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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Lynn Milgrim to Rob Morrow
Spike Milligan Biography (1918-)
Full name, Terence Alan Milligan; born April 16, 1918, in Ahmed Nagar, India;son of Leo Alphonso (a British army officer) and Florence Mary Winifred (maiden name, Kettleband) Milligan; married June Marlow, 1952 (divorced, 1960); married Margaret Patricia Ridgeway (an actress), 1962 (died, 1978; some sources say marriage ended, 1976); married Shelagh Sinclair, 1983; children: (firstmarriage) Laura, Sean, Sile; (second marriage) Jane; (from other relationships) Romany (daughter), James. Addresses: Office: Spike Milligan Productions, 9 Orme Ct., London W.2, England.
- Nationality
- Indian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director, writer, composer
- Birth Details
- April 16, 1918
- Ahmed Nagar, India
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Ben Gunn, Treasure Island, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1961
- Mate, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, then Duke of York's Theatre, London, both 1963
- Title role, Oblomov, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1964
- Title role, Son of Oblomov, Comedy Theatre, 1964
- Mate, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, 1966, then Saville Theatre, London, 1967
- Ben Gunn, Treasure Island, Mermaid Theatre, 1973, 1974, and 1976
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For One Week Only (solo show), Adelphi Theatre, London, 1974
- Ben Gunn, Treasure Island, New London Theatre, London, 1975
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Ubu, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1980
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Major Tours
- Toured in For One Week Only (solo show), British cities.
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Stage Work
- Codirector, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed SittingRoom), Mermaid Theatre, then Duke of York's Theatre, both London, 1963
- Director, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, 1966, then Saville Theatre, London, 1967
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Film Appearances
- Spike Donnelly, Penny Points to Paradise, Adelphi, 1951
- Eccles and waiter, Let's Go Crazy, 1951
- Private Eccles, Down among the Z Men (also known as The Goon Show Movie), NR, 1952
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The Goon Movie (also known as Stand Easy), 1953
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The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn, 1956
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The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film, 1959
- Lieutenant Godfrey Pringle, Invasion Quartet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1961
- Arthur, The Risk (also known as Suspect), Kingsley International, 1961
- Tramp, What a Whopper, Regal Films, 1961
- Dockyard matey, Watch Your Stern (also known as What a Carry On: Watch Your Stern), Magna, 1961
- Harold Petts, Postman's Knock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
- Mate, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), United Artists, 1969
- Traffic warden 27, The Magic Christian, Commonwealth, 1970
- Tramp, "Sloth," The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, Tigon, 1971
- Landlord, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Longford, 1972
- Gryphon, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American National Enterprises, 1972
- Customs officer, Rentadick, Virgin, 1972
- Leo Milligan, Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, United Artists, 1973
- Bill Bombay, Ghost in the Noonday Sun, 1973
- Monsieur Bonancieux, The Three Musketeers (also known as Los tres mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
- Dr. Harz, Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World, Cinerama, 1974
- Himself, Man about the House, 1974
- William McGonagall, The Great McGonagall, Scotia American, 1975
- Hawker, Barney (also known as Lost in the Wild), 1976
- Crumble, The Last Remake of Beau Geste, Universal, 1977
- Himself, To See Such Fun, 1977
- Spike, Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life ofBrian), Warner Bros./Orion, 1979
- Member of Baskerville police force, The Hound of the Baskervilles,Atlantic Releasing, 1980
- Monsieur Rimbaud, The History of the World, Part I, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Flunkie, Yellowbeard, Orion, 1983
- Himself, Group Madness, 1983
- "Der Schauspieler," The Big Freeze, 1993
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Multiple roles, Son of Fred, 1956
- Multiple roles, Idiot Weekly, Price 2nd, 1956
- Voice of Minnie Bannister, The Telegoons, 1963
- Multiple roles, A Show Called Fred, 1967
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The World of Beachcomber, 1968
- Kevin O'Grady, Curry and Chips, 1969
- Multiple roles, Q5 (retitled as Q6,
Q7,
Q8, and Q9), beginning in 1969
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The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, ABC, 1972
- Multiple roles, There's a Lot of It About, 1982
- Narrator, Wolves, Witches, and Giants, The Disney Channel, 1995
- Also appeared in The Best of Beachcomber, The Best of British, A Milligan for All Seasons, and Oh in Colour.
