part I
1981
7.8
Life of Brian
1979
7.3
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
5.3
Blankety Blank
1979
NR
The Marti Caine Show
1979
4.4
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
5.7
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
19775.0
Moonshadow
1977
7.0
Fantastic Animation Festival
1977
7.3
Dot and the Kangaroo
1977
5.5
Barney
1976
8.0
The Muppet Show
1976
6.0
The Melting Pot
1976
8.0
Tell Me Another
1976
5.6
The Great McGonagall
1975
4.9
Man About the House
1974NR
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
6.3
The Cherry Picker
1974
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973
4.8
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
5.0
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
1973
4.9
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
4.2
Rentadick
1972
6.3
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
NR
Right to Work March
1972
5.3
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
6.0
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
7.0
The Last Goon Show of All
1972
5.0
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
7.4
Six Dates with Barker
1971
NR
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
6.3
Cucumber Castle
1970NR
Oh In Colour
1970
NR
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
5.8
The Magic Christian
1969
6.5
Curry and Chips
1969
5.9
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
7.3
Q...
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
19689.0
The World of Beachcomber
1968
7.0
One Pair of Eyes
1967
7.6
Till Death Us Do Part
1966NR
Milligan's Wake
1964
5.3
The Telegoons
1963
7.0
World in Action
1963
4.9
Postman's Knock
1962
6.2
What a Whopper
1961NR
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
1961
6.5
Invasion Quartet
1961
NR
Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2
1961
NR
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
6.9
Suspect
1960
5.9
Watch Your Stern
1960
5.6
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959
NR
Portrait of a Goon
1959NR
Son of Fred
1956
7.4
Hancock's Half Hour
1956NR
A Show Called Fred
1956NR
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
19566.9
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1956
6.7
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
6.4
The Sooty Show
1955
6.7
Calling All Cars
1954
4.5
The Super Secret Service
1953
5.6
Down Among the Z Men
1952
5.4
Let's Go Crazy
1951
4.4
Penny Points to Paradise
19516.0
Thank You and Goodnight
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Oh In Colour
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