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Spike Milligan

1918 - 2002

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Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg. Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and Minnie Bannister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Spike Milligan is the 6,127th most popular actor (down from 5,338th in 2019), the 798th most popular biography from India (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among actors, Spike Milligan ranks 6,127 out of 13,578. Before him are Lolita Davidovich, Ivan Bortnik, Nestor Serrano, Charley Grapewin, Larry Linville, and Maxim Galkin. After him are Vera Maretskaya, Carmen Zapata, Luka Peroš, Wendy Crewson, Niní Marshall, and Edison Chen.

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Among people born in 1918, Spike Milligan ranks 276. Before him are Edward Craven Walker, Eero Kolehmainen, Dick Haymes, Gastone Darè, Madeleine L'Engle, and Rafael Iriondo. After him are Sebastian Cabot, André Bjerke, Duncan White, Barney Ewell, Richard Hoggart, and Mariano Mores. Among people deceased in 2002, Spike Milligan ranks 284. Before him are Conny Vandenbos, Ruth Svedberg, Melih Cevdet Anday, Barry Foster, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, and John Buscema. After him are Vladimir Vasyutin, Günther Ortmann, José Hierro, R. A. Lafferty, Signe Hasso, and Mary Brian.

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In India

Among people born in India, Spike Milligan ranks 798 out of 1,861. Before him are Rolf Edling (1943), Guru Dutt (1925), Dwarkanath Tagore (1794), Jennifer Winget (1985), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), and Ismail Merchant (1936). After him are Danny Denzongpa (1948), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), Stan Swamy (1937), Preity Zinta (1975), Verghese Kurien (1921), and Asha Parekh (1942).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Spike Milligan ranks 146. Before him are Zeenat Aman (1951), Aruna Irani (1946), Tanishaa Mukerji (1978), Jyothika (1977), Parineeti Chopra (1988), and Jennifer Winget (1985). After him are Danny Denzongpa (1948), Preity Zinta (1975), Asha Parekh (1942), Sudeep (1973), Norman Pritchard (1877), and Sherlyn Chopra (1984).

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