. . . . "Terence Alan Milligan"@en . . . "James Maughan-Milligan"@en . . "Jane, Laura, Se\u00E1n, S\u00EDle, James, and Romany"@en . . . . . . "Milligan was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the popular Eccles and Minnie Bannister characters. 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 groundbreaking 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. He was the oldest, longest lived and"@en . . . "Shelagh Sinclair"@en . . "Rye, East Sussex, England, UK"@en . . "Instead of making horror films, Milligan was able to deceive the war office by creating his own string of thriller movies dealing with sensitive subjects in wartime, including rationing, the blackout and pregnant sex. Despite such criticism, the movies were very much a success, and Milligan was taken on by the British branch of 20th Century Fox to produce several propaganda pieces in both World War Two and the Cold War."@en . . . "Rye, East Sussex, England"@en . . . . "This is Spike Milligan's biography. Terence Alan Patrick Se\u00E1n Milligan KBE (16 April 1918\u201327 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was a comedian, writer, musician (he played the piano, trumpet, guitar and saxophone), poet and playwright. Milligan was the co-creator and the principal writer of The Goon Show in which he also performed."@en . . . "silver"@en . . . . "280"^^ . "20"^^ . . "Spike Milligan"@en . . "1951"^^ . . . . . . "Spike Milligan KBE (born Terence Alan Milligan; 16 April 1918 \u2013 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor of English and Irish parentage. His early life was spent in British India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom."@en . . . . "Patricia Ridgeway"@en . . . . . . "Spike Milligan (April 16, 1918 \u2013 February 27, 2002) was a British comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. He never had any Disney roles, but he did guest starred on The Muppet Show in episode 317."@en . "Terry \"Spike\" Milligan was an Indian-born comic writer and poet who lived most of his life in either Britain or Australia, but identified as Irish. He was conscripted into the British Army during World War II and served with the Royal Artillery in North Africa and Italy, eventually recording his experiences as seven volumes of war diaries generally known by the title of the first volume, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall. Although During the War his main fame was as a jazz musician, after returning to Britain he broke into radio as a writer and broadcaster. Together with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, he created one of the most influential British comedies of all time, The Goon Show. His television work is less well known, though he also created the 'Q' Show, a Duelling Show with Monty Python's Flying Circus (ironically, the Pythons were inspired by Milligan's own writing on the Goons). A few years later he contributed to The Two Ronnies as a writer (and occasionally appearing in the sketches as a cameo). He also wrote several comic novels and plays. Besides the Goons he is best known for his poetry, which generally took the form of Absurdity Ascendant nonsense verse. Milligan suffered from bipolar disorder, as well as being driven to manic depression by some of his traumatic experiences During the War. He was voted 'Funniest Person of the Millennium' by BBC viewers in 1999. He died in 2002, having wanted the inscription \"I told you I was ill\" on his gravestone - in the end it was allowed, but only in Irish Gaelic."@en . "The Goon Show, Q, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall"@en . . "Comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, actor"@en . "Ahmednagar, British India"@en . . . "2002-02-27"^^ . "Irish"@en . . . . "Spike Milligan"@en . "Jane Milligan"@en . . "S\u00EDle Milligan Harrower"@en . "Spike Milligan KBE (born Terence Alan Milligan; 16 April 1918 \u2013 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor of English and Irish parentage. His early life was spent in British India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He claimed his right to Irish citizenship (as a child of an Irish citizen) after the British government declared him stateless following changes resulting from the British Nationality Act 1981. 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, and Minnie Bannister characters. 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."@en . . . "Laura Milligan"@en . . . . . "1918-04-16"^^ . . "Terry \"Spike\" Milligan was an Indian-born comic writer and poet who lived most of his life in either Britain or Australia, but identified as Irish. He was conscripted into the British Army during World War II and served with the Royal Artillery in North Africa and Italy, eventually recording his experiences as seven volumes of war diaries generally known by the title of the first volume, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall. Although During the War his main fame was as a jazz musician, after returning to Britain he broke into radio as a writer and broadcaster. Together with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, he created one of the most influential British comedies of all time, The Goon Show."@en . . "Spike Milligan (April 16, 1918 \u2013 February 27, 2002) was a British comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. He never had any Disney roles, but he did guest starred on The Muppet Show in episode 317."@en . . . . . . . "Se\u00E1n Milligan"@en . . "Instead of making horror films, Milligan was able to deceive the war office by creating his own string of thriller movies dealing with sensitive subjects in wartime, including rationing, the blackout and pregnant sex. Despite such criticism, the movies were very much a success, and Milligan was taken on by the British branch of 20th Century Fox to produce several propaganda pieces in both World War Two and the Cold War. In 1954, Milligan created his masterpiece, The Goon Show. The series was a dramatic radio programme broadcast on the BBC and told adventures of three soldiers fighting against Nazi agents during the war. The programme was a success in Britain, but notsomuch in America because it didn't mention baseball."@en . . . "1918-04-16"^^ . . "This is Spike Milligan's biography. Terence Alan Patrick Se\u00E1n Milligan KBE (16 April 1918\u201327 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was a comedian, writer, musician (he played the piano, trumpet, guitar and saxophone), poet and playwright. Milligan was the co-creator and the principal writer of The Goon Show in which he also performed."@en . . . "Terence Alan Milligan"@en . . . . . . . . "Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India"@en . . . . "Romany Watt-Milligan"@en . . . . . . "Milligan was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the popular Eccles and Minnie Bannister characters. 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 groundbreaking 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. He was the oldest, longest lived and last surviving member of the Goons. (Read more at Wikipedia)"@en . "Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was a comedic actor, satirist and author. He was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 317. Milligan was a key writer/performer on the radio comedy The Goon Show with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe during the 1950s. He wrote more than 30 books -- novels, parodies of classics and children's verse. He is well known in Britain for his seven-volume comic autobiography about his experiences in World War II, which began with Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall in 1971. In 1987, he also narrated a children's TV series called The Ratties created by his daughter Laura."@en . . . "Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was a comedic actor, satirist and author. He was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 317. Milligan was a key writer/performer on the radio comedy The Goon Show with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe during the 1950s. He wrote more than 30 books -- novels, parodies of classics and children's verse. He is well known in Britain for his seven-volume comic autobiography about his experiences in World War II, which began with Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall in 1971. In 1987, he also narrated a children's TV series called The Ratties created by his daughter Laura. He received knighthood in the 2000 New Year's honours list. But because he was an Irish citizen -- he refused to take the oath of loyalty when he became stateless in 1960, despite spending 7 years on active service in the British Army -- he could only be awarded an honorary knighthood."@en . . . . . . "2002-02-27"^^ . "June Marlow"@en . . . . . .