Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and …

He served in the Royal Artillery as Gunner Milligan through the North African and Italian campaigns. He got a bit too close to an exploding shell and was hospitalised with shell-shock. …

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 …

Spike Milligan was a British-Irish comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his surreal and absurd humor in "The Goon Show." His work influenced British comedy, blending wit, satire, …

Feb 27, 2025 · Spike Milligan, comedian, World War II hero, and author, passed away on February 27, 2002. Remembered today as a comedic genius, Milligan was born in India but …

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 …

Feb 27, 2002 · Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. Milligan's early …

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 …

Wife: Patricia Ridgeway (m. Jun-1962, d. 1978, one daughter)

Milligan was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and …