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Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan, was an English-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in India where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg.
Birth Name
Terence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan
Born
Tuesday, 16 April 1918
Died
Wednesday, 27 February 2002
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Under the Volcano | Self | 2021 |
| The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Self / Himself (Archive) | 2018 |
| Pop Gold | Self | 2015 |
| The Last Impresario | Self | 2014 |
| Perspectives | Self / Various | 2011 |
| Home Movie Roadshow | Self | 2010 |
| Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut | Self | 2009 |
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| John Nettles Applauds | Self | 2008 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek | 2007 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Under the Volcano | Self | 2021 |
| The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Self / Himself (Archive) | 2018 |
| Pop Gold | Self | 2015 |
| The Last Impresario | Self | 2014 |
| Perspectives | Self / Various | 2011 |
| Home Movie Roadshow | Self | 2010 |
| Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut | Self | 2009 |
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| John Nettles Applauds | Self | 2008 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek | 2007 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Self | 2007 |
| All the Best from Denis Norden | Self | 2007 |
| The Secret Life of Brian | Self / Spike | 2007 |
| I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan | Self | 2005 |
| Comedy Connections | Kevin O'Grady | 2003 |
| Timeshift | Himself - Goon Show (voice) (archive footage) / Himself - Storyteller, Jackanory (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Gormenghast | De'Ath | 2000 |
| A Big Hand for Sooty | Self | 1998 |
| The 11 O'Clock Show | Self | 1998 |
| What a Performance! | Self | 1997 |
| An Evening with Spike Milligan | Self / Himself | 1996 |
| Wolves, Witches and Giants | Narrator / Molly / The Giant / The Giant's Wife / The King | 1995 |
| In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett | Self - Interviewee | 1994 |
| Takin' Over the Asylum | Himself / Self | 1994 |
| Room 101 | Self - Guest | 1994 |
| The Big Freeze | Der Schauspieler | 1993 |
| Noel's House Party | Self | 1991 |
| Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990 |
| You Bet! | Self | 1988 |
| Mr. H Is Late | Roadsweeper | 1988 |
| In Sickness and in Health | Fancy Fred | 1985 |
| Super Gran | Zoo Keeper | 1985 |
| Ghost in the Noonday Sun | Bill Bombay | 1985 |
| Surprise! Surprise! | Self | 1984 |
| Yellowbeard | Flunkie | 1983 |
| The Diana Dors Show | Self | 1981 |
| History of the World: Part I | Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution | 1981 |
| Children In Need | Self | 1980 |
| Here Comes Channel 8 | Elderly version of himself | 1980 |
| Life of Brian | Spike | 1979 |
| The Pythons | Himself / Self | 1979 |
| Blankety Blank | Himself | 1978 |
| Give Us a Clue | Self - Panellist / Self | 1979 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Policeman | 1978 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| Dot and the Kangaroo | Mr. Platypus (voice) / Mr. Platypus | 1977 |
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Crumble | 1977 |
| Fantastic Animation Festival | Narrator: "Moonshadow" | 1977 |
| Lost in the Wild | Hawker | 1976 |
| The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | 1976 |
| The Sweepstakes Game | Self - Panellist | 1976 |
| Tell Me Another | Self | 1976 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| The Great McGonagall | William Topaz McGonagall / William McGonagall | 1975 |
| Celebrity Squares | Self | 1975 |
| Man About the House | Himself / Spike Milligan | 1974 |
| Tiswas | Self | 1974 |
| The Cherry Picker | Mr. Lal | 1974 |
| The Three Musketeers | M. Bonacieux / M. Bonancieux | 1973 |
| Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World | Dr. Harz | 1973 |
| New Faces | Self - Panellist | 1973 |
| Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall | Leo Milligan / Spike's Father | 1973 |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Gryphon | 1972 |
| Right to Work March | Contributor | 1972 |
| Rentadick | a Customs officer / Customs officer | 1972 |
| The Last Goon Show of All | Self / Count Moriarty / Eccles / Little Jim / Minnie Bannister | 1972 |
| The Adventures of Barry McKenzie | Landlord | 1972 |
| The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Tramp (segment "Sloth") | 1971 |
| The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine | Various Characters | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| Cucumber Castle | The Court Jester | 1970 |
| The Other Spike | Self | 1970 |
| Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? | Narrator | 1969 |
| The Magic Christian | Traffic Warden / Traffic Warden 27 | 1969 |
| Curry & Chips | Kevin O'Grady | 1969 |
| The Bed Sitting Room | Mate | 1969 |
| Q5 | Various Characters | 1969 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
| The World of Beachcomber | Dr. Strabismus | 1968 |
| Secombe and Friends | Self | 1966 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Indian Train Passenger / Paki-Paddy | 1965 |
| Not Only... But Also | In 'Poets Cornered' | 1965 |
| The Telegoons | Eccles / Moriarty / Minnie Bannister / (voice) | 1963 |
| World in Action | Self | 1963 |
| Postman's Knock | Harold Petts | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Mr. Van Gogh | 1961 |
| What a Whopper | Tramp | 1961 |
| The Jo Stafford Show | Self | 1961 |
| Invasion Quartet | Godfrey Pringle | 1961 |
| Watch Your Stern | Ranjid - Civilian Electrician #1 | 1960 |
| The Risk | Arthur, lab orderly | 1960 |
| Monitor | Self | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| Six-Five Special | Self | 1957 |
| Son of Fred | Various Characters | 1956 |
| The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn | Assorted / Sgt. Brown / Eccles / Catchpole Burkington / Minnie Bannister (voice) | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| A Kid for Two Farthings | Indian with Grey Beard | 1955 |
| The Good Old Days | Self - Performer | 1953 |
| Down Among the Z Men | Pte. Eccles / Pvt. Eccles | 1952 |
| London Entertains | Self | 1951 |
| Let's Go Crazy | Multiple Roles / Eccles / Waiter | 1951 |
| Penny Points to Paradise | Spike Donnelly | 1951 |
Director Filmography
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