Spike Milligan
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
World in Action
1963
Series
The Sooty Show
Himself
1955
Series
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Series
Room 101
Self
1994
Series
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Series
Blankety Blank
1979
Film
Life of Brian
Spike
1979
Series
In Sickness and in Health
Fancy Fred
1985
Series
The Kenny Everett Television Show
The Ghost of Marley
1982
Series
Till Death Us Do Part
Paki-Paddy
1966
Series
Till Death Us Do Part
Indian Train Passenger
1966
Series
Super Gran
Zoo Keeper
1985
Film
The Three Musketeers
M. Bonancieux
1973
Series
You Bet!
1988
Series
Television
1985
Series
One Pair of Eyes
1967
Series
Gormenghast
De'Ath
2000
Series
Takin' Over the Asylum
Himself
1994
Series
The Marti Caine Show
1979
Series
The Ratties
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Tell Me Another
Himself
1976
Plunder
Self
1990
Series
Q...
1969
Series
Wolves, Witches and Giants
Narrator
1995
Film
Yellowbeard
Flunkie
1983
The World of Beachcomber
Various Roles
1968
Series
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Film
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Gryphon
1972
Film
History of the World: Part I
Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution
1981
There's A Lot Of It About
1982
Series
The Telegoons
1963
Film
The Bed Sitting Room
Mate
1969
Series
Curry and Chips
1969
Series
Everyman
1977
Film
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Policeman
1978
Film
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Crumble
1977
Film
The Magic Christian
Traffic Warden
1969
Film
Cucumber Castle
The Court Jester
1970
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
1956
Film
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Tramp (segment "Sloth")
1971
Film
The Banana
Self
1997
Film
A Kid for Two Farthings
Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)
1955
Film
Invasion Quartet
1961
Film
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Dr. Harz
1973
Son of Fred
1956
Film
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Landlord
1972
Film
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Film
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Man About the House
Himself
1974
A Show Called Fred
1956
Film
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Bill Bombay
1973
Film
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Leo Milligan
1973
Film
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
Self
1997
Film
Right to Work March
1972
Film
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Film
Down Among the Z Men
Pvt. Eccles
1952
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self
1974
Film
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959
Film
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self - Narrator (voice)
1969
Film
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Self
2000
Film
Watch Your Stern
Ranjid - Civilian electrician #1
1960
Film
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
1972
Film
The Last Impresario
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Alice Through the Looking Box
The White Rabbit
1960
Film
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Self
1995
Film
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Self
1979
Film
Dot and the Kangaroo
Mr. Platypus (voice)
1977
Film
Postman's Knock
Harold Petts
1962
Film
Group Madness
Self
1983
Film
Gaybo Laughs Back
Self
2008
Film
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
E.W. Mackney
1970
Film
The Best of Spike Milligan
Self
2004
Film
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Self
1983
Film
Penny Points to Paradise
Spike Donnelly
1951
Film
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
2001
Film
The Big Freeze
Der Schauspieler
1993
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Assorted
1956
Film
The Unforgettable Spike Milligan
Himself
2010
Film
Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2
Self
1961
Film
What a Whopper
Tramp
1961
Film
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Self (archive material)
1981
Film
Just Like That!
Self
1989
Film
Suspect
Arthur, lab orderly
1960
Film
The Last Goon Show of All
Self
1972
Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
Various
1961
Film
Rentadick
a Customs officer
1972
Film
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself
1996
Film
The Cherry Picker
Mr. Lal
1974
Milligan In...
1972
Film
Let's Go Crazy
Multiple Roles
1951
Oh In Colour
1970
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Sellers' Best
Self
1992
Film
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
the Ghost of Marley
1985
Film
Fantastic Animation Festival
Narrator: "Moonshadow"
1977
Film
The Great McGonagall
William Topaz McGonagall
1975
Film
Calling All Cars
Freddie The Taxi (voice)
1954
Film
Portrait of a Goon
Himself
1959
Thank You and Goodnight
Moonshadow
Narrator
1977
Film
Spike
Self
1996
Film
Badjelly the Witch
Narrator
2000
Film
Badjelly the Witch
Himself
2000
Film
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
Self - (Archival)
2005
Milligan's Wake
1964
Film
Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
2001
Film
The Very Best of Spike Milligan
Self/Various
2007
Film
Barney
Hawker
1976