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  1. 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.

  2. 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
    • January 1, 1
    • Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
  3. Apr 26, 2024 · Spike Milligan 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 of comedians and paved the way for the.

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  4. Apr 12, 2018 · Thursday 12 April 2018 17:57 BST. Comments. Spike Milligan appears in BBC's The Goon Show. Legendary British sketch comic and writer Spike Milligan celebrates his 100th birthday next week....

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  5. 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 ...

    • April 16, 1918
    • February 27, 2002
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  7. Dec 1, 2022 · Documentary opens up Spike Milligan’s ‘treasure trove’ of scripts and footage | Spike Milligan | The Guardian. Spike Milligan is the subject of a new documentary coming to Sky this...

  8. Oct 31, 2021 · Spike Milligan was the true father of modern satire, says Ian Hislop. Private Eye editor tells of new play about the anarchic comic – and reveals his run-ins over Goons scripts with the BBC....

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