Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan

Irish comedian (1918–2002)
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Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a British-Irish actor, comedian, writer, poet and playwright. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in India, where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg.

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Spike Milligan was born on Tuesday, 16 April 1918 in Ahmed Nagar, India. His full name at birth was Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE. He was best known as an actor. Milligan's country of citizenship (nationality) was British. He died on Wednesday, 27 February 2002 in East Sussex, England at the age of 83. He is buried at St Thomas's Church Winchelsea, East Sussex. He was 5' 11½" (182 cm) tall with a slim build. He had salt and pepper hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Aries.

You can find people similar to Spike Milligan by visiting our lists Male actors of Irish descent and Male actors of English descent.

Full name at birth
Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE
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Claim to fame
The Goon Show
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Date of birth
16 April 1918
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Ahmed Nagar, India
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Date of death
27 February 2002
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83 (age at death)
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East Sussex, England
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Liver disease
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St Thomas's Church Winchelsea, East Sussex
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Actor, Comedian
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A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived."
  • Is portrayed by Edward Tudor-Pole in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
  • Roald Dahl had wanted Spike to play his character "Willy Wonka" on the big screen. The studio instead chose Gene Wilder
  • He considered Aladdin (1992) to be the greatest film of all time.
  • The inscription on his tombstone reads "I told you I was ill" in Gaelic
  • George Martin, the producer of The Beatles, was the best man at his second wedding.

Spike Milligan is known for his role in the film History of the World: Part I (1981) as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution.

He is also known for his role in the documentary Under the Volcano (2021) as Self (uncredited).

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