Spike Milligan
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Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. Milligan's 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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.937 |
Birthday | 1918-04-16 |
Place of Birth | Ahmed Nagar, India |
Also Known As | Spike 'Goon' Milligan, Спайк Миллиган, Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan, Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan, |
1973
The Three Musketeers
6.8/286
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea...
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The Three Musketeers
1973
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
4.8/11
London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery reg...
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Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
1983
Yellowbeard
5.5/136
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sent...
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Yellowbeard
1969
The Magic Christian
5.7/39
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought...
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The Magic Christian
1956
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
7.4/5
Supposedly filmed in 'Schizophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's attempts to retrieve a 'Mukkinese Battlehorn' stolen from a L...
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The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6.1/38
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1951
Penny Points to Paradise
4.1/4
When Harry and Spike visit Bristol to spend the winnings from Harry's latest Pools win, the boys are soon targeted by a gang of local counterfeiters.
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Penny Points to Paradise
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
4.5/23
The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to un...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1973
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
4.6/18
Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!
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Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1951
Let's Go Crazy
5.1/7
Let's Go Crazy is a 1951 comedy film marking an early appearance of Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers playing multiple roles.
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Let's Go Crazy
1975
The Great McGonagall
5.2/4
In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an unemployed Scottish weaver and aspiring poet laureate who f...
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The Great McGonagall
1960
Watch Your Stern
5.7/10
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to sho...
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Watch Your Stern
1952
Down Among the Z Men
5.1/6
The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard"...
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Down Among the Z Men
1959
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
5.4/25
A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic scenes with no common thread.
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1962
Postman's Knock
4.3/5
Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Inn...
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Postman's Knock
1972
Rentadick
4.4/9
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also...
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Rentadick
1977
Moonshadow
5/2
The animation begins with a still frame of Teaser and his pet Firecat, pictured as they appear on the cover of the album bearing their names. The pict...
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Moonshadow
1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
5.1/18
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1960
Suspect
6.4/9
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he...
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Suspect
1972
The Last Goon Show of All
6/1
Sellers, Secombe and Milligan reunite for one last show.
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The Last Goon Show of All
1993
The Big Freeze
6.2/5
A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Every...
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The Big Freeze
1973
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
4.2/6
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more an...
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1961
Invasion Quartet
4/1
This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied...
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Invasion Quartet
1988
Mr. H Is Late
7/4
A team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in charge of moving a coffin from a home to the church. The...
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Mr. H Is Late
1970
Cucumber Castle
4.5/2
The plot revolves around two heirs, Prince Frederick (Barry Gibb) and his brother Prince Marmaduke (Maurice Gibb), and their dying father (Frankie How...
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Cucumber Castle
1977
Fantastic Animation Festival
4/1
A collection of fourteen award winning animated short films including "Moonshadow," "The Last Cartoon Man," "Closed Mondays," and "Cosmic Cartoon".
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Fantastic Animation Festival
1954
Calling All Cars
6.667/3
Comedy documentary centring on the Dover Harbour car terminal.
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Calling All Cars
2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
0/0
A very personal portrait of the truly unique comedy genius of Spike Milligan, as told in his own words and featuring exclusive home movie footage. Wit...
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Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
1961
What a Whopper
6.2/13
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't reall...
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What a Whopper
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
5.833/42
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the no...
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The Bed Sitting Room
1960
Alice Through the Looking Box
0/0
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
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Alice Through the Looking Box
1974
The Cherry Picker
5/3
American V.I.P James Burn II finds his son James Burn III (Bob Sherman) leading a giant "sleep-in" that has taken over Windsor Castle. He hires Nancy...
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The Cherry Picker
1974
Man About the House
4.964/14
An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered mo...
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Man About the House
1972
Right To Work March
0/0
They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.
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Right To Work March
1981
History of the World: Part I
6.782/770
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
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History of the World: Part I
1979
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
7.056/9
Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrot...
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The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1972
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
5.2/25
Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi a...
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1983
Group Madness
0/0
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
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Group Madness
2000
The Unknown Peter Sellers
8/3
Documentary about the life and career of a comic genius, Peter Sellers.
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The Unknown Peter Sellers
1979
Life of Brian
7.759/4274
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his...
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Life of Brian
2018
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
5.9/8
A documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter Sellers and filmed in Cyprus in 1973.
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The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2001
Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
0/0
Filmed in Australia 1984, this rare previously unreleased live performance shows comic genius Spike Milligan at his best. Bizarre, surreal, inspired.
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Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
1996
An Evening with Spike Milligan
0/0
Spike recalls his exploits in the army, setting up a jazz band and other sources of his comic inspiration. He patiently answers impertinent questions...
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An Evening with Spike Milligan
2010
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
0/0
A documentary about Spike Milligan
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The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
1996
Spike
0/0
Spike personally tells the story of his life from India, World War II to The Goons and his Q series
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Spike
2010
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
8.5/1
A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.
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The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
1974
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
0/0
Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double a...
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Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
5.6/38
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1959
Portrait of a Goon
0/0
Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,
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Portrait of a Goon
1976
Barney
5/1
A twelve year old boy and a common criminal are being transported in the same ship from England to Australia in the last century. When the ship wrecke...
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Barney
1955
A Kid for Two Farthings
6.341/22
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tel...
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A Kid for Two Farthings
1977
Dot and the Kangaroo
7/8
An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she's befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl's home....
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Dot and the Kangaroo
1997
Labour's Old Romantic
0/0
A profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him on the night of Tony Blair’s historic 1997 victory, an...
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Labour's Old Romantic
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
5/1
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
6/1
"On John's 31st birthday, Yoko held an art exhibit, "This Is Not Here", at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y.. The show was taped and aired o...
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Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1992
Sellers' Best
0/0
One of the all-time greatest comedians, Peter Sellers’ mimicry, timing, instinct and ability to decimate an audience with laughter made him absolutely...
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Sellers' Best
2022
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
0/0
Delve into a treasure trove of recently unearthed archives to tell a brand new story of Spike Milligan as film, scripts, letters, objects, photographs...
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Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
1970
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
0/0
An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Keith Michell, Pat Kirkwood,...
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Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1981
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
0/0
With film clips and photos, Eric Sykes gives a tongue-in-cheek account of his follies and fortunes as an actor, gag writer, and comedian in a long and...
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Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1989
Just Like That!
0/0
Just Like That! is a celebration of the comic genius of Tommy Cooper] - just like that! But nobody could do it just like that apart from the unique Mr...
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Just Like That!
2007
The Very Best of Spike Milligan
0/0
Extensive extracts from the finest comedy moments of the late, great and sadly missed Spike Milligan, including hilarious highlights from the unforget...
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The Very Best of Spike Milligan
2001
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
0/0
This documentary revealed Peter Sellers obsession with the occult. Sellers was a highly superstitious man who consulted fortune tellers, clairvoyants...
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The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2002
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
0/0
One of many tributes following the death of Spike Milligan. Comedians, actors and musicians join forces to present a live tribute featuring a selectio...
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Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
1985
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
6/2
Kenny gives us his rendition of Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol, "with apologies to C. Dickens, Esquire"
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Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
2005
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
0/0
A mixture of remembrances from friends and family, home movies, clips from Spikes work, and several interviews with Spike this tries to set the record...
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I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
1961
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
0/0
Spike stars with Bob Todd, Bill Kerr, Graham Stark, Valentine Dyall, and Sheree Winton & a final TV outing for moustachioed 'token Italian' comedy act...
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Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
1983
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
0/0
Short biographical documentary about comedian Michael Palin and his early interest in acting and comedy. Includes his education at the Shrewsbury Scho...
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