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Spike Milligan (1918–2002)

Author of Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall

Includes the names: MILLIGAN S, Spike Miligan, Spike Milligan, Spike Milliigan, Terence Alan (Spike) Milligan, Spike; Pete Clarke Illustrated by Milligan, Spike Milligan; Illustrators And Spike Milligan Ha

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Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall 1,072 copies, 21 reviews
Puckoon 773 copies, 14 reviews
Rommel? Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert 683 copies, 11 reviews
Monty: His Part in My Victory (Author) 571 copies, 8 reviews
Mussolini: His Part In My Downfall 508 copies, 4 reviews
The Essential Spike Milligan 456 copies, 2 reviews
Where Have All the Bullets Gone? 357 copies
The Goon Show Scripts (Author) 291 copies, 1 review
Goodbye Soldier 256 copies, 3 reviews
The Bible the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan 250 copies, 2 reviews
Silly Verse for Kids (Puffin Books) 247 copies, 1 review
Small Dreams of a Scorpion 201 copies, 1 review
Peace Work 178 copies, 1 review
More Goon Show Scripts 170 copies, 1 review
A Book of Milliganimals 151 copies
A Children's Treasury of Milligan: Classic Stories and Poems 151 copies, 3 reviews
The Little Pot Boiler 145 copies
Dustbin of Milligan 136 copies, 1 review
A Book Of Bits Or A Bit Of A Book 125 copies
The Looney: An Irish Fantasy 120 copies
Bedside Milligan 116 copies, 1 review
Badjelly the Witch (Author) 113 copies, 3 reviews
The Compulsive Spike Milligan 110 copies
William McGonagall: The Truth at Last 101 copies, 1 review
Milligan's War: The Selected War Memoirs of Spike Milligan 90 copies, 1 review
Depression and How to Survive It 85 copies, 1 review
Box 18: The Unpublished Spike Milligan 84 copies
The Bedsitting Room 83 copies
The Book of the Goons 83 copies, 1 review
Gunner Milligan 80 copies, 1 review
The Spike Milligan Letters 68 copies
Wuthering Heights According to Spike Milligan 67 copies
Frankenstein According to Spike Milligan (According To...) 67 copies, 1 review
The Q Annual 61 copies, 1 review
It Ends With Magic: A Milligan Family Story 59 copies
Open Heart University 59 copies
Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan 57 copies, 1 review
Hidden Words: Collected Poems 54 copies, 2 reviews
Transports of Delight 53 copies, 2 reviews
Lady Chatterley's Lover: According to Spike Milligan 49 copies
The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan 47 copies, 3 reviews
The Lost Goon Shows 47 copies, 1 review
Goblins 46 copies, 1 review
The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems (Foreword) 46 copies
Treasure Island According to Spike Milligan 44 copies
A Mad Medley of Milligan 43 copies
Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan 42 copies, 1 review
Unspun socks from a chicken's laundry 42 copies
William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin: A Scottish Fantasy 39 copies
Spike Milligan: Man of Letters 38 copies, 3 reviews
The Murphy 35 copies
Milligan's Ark 34 copies, 1 review
Classic Adventures: According to Spike Milligan 34 copies
The Great McGonagall Scrapbook 31 copies
The Family Album: An Illustrated Autobiography 30 copies, 1 review
Milligan Book of Records 30 copies
Milligan's Meaning of Life 27 copies
Spike Milligan: A Celebration 26 copies
D.H.Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane: Part 2: According to Spike… 21 copies
The Magical World of Milligan 21 copies
One Hundred and One Best and Only Limericks of Spike Milligan 20 copies
Sir Nobonk and The Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon 19 copies
Dip the Puppy 18 copies
The Goon cartoons 17 copies
Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants 17 copies
Startling Verse for All the Family 16 copies
Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe 15 copies
More Goon Cartoons 13 copies
Spike Milligan's Further transports of delight : more amazing revolutions 12 copies
More Spike Milligan Letters 12 copies
Scunthorpe Revisited: With Added Milligan Articles and Instant Relatives 11 copies
Spike Milligan Military Memoirs : Monty - His Part in My Victory - Rommel… 10 copies
Get in the Q Annual 10 copies, 1 review
That's Amazing 9 copies
William McGonagall - Freefall 8 copies