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
- The Radio Show," Hancock's Half Hour, 1956
- "Christmas Special," Not Only ... but Also, 1966
- Pakistani on train, Till Death Do Us Part, 1972
- Himself, The Muppet Show, 1978
- Himself, Have I Got News for You, 1995
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Wham! Bam! Strawberry Jam! 1995
- Himself, Clive Anderson Talks Back, 1995
- Himself, Room 101, 1999
- Also appeared in an episode of TIWAS.
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Other Television Appearances
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Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (special), 1985
- Road sweeper, Mr. H Is Late, 1987
- Pakistani Dalek, Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the Tardis (also known as Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis), 1993
- Himself, The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, 1999
- Deadyawn and De'ath, Gormenghast (miniseries), BBC America, 2000
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Radio Appearances
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Series
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The Goon Show, BBC, 1951-60
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
- Narrator and co-composer, The Snow Goose, RCA, 1976
- Narrator, Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Columbia, 1981
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BBC Radio Presents: The Goon Show Classics, BDD, 1995
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WRITINGS
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Stage
- (With Jon Antrobus) The Bedsitting Room (also known as The BedSitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, London, 1963, published by Margaret &Jack Hobbs, 1970
- (Adapter) Oblomov, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1964
- (Adapter) Son of Oblomov, Comedy Theatre, London, 1964
- (Adapter) Ubu, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1980
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Film
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Let's Go Crazy, 1951
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The Goon Movie (also known as Stand Easy), 1953
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The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn, 1956
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The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film, 1959
- (With John Briley, Jack Trevor Story, and George Barclay) Postman's Knock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
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The Bedsitting Room (based on his stage play; also known as TheBed Sitting Room), United Artists, 1969
- "Sloth," The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, Tigon, 1971
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Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, United Artists, 1973
- Additional dialogue, Ghost in the Noonday Sun, 1973
- (With Joseph McGrath) The Great McGonagall, Scotia American, 1975
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Television Series
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Son of Fred, 1956
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Idiot Weekly, Price 2nd, 1956
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The Telegoons, 1963
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A Show Called Fred, 1967
- (Also composer) Q5 (retitled as Q6,
Q7,
Q8, and Q9), beginning in 1969
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Six Dates with Barker, 1971
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The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, ABC, 1972
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There's a Lot of It About, 1982
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Television Episodes
- "The Phantom Raspberry Blower," a serial, The Two Ronnies, 1971
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Radio Series
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The Goon Show, BBC, 1951-60
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Other
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Silly Verse for Kids (juvenile), Dobson (Durham, England), 1959
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A Dustbin of Milligan (self-illustrated collection), Dobson, 1961
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The Little Pot Boiler: A Book Based Freely on His Seasonal Overdraft (fiction), Dobson, 1963
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Puckoon (novel), M. Joseph (London), 1963
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A Book of Bits, or A Bit of a Book (collection), Dobson, 1965
- (With Carol Barker) The Bald Twit Lion (juvenile), Dobson, 1968
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A Book of Milliganimals (self-illustrated juvenile), Dobson, 1968
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The Bedside Milligan, or Read Your Way to Insomnia (collection), Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1969
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Values (poetry), Offcut Press, 1969
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Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (fiction), M. Joseph, 1971
- (Editor with Jack Hobbs) Milligan's Ark (collection), Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1971
- (With Margaret and Jack Hobbs) Badjelly the Witch (juvenile), M. Joseph, 1971
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Small Dreams of a Scorpion (juvenile poetry), Margaret & JackHobbs, 1972
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The Goon Show Scripts (collection), Woburn Press (London), St. Martin's (New York City), 1973
