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Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India , where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life.
Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands.
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- Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
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- Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
Apr 12, 2018 · Spike Milligan at 100: Best jokes and one-liners from the 'Godfather of Alternative Comedy' ‘My father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic’
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Apr 26, 2024 · Spike Milligan (born April 16, 1918, Ahmadnagar, India—died Feb. 27, 2002, Rye, East Sussex, Eng.) was an Irish writer and comedian who led the comic troupe featured on the 1950s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio hit The Goon Show. His anarchic sense of absurdity and unique comic genius made him a model for succeeding generations ...
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Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands. He joined the British Army himself (under protest if you believe his auto ...
- April 16, 1918
- February 27, 2002
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Oct 31, 2021 · Spike’s opening night will come 20 years after Milligan’s death at 83, although Hislop and Newman began writing the play when the BBC wanted to mark the centenary of his birth in 2019. “It ...
Spike with family in Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive. Credit: SBS Milligan had his own influences, of course – he drew from the genius of the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields himself.