Spike Milligan Classic War Memoirs Collection 7 Books Set (Adolf Hitler my… 8 copies
The Mirror Running 7 copies
Mala pinta 7 copies
SPIKE MILLIGAN A CELEBRATION 7 copies
Floored Masterpieces with Worse Verse 7 copies
Condensed animals 5 copies
Spike's Bike Book: for medium kids (9-12) 5 copies
Goon Again 5 copies
The Goon Show (Volumes 11 - 15) 5 copies
The Bald Twit Lion 4 copies
There's a lot of it about! 4 copies
A Potboiling Dustbin Full of Bits 4 copies
Spike 4 copies
The Melting Pot 3 copies
The Goon Show Classics Volume 21 "The Missing Battleship" (BBC Radio… 3 copies
Q. - The Almost Complete Q [DVD] 3 copies
Silly verse for kids and animals 3 copies
The goon show: Goon again. [Sound recording] 3 copies
Spike's Bike Book for Parents of Little Kids 2 copies
"The Goon Show Classics: Goon Show and Guests v.16: Goon Show and Guests… 2 copies
The Goon Show, Vol. 23: The Collapse of the British Sandwich Railway… 2 copies
The Goon Show, 5; and There's More Where That Came From! 2 copies
The Goon show, 2 enter Bluebottle. 2 copies
The Goon Show Classics, Volume 9 (Performer) 2 copies
The Goon Show, Vol. 11: He's Fallen in Water! (BBC Audio Radio Collection) 2 copies
The completely essential spike milligan 2 copies
Mini Milligan Collection: "Silly Verse for Kids", "Book of Milliganimals",… 2 copies
The Goon Show Classics 2 copies
The Goon Show and More Guests, Vol. 18 2 copies
The Goon Omnibus 2 copies
Spike's bike book : for big kids (13-104) 2 copies
The Last Goon Show of All [sound recording] 2 copies
The Bedside Milligan, or Read You Way to Insomnia 1 copy
Children of Aberfan 1 copy
Box of Books 1 copy
Monty His Part in My Victory and Rommel? Gunner Who? 1 copy
The war memoirs Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall Rommell-? Gunner… 1 copy
Goon Show Classics 3 1 copy
By Spike Milligan - A Children's Treasury of Milligan : Classic… 1 copy
Milligan's Ark; Edited by Spike Milligan and Jack Hobbs; Foreword by… 1 copy
Mémoires de guerre, Tome 1 : Mon rôle dans la chute… 1 copy
The war memoirs 1 copy
The Milligan Papers 1 copy
The Goon Show Compendium Volume 13 1 copy
Spike Milligan And Jeremy Taylor 1 copy
Q Volume 1 Series 1-3 (Q5, Q6, Q7) [DVD] 1 copy
The Goon Show Compendium Volume 12: Ten episodes of the classic BBC radio… 1 copy
The Goon Show Classics, Volume 2: Vintage Beeb 1 copy
Spike Milligan Military Memoirs Box Set 1 copy
Spike Milligan: Assorted "Q" [Part 2, a selection from 'Q8' 'Q9' and… 1 copy
BadJelly The Witch 1 copy
First men on the goon. [Sound recording] 1 copy
Goon but not forgotten. [Sound recording] 1 copy
MILITARY MEMOIRS SPIKE MILLIGAN BOX SET BOOK 3 VOL 1978 1 copy
Comedy Greats - The Best Of Spike Milligan [DVD] 1 copy
Goon Show Classics 2 1 copy
The Goon Show Classics: You Can't Get the Wood You Know! (Previously… 1 copy
A Collection of Spikes (EMI Comedy Classics) 1 copy
The Goon Show Compendium Volume One: Series 5, Part 1 1 copy
The Goon Show Volume 17: The Silent Bugler /The Reason Why/Treasure in the… 1 copy
"Goon Show 24", the Case of the Missing Heir (BBC Audio) 1 copy
Milligan Milestones: Adolf Hitler and My Part in His Downfall and Puckoon… 1 copy
Live at Cambridge University (Comedy Club) 1 copy
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Canonical name
Milligan, Spike
Legal name
Milligan, Terence Alan Patrick Sean
Other names
Date of birth
1918-04-16
Date of death
2002-02-27
Burial location
Winchelsea, East Sussex, England, UK
Gender
male
Nationality
Ireland
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
Place of death
Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
Cause of death
Places of residence
Ahmednagar, British India (birth)
Rangoon, Burma
Sussex, England, UK
Italy
Poona, India
Education
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Poona, India
St Paul's Christian Brothers, de la Salle, Rangoon, Burma
Occupations
comedian
writer
musician
poet
playwright
Relationships
Farnes, Norma (manager)
Agents
Beryl Vertue
Organizations
Awards and honors
British Book Award (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 2000)
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1992)
British Comedy Awards (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1994)
Short biography
Creator and chief writer of The Goon Show. A major influence on the Monty Python group.
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