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Dip the Puppy (juvenile), Merrimack Book Services (Topsfield, MA),1973
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More Goon Show Scripts (collection), Woburn Press, 1973
- (Contributor) Cricket's Choice, Open Court (London), 1974
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Rommel: Gunner Who? (fiction), M. Joseph, 1974
- (Contributor) The Book of Goons, Corgi Books (London), 1974
- (With J. Hobbs) The Milligan Book of Records, Games, Cartoons, and Commercials (juvenile), M. Joseph, 1975
- (With Hobbs) The Great McGonagall Scrapbook, M. Joseph, 1975
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Transport of Delight, Penguin (London), 1975
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Monty--His Part in My Victory (fiction), M. Joseph, 1976
- (With Hobbs) William McGonagall: The Truth at Last (fiction), M. Joseph, (also published as McGonagall: The Truth at Last, Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1976
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The Spike Milligan Letters, edited by Norma Farnes, M. Joseph, 1977
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Mussolini--His Part in My Downfall (fiction), M. Joseph, 1978
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A Book of Goblins (juvenile poetry), Hutchinson, 1978
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Open Heart University (poetry), M. Joseph, 1979
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"Q" Annual (fiction), M. Joseph, 1979
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Get in the "Q" Annual (fiction), Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1980
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Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry (self-illustrated juvenile),Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1981
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Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe, M. Joseph, 1981
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Sir Nobunk and the Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon (juvenile), M. Joseph, 1982
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Goon Cartoons, M. Joseph, 1982
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More Goon Cartoons, M. Joseph, 1983
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There's a Lot of It About, M. Joseph, 1983
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Melting Pot, Robson Books (London), 1983
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More Milligan Letters, edited by Farnes, M. Joseph, 1984
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Floored Masterpieces and Worse Verse, Macmillan (London), 1985
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Where Have All the Bullets Gone, Penguin, 1986
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Goodbye Soldier (fiction), M. Joseph, 1986
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Further Transports of Delight, Penguin, 1986
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The Looney: An Irish Fantasy, M. Joseph, 1987
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The Lost Goon Shows, Robson Books, 1987
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Mirror Running (poems), M. Joseph, 1987
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Startling Verse for All the Family, 1987
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The 101 Best and Only Limericks of Spike Milligan, Penguin, 1988
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Milligan's War: The Selected War Memoirs of Spike Milligan, M. Joseph, 1988
- (With Hobbs) William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin, M. Joseph,1988
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That's Amazing, Ladybird Books (Loughborough, England), 1988
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It Ends with Magic ... a Milligan Family Story, M. Joseph, 1990
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Dear Robert, Dear Spike: The Graves-Milligan Correspondence, edited by Pauline Scudamore, A. Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1991
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Condensed Animals (juvenile poetry), Puffin (New York City), 1991
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Peacework: My Downfall (novel), M. Joseph, 1991
- (With Anthony Clare) Depression and How to Survive It, Ebury Press(London), 1992
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Mini-Milligan Collection, 1992
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The Bible according to Spike Milligan (novel), M. Joseph, 1993
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William McGonagall: Freefall, Penguin, 1993
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Hidden Words (poetry), M. Joseph, 1993
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Fleas Knees and Hidden Elephants (poetry), Boxtree, 1994
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Wuthering Heights according to Spike Milligan, M. Joseph, 1995
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D.H. Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane according to Spike Milligan, M. Joseph, 1995
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Spike Milligan: A Celebration, Virgin (London), 1995
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Black Beauty according to Spike Milligan (novel), Virgin, 1996
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Lady Chatterly's Lover according to Spike Milligan,1994, Thomas Beeler, 1997
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Frankenstein according to Spike Milligan (novel), Virgin, 1997
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The Goons: The Story, edited by Farnes, Virgin, 1997
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