Name	Spike Milligan
Height	5' 11½"  (182 cm)
Date of Birth	April 16, 1918
Birthplace	Ahmed Nagar, India
Star Sign	Aries
Died	February 27, 2002 (Aged 84)
Occupation	Actor
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Quotes

A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived."

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Money can`t buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

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My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.

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Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?

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Money can`t buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.

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A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.

On his 62nd birthday - "Any man can be 62, but it takes a bus to be 62A"

The fondest memory I have is not really of the Goons. It`s of a girl called Julia with enormous breasts

I don`t mind dying - I just don`t want to be there.

World peace could be a possibility...if it weren`t for all those damned foreigners!

Money couldn`t buy friends but you got a better class of enemy

Trivia

Is portrayed by Edward Tudor-Pole in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).

Roald Dahl had wanted Spike to play his character "Willy Wonka" on the big screen. The studio instead chose Gene Wilder

He considered Aladdin (1992) to be the greatest film of all time.

The inscription on his tombstone reads "I told you I was ill" in Gaelic

George Martin, the producer of The Beatles, was the best man at his second wedding.

Was a skilled musician, and played the trumpet and guitar professionaly during the second world war.

Spike`s parents and brother Desmond moved out to Woy-Woy, New South Wales, Australia. Spike often visited them out there.

His family came back to England in 1933 when his father was retired from the British Army in India.

Was recently awarded a British Comedy award for Lifetime Achievement, where he famously called Prince Charles a "little grovelling bastard" live on TV.

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