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	Finally, in 1963, after encouragement from his wife, he sent some material to Max Bygraves, and received a positive reposes (and more importantly, got paid). As a result, Mullins finally managed to break into the writing profession. He soon found himself on the fringes of the sizeable and diffuse writing team for The Frost Report, together with the likes of [[Marty Feldman]] and [[Dick Vosburgh]]. The show was a focus for a significant amount of writing and performing talent who would go on to be extremely successful, being responsible, at least in part, for [[Monty Python]] and [[The Goodies]], as well as The Two Ronnies.		Finally, in 1963, after encouragement from his wife, he sent some material to Max Bygraves, and received a positive reposes (and more importantly, got paid). As a result, Mullins finally managed to break into the writing profession. He soon found himself on the fringes of the sizeable and diffuse writing team for The Frost Report, together with the likes of [[Marty Feldman]] and [[Dick Vosburgh]]. The show was a focus for a significant amount of writing and performing talent who would go on to be extremely successful, being responsible, at least in part, for [[Monty Python]] and [[The Goodies]], as well as The Two Ronnies.

	Of course, by this stage, Mullins was significantly older than the mostly Oxbridge-educated team that was around him. As such, he concentrated more on co-writing with the likes of Cryer (which included writing for Harry Secombe's solo vehicle, ''The Harry Secombe Show''), and [[Colin Bostock-Smith]] on the [[Jim Davidson]] show [[Up the Elephant and Round the Castle]]. He also contributed material to the game show [[w:Family Fortunes\|Family Fortunes]]. He also wrote an autobiography, entitled ''Me, To Name But A Few''.<ref>Listing at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3216924-me-to-name-but-a-few</ref>		Of course, by this stage, Mullins was significantly older than the mostly Oxbridge-educated team that was around him. As such, he concentrated more on co-writing with the likes of Cryer (which included writing for Harry Secombe's solo vehicle, ''The Harry Secombe Show''), and [[Colin Bostock-Smith]] on the [[w:Jim Davidson\|Jim Davidson]] show [[Up the Elephant and Round the Castle]]. He also contributed material to the game show [[w:Family Fortunes\|Family Fortunes]]. He also wrote an autobiography, entitled ''Me, To Name But A Few''.<ref>Listing at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3216924-me-to-name-but-a-few</ref>

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	'''Dennis Jeremiah (Spike) Mullins''' (2 October 1915 – 18 April 1994) was a comedy performer and writer. He wrote for a number of established performers, such as [[Max Bygraves]] and [[Harry Secombe]],<ref>Vosburgh, Dick (1994) Obituary: Spike Mullins, The Independent, 26 April 1994, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-spike-mullins-1372782.html</ref> [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Frankie Howerd]].<ref>Spike Mullins: IMDB entry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612440/</ref>		'''Dennis Jeremiah (Spike) Mullins''' (2 October 1915 – 18 April 1994) was a comedy performer and writer. He wrote for a number of established performers, such as [[Max Bygraves]] and [[Harry Secombe]],<ref>Vosburgh, Dick (1994) Obituary: Spike Mullins, The Independent, 26 April 1994, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-spike-mullins-1372782.html</ref> [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Frankie Howerd]].<ref>Spike Mullins: IMDB entry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612440/</ref>

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Mullins was born in London during World War I to working class parents. The Mullins family lived near a film studio, and the infant Spike was frequently used in silent movies. While still in his teens, he signed on as galley boy on a cargo ship, After four years, he returned home to work as a [[stevedore]], which he did until the outbreak of World War II, At this point he joined the RAF. After his release from the RAF in 1945, he did a number of manual jobs while attempting to make a living at comedy writing; he met with little success. After marrying, he stopped writing and spent the next 16 years supporting his growing family in a number of manual jobs.		Mullins was born in London during [[w:World War I\|World War I]] to [[w:working class\|working class]] parents. The Mullins family lived near a film studio, and the infant Spike was frequently used in silent movies. While still in his teens, he signed on as galley boy on a cargo ship, After four years, he returned home to work as a [[w:stevedore\|stevedore]], which he did until the outbreak of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], At this point he joined the [[w:RAF\|RAF]]. After his release from the RAF in 1945, he did a number of manual jobs while attempting to make a living at comedy writing; he met with little success. After marrying, he stopped writing and spent the next 16 years supporting his growing family in a number of manual jobs.

