Spike Milligan
Born | April 16, 1918 |
Hometown | Ahmednagar, Pakistan |
Height | 5'11" (1.80m) |
Spouse | Shelagh Sinclair (m 1983 - 2002) , Patricia Ridgeway (m 1962 - 1978) , June Marlow (m 1952 - 1960) |
Children | Jane Milligan , Laura Milligan , Romany Milligan , James Maughan-Milligan , Silé Harrower , Seán Milligan |
Parents | Leo Alphonso Milligan , Florence Mary Winifred Kettleband |
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Spike Milligan’s view was that the world was run by idiots. It’s a valid point
SPIKE Milligan once tried to kill his friend and Goon Show partner Peter Sellers with a potato knife – which sounds a little comedic, unless you happened to be the person about to be treated like a thick-skinned King Edward.
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Spike Milligan’s ‘home of British comedy’ in Bayswater is on sale for £6.5 million
The handsome Victorian townhouse was the birthplace of Thunderbirds, The Goon Show and Dr Who’s villainous Daleks
Thanks for your feedback! - EntertainmentEvening Standard
Spike Milligan’s “factory of fun” on sale for £6.5 million
Victorian property could be worth more than £20 million after conversion into a six bedroom mansion
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'Goon but not forgotten': Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's new show celebrates Spike Milligan
A new play is coming to the King's Theatre, bringing audiences a hilarious look into one of the biggest comedy geniuses in British history.
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'Changed comedy forever': Ian Hislop and Nick Newman on bringing Spike to Darlington
Darlington welcomes Ian Hislop and Nick Newman as they bring their new play, Spike, to Darlington Hippodrome this month, and The Northern Echo had a chat with the duo to find out more.
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REVIEW: SPIKE - Ian Hislop & Nick Newman's story of comic icon is moving and hilarious
COMEDY seems to be under the critical microscope more than ever these days.
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Ian Hislop's Spike at Oxford Playhouse tells story of eccentric comic genius Milligan
ECCENTRIC, brilliant, complicated and certainly ahead of his time, Spike Milligan is a true comic icon.
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Gavin and Stacey actor set to star in a Blackpool Grand Theatre production
The full cast for SPIKE has been revealed for the show at Blackpool Grand Theatre and you might recognise some famous faces.
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Beryl Vertue, agent, manager and producer whose ‘fun factory’ looked after comic giants such as Tony Hancock and Spike Milligan – obituary
Beryl Vertue, who has died aged 90, was house mother to a generation of British comedy greats including Spike Milligan, Tony Hancock and Eric Sykes, and became their agent and manager before harnessing her acute business acumen as a successful independent television producer.
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Beryl Vertue obituary
Writers’ agent who became a television producer with credits including Sherlock, Men Behaving Badly and Coupling
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