Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the British government declared him stateless. He was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the popular Eccles. Milligan wrote and edited many books, including Puckoon and his seven-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall. He is also noted as a popular writer of comical verse, much of his poetry was written for children, including Silly Verse for Kids (1959). After success with the ground-breaking British radio programme, The Goon Show, Milligan translated this success to television with Q5, a surreal sketch show which is credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Filmography

• Badjelly — Book
• 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years — Adolf Hitler / Pakistani Dalek (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2007The Very Best of Spike Milligan — Self/Various
• 2004The Best of Spike Milligan — Self, Writer
• 2002Puckoon — Novel
• 2001Spike Milligan: Return of a Legend
• 2000Badjelly the Witch — Narrator, Himself, Writer
• Gormenghast — De'Ath
• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
• Wolves, Witches and Giants — Narrator
• 1993The Big Freeze — Der Schauspieler
• 1988Mr. H Is Late
• The Ratties — Narrator (voice)
• You Bet!
• In Sickness and in Health — Fancy Fred
• 1985Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol — the Ghost of Marley
• Super Gran — Zoo Keeper
• Television
• 1983Yellowbeard — Flunkie
• The Kenny Everett Television Show — The Ghost of Marley
• There's A Lot Of It About
• 1981History of the World: Part I — Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution
• Blankety Blank
• 1979Life of Brian — Spike
• The Marti Caine Show
• 1978The Hound of the Baskervilles — Policeman
• 1977Dot and the Kangaroo — Mr. Platypus (voice)
• Everyman
• 1977Fantastic Animation Festival — Narrator: "Moonshadow"
• 1977Moonshadow — Narrator
• 1977The Last Remake of Beau Geste — Crumble
• 1976Barney — Hawker
• The Melting Pot — Creator
• 1975The Great McGonagall — William Topaz McGonagall, Screenplay
• 1974The Cherry Picker — Mr. Lal
• 1973Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall — Leo Milligan, Novel
• 1973Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World — Dr. Harz
• 1973Ghost in the Noonday Sun — Bill Bombay
• 1973The Three Musketeers — M. Bonancieux
• 1972Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Gryphon
• Milligan In...
• 1972Rentadick — a Customs officer
• 1972Right to Work March
• 1972The Adventures of Barry McKenzie — Landlord
• 1972The Last Goon Show of All — Self, Writer
• Six Dates with Barker — Writer
• 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins — Tramp (segment "Sloth"), Writer
• 1970Cucumber Castle — The Court Jester
• Oh In Colour
• 1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town — E.W. Mackney
• Curry and Chips
• Q... — Creator
• 1969The Bed Sitting Room — Mate, Author
• 1969The Magic Christian — Traffic Warden
• The World of Beachcomber — Various Roles, Additional Writing
• One Pair of Eyes
• Till Death Us Do Part — Paki-Paddy, Indian Train Passenger
• Milligan's Wake
• The Telegoons
• World in Action
• 1962Postman's Knock — Harold Petts
• 1961Invasion Quartet
• 1961Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value — Various, Writer
• 1961What a Whopper — Tramp
• 1960Alice Through the Looking Box — The White Rabbit
• 1960Suspect — Arthur, lab orderly
• 1960Watch Your Stern — Ranjid - Civilian electrician #1
• 1959The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film — Writer
• A Show Called Fred
• Hancock's Half Hour
• Son of Fred
• 1956The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn — Assorted, Additional Writing
• The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
• 1955A Kid for Two Farthings — Indian with Grey Beard (uncredited)
• 1954Calling All Cars — Freddie The Taxi (voice)
• 1953The Super Secret Service — Writer
• 1952Down Among the Z Men — Pvt. Eccles
• 1951Let's Go Crazy — Multiple Roles, Writer
• 1951Penny Points to Paradise — Spike Donnelly, Original Music Composer
• Oh In Colour — Creator
• Thank You and Goodnight

Appearances as themselves (37)

• 2022Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive — Self (archive footage)
• 2018The Ghost of Peter Sellers — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace — Self (archive footage)
• 2014The Last Impresario — Self (archive footage)
• 2010The Unforgettable Harry Secombe — Self (archive footage)
• 2010The Unforgettable Spike Milligan — Himself
• 2008Gaybo Laughs Back — Self
• 2005I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan — Self - (Archival)
• 2002Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute — Self (archive footage)
• 2001The Paranormal Peter Sellers — Self (Archive footage)
• 2000The Unknown Peter Sellers — Self
• 1997Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot — Self
• 1997The Banana — Self
• 1996An Evening with Spike Milligan — Himself
• 1996Spike — Self
• 1995In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• Takin' Over the Asylum — Himself
• 1992Sellers' Best — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• Plunder — Self
• 1989Just Like That! — Self
• 1983Comic Roots: Michael Palin — Self
• 1983Group Madness — Self
• Wogan — Self
• 1981Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers — Self (archive material)
• 1979The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 — Self
• Tell Me Another — Himself
• The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
• 1974Man About the House — Himself
• 1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy — Self
• 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here — Self
• 1969Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1961Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2 — Self
• 1959Portrait of a Goon — Himself
• The Sooty Show — Himself