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	Finally, in 1963, after encouragement from his wife, he sent some material to Max Bygraves, and received a positive reposes (and more importantly, got paid). As a result, Mullins finally managed to break into the writing profession. He soon found himself on the fringes of the sizeable and diffuse writing team for The Frost Report, together with the likes of [[Marty Feldman]] and [[Dick Vosburgh]]. The show was a focus for a significant amount of writing and performing talent who would go on to be extremely successful, being responsible, at least in part, for [[Monty Python]] and [[The Goodies]], as well as The Two Ronnies.		Finally, in 1963, after encouragement from his wife, he sent some material to Max Bygraves, and received a positive reposes (and more importantly, got paid). As a result, Mullins finally managed to break into the writing profession. He soon found himself on the fringes of the sizeable and diffuse writing team for The Frost Report, together with the likes of [[Marty Feldman]] and [[Dick Vosburgh]]. The show was a focus for a significant amount of writing and performing talent who would go on to be extremely successful, being responsible, at least in part, for [[Monty Python]] and [[The Goodies]], as well as The Two Ronnies.

	Of course, by this stage, Mullins was significantly older than the mostly Oxbridge-educated team that was around him. As such, he concentrated more on co-writing with the likes of Cryer (which included writing for Harry Secombe's solo vehicle, ''The Harry Secombe Show''), and [[Colin Bostock-Smith]] on the [[Jim Davidson]] show [[Up the Elephant and Round the Castle]]. He also contributed material to the game show [[Family Fortunes]]. He also wrote an autobiography, entitled ''Me, To Name But A Few''.<ref>Listing at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3216924-me-to-name-but-a-few</ref>		Of course, by this stage, Mullins was significantly older than the mostly Oxbridge-educated team that was around him. As such, he concentrated more on co-writing with the likes of Cryer (which included writing for Harry Secombe's solo vehicle, ''The Harry Secombe Show''), and [[Colin Bostock-Smith]] on the [[Jim Davidson]] show [[Up the Elephant and Round the Castle]]. He also contributed material to the game show [[w:Family Fortunes\|Family Fortunes]]. He also wrote an autobiography, entitled ''Me, To Name But A Few''.<ref>Listing at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3216924-me-to-name-but-a-few</ref>

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 '''Dennis Jeremiah (Spike) Mullins''' (2 October 1915 – 18 April 1994) was a comedy performer and writer. He wrote for a number of established performers, such as [[Max Bygraves]] and [[Harry Secombe]],<ref>Vosburgh, Dick (1994) Obituary: Spike Mullins, The Independent, 26 April 1994, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-spike-mullins-1372782.html</ref> [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Frankie Howerd]].<ref>Spike Mullins: IMDB entry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612440/</ref>
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'''Dennis Jeremiah (Spike) Mullins''' (2 October 1915 – 18 April 1994) was a comedy performer and writer. He wrote for a number of established performers, such as [[Max Bygraves]] and [[Harry Secombe]],<ref>Vosburgh, Dick (1994) Obituary: Spike Mullins, The Independent, 26 April 1994, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-spike-mullins-1372782.html</ref> [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Frankie Howerd]].<ref>Spike Mullins: IMDB entry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612440/</ref>

Perhaps his most famous work is scripting [[Ronnie Corbett]]'s seated monologues<ref>Mullins, Spike (1978) Ronnie In The Chair {{ISBN|0718117433}}: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28437211-ronnie-in-the-chair</ref> during [[The Two Ronnies]] TV series in the UK. He also worked, together with [[Barry Cryer]] as a writer for the groundbreaking British TV programme [[The Frost Report]], where Corbett first met his later performing partner, [[Ronnie Barker]].

==Early life==
Mullins was born in London during World War I to working class parents. The Mullins family lived near a film studio, and the infant Spike was frequently used in silent movies. While still in his teens, he signed on as galley boy on a cargo ship, After four years, he returned home to work as a [[stevedore]], which he did until the outbreak of World War II, At this point he joined the RAF. After his release from the RAF in 1945, he did a number of manual jobs while attempting to make a living at comedy writing; he met with little success. After marrying, he stopped writing and spent the next 16 years supporting his growing family in a number of manual jobs.

==Career==
Finally, in 1963, after encouragement from his wife, he sent some material to Max Bygraves, and received a positive reposes (and more importantly, got paid). As a result, Mullins finally managed to break into the writing profession. He soon found himself on the fringes of the sizeable and diffuse writing team for The Frost Report, together with the likes of [[Marty Feldman]] and [[Dick Vosburgh]]. The show was a focus for a significant amount of writing and performing talent who would go on to be extremely successful, being responsible, at least in part, for [[Monty Python]] and [[The Goodies]], as well as The Two Ronnies.

Of course, by this stage, Mullins was significantly older than the mostly Oxbridge-educated team that was around him. As such, he concentrated more on co-writing with the likes of Cryer (which included writing for Harry Secombe's solo vehicle, ''The Harry Secombe Show''), and [[Colin Bostock-Smith]] on the [[Jim Davidson]] show [[Up the Elephant and Round the Castle]]. He also contributed material to the game show [[Family Fortunes]]. He also wrote an autobiography, entitled ''Me, To Name But A Few''.<ref>Listing at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3216924-me-to-name-but-a-few</ref>

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