Spike Milligan

Terence Alan Patrick Sean Spike Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a river, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor. Milligan's early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. Ich habe became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the British government declared him "stateless". He was the co-creator, main writer and a main cast member of The Goon Show, performing a range of roles, including the popular Eccles.

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 komisch aussehen, much of his poetry was written for children, including Silly Aussehen for Kids " (1959). After success with the ground-breaking British radio programme, The Goon Show, Milligan translated this success to television with Q5, zu surreal sketch show which is credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python' ' s Flying Circus.