He lived most of his life in the United Kingdom, and served in the British Army in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Poona, and St Paul's Christian Brothers, de la Salle, Rangoon. He spent his childhood in Poona (India) and later in Rangoon, capital of the then British Burma. His mother, Florence Mary Winifred Kettleband (1893–1990), was English. Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, British India, on 16 April 1918, the son of an Irish father, Captain Leo Alphonso Milligan, MSM, RA (1890–1969), who was serving in the British Indian Army. Please improve this article by adding a reference.įor information about how to add references, see Template:Citation. This article does not contain any citations or references.
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. 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). 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 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. 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.
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. Sir Spike Milligan KBE (born Terence Alan Milligan 16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor of English and Irish parentage. Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
0 kommentar(er)
