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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 Colonial 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spike Milligan has received more than 3,226,921 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Spike Milligan is the 5,337th most popular actor (up from 5,784th in 2019), the 682nd most popular biography from India (down from 645th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Spike Milligans by language

Over the past year Spike Milligan has had the most page views in the with 411,457 views, followed by German (8,306), and Russian (6,005). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (63.10%), Russian (62.34%), and Manx (34.94%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Spike Milligan ranks 5,337 out of 13,578. Before him are John Schneider, Matthew Labyorteaux, Hans Deppe, Michael Shanks, Alf Kjellin, and Shelley Morrison. After him are Mum Jokmok, Michael Beach, Roy Dotrice, Dane DeHaan, Barnard Hughes, and Yoshiko Tanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Spike Milligan ranks 239. Before him are Balasaraswati, Don McNeill, Enrique Tierno Galván, Luciano Emmer, Artur Brauner, and Horacio Casarín. After him are Marcelo González Martín, Edward Craven Walker, Jorge Illueca, Giovanni Cheli, Max de Terra, and Richard Hoggart. Among people deceased in 2002, Spike Milligan ranks 254. Before him are Louis-Marie Billé, Barry Foster, Ekrem Akurgal, Jan de Hartog, Leo Ornstein, and Eugen Meier. After him are John R. Pierce, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Jack Kruschen, Stafford Beer, Walter Winterbottom, and Zoran Janković.

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In India

Among people born in India, Spike Milligan ranks 682 out of 1,861. Before him are Joseph Coutts (1945), Ali Akbar Khan (1922), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Kareena Kapoor (1980), and Manilal Gandhi (1892). After him are Ashok Kumar (1911), Begum Akhtar (1914), Freida Pinto (1984), Amrita Singh (1958), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), and Chiranjeevi (1955).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Spike Milligan ranks 86. Before him are Nana Patekar (1951), Farida Jalal (1949), Asha Parekh (1942), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Zeenat Aman (1951), and Kareena Kapoor (1980). After him are Ashok Kumar (1911), Freida Pinto (1984), Amrita Singh (1958), Chiranjeevi (1955), Reema Lagoo (1958), and Juhi Chawla (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

Life of Brian
Spike
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Aug 17o 19797.8 / 10
The Three Musketeers
M. Bonancieux
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the King. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the Cardinal.
Dec 11o 19736.9 / 10
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Tramp (segment "Sloth")
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
Nov 1o 19715.1 / 10