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  1. Terence Alan " Spike " Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish [a] comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor.

  2. The show's chief creator and main writer was Spike Milligan, who performed the series alongside Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and (for the first two series) Michael Bentine. The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects. There were also light music interludes.

  3. Terence Alan Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) known as Spike Milligan, was an British-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. He was famous for The Goon Show amongst other things.

  4. He was the comedy genius, writer and performer who was the originator and central character of the Goon Show world. Spike’s father, Leo Milligan, was an Irishman who’d joined the British Army to escape poverty in his homeland. He served in India, where Spike was born….

  5. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, published in 1971, is the first volume of Spike Milligan's war memoirs. The book spans the period from Britain's declaration of war on Germany to when Milligan lands in Algeria as a part of the Allied liberation of Africa.

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  6. Feb 27, 2024 · Terence Alan Milligan, better known as Spike Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India on April 16th, 1918 to a Sligo born Irish father and British mother. He was best known as a comedian, but also proved to be an adept writer, musician, poet, playwright, and actor.

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  8. Since the publication of his first book, Silly Verses for Kids in 1959, Spike has produced more than 90 titles covering poetry scripts, general humour, children's stories, novels, and his highly acclaimed series of war memoirs.

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